Alan Nolan Writer
@alnolan.bsky.social
Author, illustrator, designer. Any opinions probably somebody else’s.
http://obrien.ie/alan-nolan http://alannolan.ie
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Join me in Christ Church Crypt next Saturday for some rib-tickling tales and Kooky Comic-making! QR code link in photo…
May 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Join me in Christ Church Crypt next Saturday for some rib-tickling tales and Kooky Comic-making! QR code link in photo…
TOMORROW!! AND SUNDAY!!
The Whale Theatre have released a limited amount of extra tickets for each performance – but be quick, they won’t last long!
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The Whale Theatre have released a limited amount of extra tickets for each performance – but be quick, they won’t last long!
whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... @theobrienpress.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
TOMORROW!! AND SUNDAY!!
The Whale Theatre have released a limited amount of extra tickets for each performance – but be quick, they won’t last long!
whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... @theobrienpress.bsky.social
The Whale Theatre have released a limited amount of extra tickets for each performance – but be quick, they won’t last long!
whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... @theobrienpress.bsky.social
*LOW TICKET ALERT!!*
Saturday’s shows are SOLD OUT and there are limited tickets available for Sunday!
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Saturday’s shows are SOLD OUT and there are limited tickets available for Sunday!
whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
April 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
*LOW TICKET ALERT!!*
Saturday’s shows are SOLD OUT and there are limited tickets available for Sunday!
whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Saturday’s shows are SOLD OUT and there are limited tickets available for Sunday!
whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
This was the nicest compliment I ever received.
‘Why, thank you, kind sir!’
‘Why, thank you, kind sir!’
March 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This was the nicest compliment I ever received.
‘Why, thank you, kind sir!’
‘Why, thank you, kind sir!’
It’s always a joyful experience to write these two words ... Draft One of ‘The Grand Central Cinema Club’, my new children's book set in Dublin in 1937 is off to Helen, my eagle-eyed editor in The O'Brien Press!
March 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It’s always a joyful experience to write these two words ... Draft One of ‘The Grand Central Cinema Club’, my new children's book set in Dublin in 1937 is off to Helen, my eagle-eyed editor in The O'Brien Press!
Join me tomorrow in Fingal Libraries Blanchardstown where I will be talking about all things comics and we will be designing our very own unique and individual superheroes!
www.fingal.ie/events/desig...
www.fingal.ie/events/desig...
February 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join me tomorrow in Fingal Libraries Blanchardstown where I will be talking about all things comics and we will be designing our very own unique and individual superheroes!
www.fingal.ie/events/desig...
www.fingal.ie/events/desig...
A *small* announcement ...
Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in the Curious Case of the Irish Yeti, a brand new children's musical, will be opening at the Whale Theatre Greystones for a micro-run in April!
whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in the Curious Case of the Irish Yeti, a brand new children's musical, will be opening at the Whale Theatre Greystones for a micro-run in April!
whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
February 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A *small* announcement ...
Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in the Curious Case of the Irish Yeti, a brand new children's musical, will be opening at the Whale Theatre Greystones for a micro-run in April!
whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in the Curious Case of the Irish Yeti, a brand new children's musical, will be opening at the Whale Theatre Greystones for a micro-run in April!
whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
A letter from a young book lover that found its way to my house -- at least the postman knows me! @theobrienpress
December 16, 2024 at 2:28 PM
A letter from a young book lover that found its way to my house -- at least the postman knows me! @theobrienpress
In Gutter Bookshop last night with my author pal Sadhbh Devlin for the jam-packed launch of Eoin Colfer and Steve McCarthy’s gorgeous new picture book Beanie the Bansheenie!
November 30, 2024 at 9:30 AM
In Gutter Bookshop last night with my author pal Sadhbh Devlin for the jam-packed launch of Eoin Colfer and Steve McCarthy’s gorgeous new picture book Beanie the Bansheenie!
@ghollandphoto.bsky.social so great to see you last night, Ger!! xx
November 28, 2024 at 6:04 PM
@ghollandphoto.bsky.social so great to see you last night, Ger!! xx
RTÉ radio’s Oliver Callan rocks! This morning’s show was devoted to children’s books! Thanks to Elaina Ryan and the kids for the kind words, and to Oliver and his team for featuring so many amazing books by so many amazing Irish authors and illustrators! #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #EveryChildAReader
November 27, 2024 at 4:18 PM
RTÉ radio’s Oliver Callan rocks! This morning’s show was devoted to children’s books! Thanks to Elaina Ryan and the kids for the kind words, and to Oliver and his team for featuring so many amazing books by so many amazing Irish authors and illustrators! #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #EveryChildAReader
Thanks so much to Dubray Books for featuring ‘The Riddle of the Disappearing Dickens’ in their ‘Books for Christmas’ Catalogue, and right beside my pals Judi Curtin, Sinéad Moriarty & Sinéad O’Hart – dog bless us every one!
November 25, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Thanks so much to Dubray Books for featuring ‘The Riddle of the Disappearing Dickens’ in their ‘Books for Christmas’ Catalogue, and right beside my pals Judi Curtin, Sinéad Moriarty & Sinéad O’Hart – dog bless us every one!
Happy Monday! I'm thrilled to have written the children’s short story for this year’s Christmas edition of the RTÉ Guide – it’s the Theatre Royal, Dublin 1859 and young Molly Malone & Bram Stoker come face-to-face with a farcical phantom ... the Pantomime Ghost!
December 11, 2023 at 12:04 PM
Happy Monday! I'm thrilled to have written the children’s short story for this year’s Christmas edition of the RTÉ Guide – it’s the Theatre Royal, Dublin 1859 and young Molly Malone & Bram Stoker come face-to-face with a farcical phantom ... the Pantomime Ghost!
What an amazing lineup of Irish children’s books in the Sunday Times - thanks so much to the brilliant bookseller Samantha in @DubrayBooks for choosing #DoubleTroubleAtTheDeadZoo - Molly’n’Bram are delighted!! @OBrienPress #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
November 26, 2023 at 12:32 PM
What an amazing lineup of Irish children’s books in the Sunday Times - thanks so much to the brilliant bookseller Samantha in @DubrayBooks for choosing #DoubleTroubleAtTheDeadZoo - Molly’n’Bram are delighted!! @OBrienPress #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Thanks so much to @AkaPaulHoward and Marita Conlon-McKenna for choosing Molly’n’Bram as their Christmas gifting picks in the Irish Times today! I couldn’t be more delighted!
@OBrienPress @cluskeydraws
Big day for the parish!
@OBrienPress @cluskeydraws
Big day for the parish!
November 23, 2023 at 12:53 PM
Thanks so much to @AkaPaulHoward and Marita Conlon-McKenna for choosing Molly’n’Bram as their Christmas gifting picks in the Irish Times today! I couldn’t be more delighted!
@OBrienPress @cluskeydraws
Big day for the parish!
@OBrienPress @cluskeydraws
Big day for the parish!
Getting ready for my ‘Double Trouble at the Dead Zoo’ Pirate Treasure Hunt in Dublin Castle for @DublinBookFest today! #DBF23 📚🏴☠️🦜@obrienpress YARRRRR, me hearties!! #PiecesOfEight #ShiverMeTimbers
November 11, 2023 at 11:21 AM
Getting ready for my ‘Double Trouble at the Dead Zoo’ Pirate Treasure Hunt in Dublin Castle for @DublinBookFest today! #DBF23 📚🏴☠️🦜@obrienpress YARRRRR, me hearties!! #PiecesOfEight #ShiverMeTimbers
A big hand (or big foot?) for @cluskeydraws’ cover for my upcoming @WorldBookDayIE 2024 book ‘Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in The Curious Case of the Irish Yeti’ published by @OBrienPress next year – Shane, you’re a purple-eyed genius!
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #WBD24 #WorldBookDay
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #WBD24 #WorldBookDay
November 3, 2023 at 1:31 PM
A big hand (or big foot?) for @cluskeydraws’ cover for my upcoming @WorldBookDayIE 2024 book ‘Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in The Curious Case of the Irish Yeti’ published by @OBrienPress next year – Shane, you’re a purple-eyed genius!
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #WBD24 #WorldBookDay
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #WBD24 #WorldBookDay
Day 12 of the @IrishKidsBooks #DIKBChallenge23 Challenge: an Irish children’s book with an illustration you love: ‘Fox & Son, Tailers’ by @paddydonnelly – I adore every image in this book, but this spread with its sense of urgency and frenetic, unbridled creativity wows me every time!
@OBrienPress
@OBrienPress
October 12, 2023 at 11:41 AM
Day 12 of the @IrishKidsBooks #DIKBChallenge23 Challenge: an Irish children’s book with an illustration you love: ‘Fox & Son, Tailers’ by @paddydonnelly – I adore every image in this book, but this spread with its sense of urgency and frenetic, unbridled creativity wows me every time!
@OBrienPress
@OBrienPress
Looking forward to talking about children’s books with my pals @shanehegarty @oharasisters @d_ruddenwrites @aliwea @MeganWynneWrite Judi Curtin & more at the #RathgarChildrensBookFestival this weekend! Come along, it’s going to be tons of fun!
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/rathgar-ch...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/rathgar-ch...
October 2, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Looking forward to talking about children’s books with my pals @shanehegarty @oharasisters @d_ruddenwrites @aliwea @MeganWynneWrite Judi Curtin & more at the #RathgarChildrensBookFestival this weekend! Come along, it’s going to be tons of fun!
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/rathgar-ch...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/rathgar-ch...
Some pics (by the amazing Peter Cavanagh) of the #HookedOnBooks Readers’ Day at @dlrLexIcon last weekend – @sadhbhdevlin @Eve_Mc_Donnell @gnorthfield @arclighter1 and I had an absolute blast – thanks so much to
@DLR_Libraries for making this happen!
@DLR_Libraries for making this happen!
October 2, 2023 at 2:55 PM
Some pics (by the amazing Peter Cavanagh) of the #HookedOnBooks Readers’ Day at @dlrLexIcon last weekend – @sadhbhdevlin @Eve_Mc_Donnell @gnorthfield @arclighter1 and I had an absolute blast – thanks so much to
@DLR_Libraries for making this happen!
@DLR_Libraries for making this happen!
TODAY! Join us in @dlrLexIcon today for #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us!
September 30, 2023 at 7:31 AM
TODAY! Join us in @dlrLexIcon today for #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us!
TOMORROW! #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us is on NEXT SATURDAY in @dlrLexIcon - see yiz there!
@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell
@arclighter1 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Hurry! Limited FREE tickets left
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@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell
@arclighter1 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
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September 29, 2023 at 7:59 AM
TOMORROW! #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us is on NEXT SATURDAY in @dlrLexIcon - see yiz there!
@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell
@arclighter1 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Hurry! Limited FREE tickets left
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@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell
@arclighter1 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
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TWO MORE SLEEPS! #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us is on NEXT SATURDAY in @dlrLexIcon - see yiz there!
@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell
@arclighter1
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
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@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell
@arclighter1
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
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September 28, 2023 at 1:34 PM
TWO MORE SLEEPS! #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us is on NEXT SATURDAY in @dlrLexIcon - see yiz there!
@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell
@arclighter1
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Hurry! Limited FREE tickets left
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@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell
@arclighter1
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Hurry! Limited FREE tickets left
www.eventbrite.ie/e/hooked-on-...
THREE MORE SLEEPS! #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us is on NEXT SATURDAY in @dlrLexIcon - see yiz there!
@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell @arclighter1
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Get your FREE tickets at
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@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell @arclighter1
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Get your FREE tickets at
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September 27, 2023 at 7:33 AM
THREE MORE SLEEPS! #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us is on NEXT SATURDAY in @dlrLexIcon - see yiz there!
@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell @arclighter1
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Get your FREE tickets at
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@sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell @arclighter1
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Get your FREE tickets at
www.eventbrite.ie/e/hooked-on-...