Clive McFarland

Book cover

“This mostly rhyming picture book has bright, eye-catching illustrations that will appeal to younger children”

m.independent.ie/life/family/...

@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@clivemcf.bsky.social

Bring back stylised exteriors created and shot on sound stages, I say...

Please vote so the book published by a 3-person Irish indie can take take the prize instead of the books from very massive publishers!

So well deserved. Voted. Good luck! 🤞

Happy publication day! 😍✨

🎉 ANOTHER PUB DAY!🎉

A new retelling of Tír na nÓg from me and Conor Busuttil, following Niamh as she learns about the beauty of being vulnerable and human.

Conor’s artwork is absolutely stunning 🌟
And thank you Huw Davies for the gorgeous animation below!

Puffling and the Stormy Sea will be published trw by @theobrienpress.bsky.social

It was a lot of fun to illustrate @erikamcgann.bsky.social ’s amazing new Puffling story 😊

I really enjoyed painting many stormy sea scenes. Using impasto, gouache, oil pastel.

#picturebook #illustration #puffin

I’ve added my name to the Children’s Authors, Illustrators, & Educators Statement on Palestine. It's crucial that voices from the world of children's literature advocate for peace & humanity.

Will you join us? 👉 statement-on-palestine.org

@joseph-nhanoreilly.bsky.social @chrishaughton.bsky.social

More than 500 children's authors, illustrators & educators have signed a statement on Palestine including @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell OBE, Lauren Child CBE & @chrishaughton.bsky.social
Find out more 👉 statement-on-palestine.org

Paper cut out illustration of a blue duck walking with a large paper marbled textured balloon.

Work in progress photo of paper cut out illustration

Happy 25th birthday to The Illustrators Guild of Ireland 🎉🥂

Thank you for a quarter century of championing Irish illustrators! Here’s to continuing advocating for illustrators as we navigate the challenges of a rapidly changing creative industry.

Happy 10th Birthday! Supporting Read Write Count and seeing our books in the hands of young children across Scotland is one of the favourite parts of my job - looking forward to them receiving The Ballad of Cactus Joe this year @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social @clivemcf.bsky.social 🌵📚 @

Grab a copy of the special Northern Ireland issue of Inis magazine.

@whackochacko.bsky.social and I talk about the importance of community and why we set up Illustrators North.

Big thanks to @childrensbooksireland.ie!

Thank you Brittany :)

Thanks Matt!

Great to see you!

Two frogs happily swimming underwater in an inky blue and green pond

Hi, I'm Clive! An Irish author/illustrator creating picture books full of colour, texture, and warmth.

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! 🐸🐸

www.clivemcfarland.com
#kidlitart #childrensbooks

A book shelf with a picture book featuring a Cactus character on the cover, a co-edition of The Ballad of Cactus Joe

Published in Scottish Gaelic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#childrensbooks #kidlit #illustration

An ink line and watercolor children’s book illustration of two dinosaurs. A baby Brachiosaurus looks up at a longer necked grown up, who is anxiously looking the other way at something off the page.

Dinos 🦕

#kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

This is a new image from #JWST.

The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

Help spread the word, please consider leaving a review of We Leap Together on Amazon. Reviews help my book get noticed on the algorithm and my book could use all the help it can get! Thanks to everyone for your support!

a.co/d/eqz41Re

A happy anthropomorphic cloud stands on a hill of flowers looking at clouds in the sky

Happy Sunday everyone ☁️🌷

#kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration

An illustration of children playing in a garden, text: OSCAR WILDE'S Stories for Children Illustrated by Lauren O'Hara

Friends! We are excited to share with you for the first time the simply sublime cover of our forthcoming book OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES for CHILDREN, illustrated by Lauren O’Hara!

@bouncemarketing.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @pubspotlight.bsky.social @consortiumbooks.bsky.social

Congrats Nicola ✨✨✨👏

Your stall looks great, E 😍

Had a blast at Bologna Children’s Book Fair with lovely creative pals. It was nice to see my latest books on the stands and meet so many new people! Excited to create new work! ✏️ #BCBF25

Hope it’s going great!

Photograph of illustrators Erin McClean and Clive McFarland

Excited for day 2 of Bologna Children’s Book Festival! #BCBF25

@eriberart.bsky.social

A boy in a flat during the smoggy polluted sixties

A whale breaching the water in the sunset with manhattan in the background

A whale struggling in the filthy water

People protesting for the first earthday

It’s publishing day for Whales in the City by @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social and me! The story of the whales who lived in the Hudson river before us, what we did to them and their habitat, and the activists who fought to clean up the river!

I love this little handbook by @whackochacko.bsky.social on how to stay creatively motivated. It’s brilliant! I keep referring back to it.

whackochacko.com/shop/

Thank you @kipalizadeh.net for a copy of your lovely new picture book. Kip’s tender and textured illustrations are beautiful.✨ You can find it in your local bookshop right now! ✨