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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Shadows of the pandemic hang over Oran Doyle's story of a young life incarcerated. @everywithwords.bsky.social @natworldpubli.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Russian ballet school, pterosaur poo, and young lives changed utterly by war - all in the mix in new releases by Irish children's authors. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Children's book reviews: From teen’s musical dreams to ‘fin facts’ about stinky sharks @meabhagscriobh.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social @futafata.bsky.social @tadhgmacdh.bsky.social @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @thelifeofsharks.com

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Secret sisterhoods, high-seas adventure, and great scary fun: New children's book releases from Irish authors @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social, @pforde123.bsky.social and Ciara O'Connor. @theobrienpress.bsky.social @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Get carried away on a wave of imagination with the latest Irish children's books @theobrienpress.bsky.social @laurakeohane.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Cork native Seosamh Céitinn’s Irish-language snapshots; cairdeas agus cogadh from Áine Ní Ghlinn, hair-raising adventures, and suspicious fish. #SeachtainnaGaeilge #SnaG www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @cloiarchonnacht.bsky.social @futafata.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41760881.html New twist on Irish mythology is a story of grief and learning to let go of ghosts of the past. @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @alnolan.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41760578.html Christmas murder-mystery has suspense, snow, festive glow and wholesome advocacy of cheese on toast. @nosycrow.bsky.social @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social @alexcotter.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social @erikamcgann.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Irish Examiner children's book reviews: Magical urchins, a fearful fur ball, and a pubescent trainee banshee: www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @sineadohart.bsky.social @unawoods.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Tacking up and mucking out, hoof picking and horsey snobbery in new children's books: irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social @alnolan.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @emmalarkinbooks.bsky.social threads family intrigue through the sporting action in 'Féile', capturing the essence of grassroots GAA and parochial rivalries. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social @megcathwrites.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Futuristic fantasy holds a mirror to today’s world, where it is perhaps not AI we should fear, but those who would use it for nefarious ends. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Drawing on biographical detail from CS Lewis’ life, including the death of his Cork-born mother when he was aged 9, Judith McQuoid creates an imaginary friendship between Lewis and her own grandfather. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The Case of the Secret Signal is historically informative but first and foremost just what a children’s book should be: a damn good adventure@theobrienpress.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social @futafata.bsky.social @pforde123.bsky.social @unawoods.bsky.social irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

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Pet O'Connell @petoconnell.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

A shape-shifting beast with jagged antlers and red eyes arrives from another time and place but nearly as petrifying is the spine-chilling spectre of peer rejection @Doomsday Club @kmoranwrites.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @pforde123.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

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