To think when I began writing #Elsetime in 2017 I actually wondered if the idea of a flood in a big city would be too far a stretch for young readers’ imaginations. How much has changed in a few years, and how quickly such a change became normalised. We need another change 🌊🌎👊

Wrapping nine for a nine year old - her first foray into #MG books, and I’ve picked some of my absolute favourites. Oh the places she will go, the *nine* lives she will live! 💫✨

Birr! ❄️

It was a phenomenal ‘before or after’ moment for our ancestors. Little did they know, if they could’ve swept all that dust up, it would’ve fit into a suitcase. LOOK UP this Fri night and cast a wish on every shooting star! It worked for me 📚💫 #LeonidsMeteorStorm #NewBook 🧵2/2

Wishers & believers, this time every year our planet passes through a ring of dust left by a comet that orbits our sun every 33 yrs. Sometimes it brings a meteor shower, sometimes a storm. In 1833, the night sky was more white than black with 100,000 shooting stars each hour🧵1/2

What a p-p-perfect day spent with the Picker Pals of Butlersbridge NS in #Cavan today, home to one of the winners of the Picker Pals short story competition🏅Picker Pals is an important and fun litter-picking programme enjoyed by schools all over 🇮🇪 pickerpalsworld.org

Thank you! Still smiling!! 😄😄😄

Oh that is so gorgeous!!!

Thanks, Fiona! What a buzz! 😀

Cheers, Alan!