@pforde123.bsky.social
I write books for children Laureate na nÓg (2023-2026)
My heart is with the children of Gaza tonight. So proud of our President who has spoken out consistently about the genocide in Palestine.
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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
11.05.2025 09:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Delighted to be in such good company here!
10.04.2025 16:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh thank you! What lovely company to be in!
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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.
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07.04.2025 21:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lovely 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!
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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!
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#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
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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!
14.03.2025 16:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Go raibh maith agat, Waytt!
07.03.2025 10:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Cití Cearc!
07.03.2025 10:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lovely review for Letters to a Monster!
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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
02.03.2025 11:58 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0San 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
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This latest picture book, Letters to a Monster, from @pforde123.bsky.social, illustrated by Sarah Warburton, is an absolute joy, highly recommended
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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.
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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?
21.02.2025 16:18 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0A priest a teacher and a rabbit enter a clinic to donate blood.
The nurse asked the rabbit what is your blood type.
The rabbit replied "I'm probably a Type-O"
