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Kamilla Milligan @kamillamilligan.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I'm excited to share an interview with @deirdrelaide.bsky.social in my latest newsletter with more about her and Carlos Vélez Aguilera's book SHIPWRECK. Read more and subscribe here: kamillascorner.beehiiv.com/p/celebratin...

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Celebrating Writers: Deirdre Laide

Today I’m thrilled to showcase a beautiful new picture book...plus an interview with the author! SHIPWRECK by Deirdre Laide and Carlos Vélez Aguilera

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A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

SHIPWRECK by @deirdrelaide.bsky.social & Carlos Velez Aguilera is one of my favorite NF PB of the year! It introduces readers to an incredible variety of shipwrecks though lyrical text, fascinating facts, and powerful art. Such a mysterious, adventurous, heartbreaking, intriguing, informative read!

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Maria Marshall @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

4 fabulous @steamteambooks.bsky.social authors share their four August #NF PBs. www.mariacmarshall.com/singlepost/t... Jennifer Swanson Workman Kids @jstremer.bsky.social Beach Lane Books @karenjameson15.bsky.social Yosemite Conservancy @deirdrelaide.bsky.social Tilbury House #interview #kidlit

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

#publisherweekly #livingthedream #author #kidlit #writerscommunity #nonfiction So delighted 🙌. Read the full review ❤️⚓️ here. ⏬️ www.publishersweekly.com/9781668944882

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Amazing 👏 news. My book is available for preorder. www.deirdrelaide.com #Writingcommunity #kidlit #nonfiction #picturebooks #educational #lessons #teachers #librarians ##schoollibrarian #teacher

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Dive into a NEW #LitLinks lesson: 3 ways shipwrecks can help students explore lyrical language Explore literary devices Challenge students' imagination & creativity 💫 patriciamnewman.com/?p=12792 @deirdre_laide @tilburyhouse @scbwiIreland @SCBWI @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

When your debut, nonfiction, picture book appears on the publisher's website 😍 🫠📚. Pinch me. @tilburyhousepublishers #WritingCommunity #kidlit #nonfiction #debut #teacher #writerslife #lesson #STEAM

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Tim Foley aka TomCreanStory. @tomcreanstory.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Hi, I'm the guy behind this, the most comprehensive account of Tom Crean's epic life. I guess most of you have never have heard of him but I'll wager you'll never forget him after reading his incredible story. I'm Tim and if you want to connect and ask any questions about Tom, please do. #TomCrean

The essential biography for all Tom Crean fans. 4 years of deep research resulted in this, the most comprehensive and revealing account ever written about one of history's best loved explorers.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

When THE END is just the beginning. I sent my completed MG novel to my agent. I really hope she likes it. #author #writingcommunity #middlegrade #onsub 🏞❤️☕️✨️🧶👧🐾

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

📍John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester, UK.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

☘️What a day... beautiful. 📍Banna Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland. ☘️

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The bay. 📍Blennerville, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Hello Sunshine! Beautiful ❤️ day. 📍Fenit Beach, Co. Kerry.

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BookEnds Literary Agency @bookendsliterary.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

We're finally here! And while you're here, please check out this wonderful list of authors and illustrators 💚 go.bsky.app/Uw5hJaE

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Current mood... waiting to hear news on a special submission. #kidlit #writers #writingcommunity #onsub

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

So beautiful 😍 today. 📍Fenit, Co.Kerry, Ireland

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Windy walk. Sometimes, it's the simple days I cherish the most. ❤️ 📍Fenit, Co. Kerry, Ireland #feelingblessed #gratitude #precious

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

❤️🎵 Dance like nobody's watching. 🎵❤️ #kidlitart #illustration #doodles

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

📍Ballybunion Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

📍Old Kenmare Road, Co. Kerry, Ireland. #Ireland #hike

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

📍Old Kenmare Road, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Beautiful and fresh. #Ireland #hike

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Sister love ❤️. My 3 little women.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

❄️ Beautiful day. 📍Fenit, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Morning in📍my mother's garden.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

My town is covered in a layer of magic. Beautiful ❤️ ❄️ 📍Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Winter walks. 📍Banna, Co. Kerry.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Old Irish proverb/seanfhocal... Giorraíonn beirt bóthar (Having company shortens the road/journey). As I walked behind my eldest brother and my youngest daughter today, their chatting made me smile. 📍Co. Kerry, Ireland.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Dawn 📍my mother's garden. Red sky in morning, a shepherd's warning.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 01/01/2025

My first social media post of 2025: check out this very handy reference guide to all the new publishers, imprints, literary agencies, and literary agents announced in 2024 (and there are a lot) (via the essential and indefatigable @janefriedman.com ) hotsheetpub.com/2024/12/new-...

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New Publishers and Agents in 2024 | The Hot Sheet

A roundup of new publishers, imprints, and agents announced in 2024, as covered in The Hot Sheet.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Grateful for winter walks. 🙏 📍Fenit, Co. Kerry, Ireland

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Today marks the 20-year anniversary of the tsunami that devasted many lives. Christmas 2004, my friends and I decided to vacation in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. (thread)

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy Christmas 🎄 💓. Sea glass hunting before dinner. 📍Cockleshell Beach, Co. Kerry.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Christmas 🎄 Eve cobweb clearing.📍Banna Strand, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

If we were *really* serious about tackling nature collapse in Ireland (a very big if, I know), what would we be doing? A thread...🧵

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

My #shortstory was longlisted in the Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2024. I'm so thrilled. Thank you, @writingink

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Letter to the editorial section of the newspaper. ♥️😪Christmas 🎄 can be tough for some.

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

This beautifully illustrated collection of classic Irish poems, illustrated by the talented Erin Brown will bring you from bee-loud glades to fields of light, from purple glens to caves beneath the glittering waves. A beautiful gift for Christmas. #BookElves2024 #OBrienPress

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Deirdre Laide @deirdrelaide.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

My children love this delightful board book by @erikamcgann.bsky.social about a curious little puffling who lives on Skellig Michael in Ireland. @gerrydalyart.bsky.social gorgeous illustrations give a glimpse of the landscape of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Skellig Michael. #kidlit

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