Patricia Forde

YouTube video by The Late Late Show Book Nook with Bonnie, Aryan and Jake | The Late Late Toy Show

youtu.be/Zh17SfQwDwM
Lovely to get a shout out on Late Late Toy Show!

Statement by President Higgins on death of those seeking aid in Gaza | President of Ireland Welcome to the website of the President of Ireland.

My heart is with the children of Gaza tonight. So proud of our President who has spoken out consistently about the genocide in Palestine.
president.ie/en/media-lib...

What would it take to make Ireland the best place in the world to grow up? At #MacGill2025, Dr Niall Muldoon joined Chris Quinn, Prof. Rose Anne Kenny, Patricia Forde & moderator Áine Kerr for a powerful discussion on putting children first.

What would it take to make Ireland the best place in the world to grow up?

At #MacGill2025, Dr Niall Muldoon joined @nichildcom.bsky.social,
@pforde123.bsky.social
@laureatenanog.bsky.social,Rose Anne Kenny,& moderator @ainekerr.bsky.social for a powerful discussion on putting children first.

‪Featuring:
@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social
Jessica Love
Olena Odynoka
@tadhgmacdh.bsky.social
Briony May Smith
Leon Diop
@pforde123.bsky.social
Lauren O'Hara
@louiestowell.bsky.social

New voices

+ more to be announced

Signing in The Book Centre, Wexford. @thebookcentre.bsky.social
@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
@sarahwarburton.bsky.social

Look who I met in Dún Laoghaire! Lovely to see Cití again.
@unawoods.bsky.social @futafata.bsky.social @easons.bsky.social @dubraybooks.bsky.social @laureatenanog.bsky.social

Signing books in sunny Dun Laoghaire this week! @easons.bsky.social @dubraybooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @laureatenanog.bsky.social

Delighted to be in such good company here!

Oh thank you! What lovely company to be in!

The Wordsmith, has just been published in Ukraine by Old Lion Publishing House. One of the highlights of Bologna was meeting their lovely Rights Director, Olha Besarab. It was such a moving experience to talk to her about Ukrainian children and how much reading means to them.

@laureatenanog.bsky.social

Lovely morning with Scoil Iognáid’s Rang a 5. As one of Cúirt’s writers in residence, I did a workshop with them on all things writing. Very talented bunch!

WCLF2025 programme will be announced tomorrow, Wednesday April 3rd. We can't wait to share our plans with you.

👀 www.westcorkmusic.ie/literary-festival/

#WCLF2025

1000 followers! Happy to be on BlueSky!

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Sarah Warburton. Appealing scene-setting from Letters to a Monster. Text by Irish Children’s Laureate Patricia Forde about a little girl’s friendship with the monster under the bed. Out in paperback from Bloomsbury on 13 March. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #booksky

Children’s fiction: Books with gnomes, aliens, monsters and climate catastrophe Including The Gnome Book by Loes Riphagen, After by Pádraig Kenny and more

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Happy Publication to Letters to a Monster, a hilarious and heartwarming picture book that turns the idea of the monster-under-the-bed on its head, from award-winning illustrator #SarahWarburton and Irish Children's Laureate @pforde123.bsky.social!

Published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Can’t wait to read them all!

Go raibh maith agat, Waytt!

Cití Cearc!

Lovely review for Letters to a Monster!

Photograph of Laureate na nÓg, Patricia Forde, standing at a lectern. She has red hair and is wearing a blue dress. She wears glasses and a red lanyard is just visible. In the background there are two pull-ups partially visible, those of the Baboró Festival and Laureate na nÓg. Photo by Anita Murphy.

If you missed @pforde123.bsky.social 's Laureate Lecture in October, an audio recording is available now. Huge thanks to the team at the Baboró Festival for hosting the lecture and arranging this recording.

www.baboro.ie/news-events/...

In today’s Sunday Times, @laureatenanog.bsky.social @pforde123.bsky.social talks about the importance of books in ár dteanga dhúchais and gives her top picks from our latest resource Treoirleabhar Léitheoireachta 2025 ☘️ @loveleabhargaeilge.bsky.social #SnaG25

San eagrán is déanaí den Sunday Times labhraíonn @laureatenanog.bsky.social @pforde123.bsky.social faoin tábhacht a bhaineann le leabhair atá scríofa inár dteanga dhúchais agus roghnaíonn sí na leabhair is ansa léi ón áis is déanaí linn, Treoirleabhar Léitheoireachta 2025 ☘️ #SnaG25

This latest picture book, Letters to a Monster, from @pforde123.bsky.social, illustrated by Sarah Warburton, is an absolute joy, highly recommended
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781...

Sarah Warburton and I have a lovely new picture book coming soon. The great people at @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social are taking pre-orders!
@sarahwarburton.bsky.social

This was a lovely night with Baboró in Galway.

Lovely, insightful review of #WorldOfWanda in Saturday's #Guardian. Thanks, @imogenrw.bsky.social!
#backpacking #homesickness #secretfamilies #adhd

Wow! Leagan nua do Cití Cearc maisithe ag Úna Woods. Nach álainn é?