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Welcome to the Little Island blog! Here you can read about Island events, latest news and some of our thoughts on the book business and publishing in general.
May blog tours

May blog tours

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We are excited to partner with TheWriteReads on 3 YA blog tours this May! Get ready for a month packed with thoughtful reviews, exclusive author Q&As and plenty of bookish...
Irish indie Little Island partners with The O’Brien Press for Ireland sales

Irish indie Little Island partners with The O’Brien Press for Ireland sales

AuthorLittle Island Time

Irish children’s indie Little Island Books is excited to announce a new sales partnership with fellow multigenerational family publisher The O’Brien Press. Commencing in August 2026, The O’Brien Press will...
Discover Irish Kids Books

Discover Irish Kids Books

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Irish children's author Leona Forde contributes a guest post to the Little Island blog about the exciting Discover Irish Children's Books campaign, which has been doing a lot to raise...
Little Island go to Catalonia and Mexico!

Little Island go to Catalonia and Mexico!

AuthorLittle Island Time

Managing rights at Little Island is an exciting and challenging role. We love to see our books travel to new places and for this reason we attend about two book...
The Táin – the podcast!

The Táin – the podcast!

AuthorLittle Island Time

Did you know that Ireland has the longest unbroken vernacular literature in Western Europe? Just think about that – what a claim! But it must be true, because that’s what...
Patricia Forde, Laureate na nÓg

Patricia Forde, Laureate na nÓg

AuthorLittle Island Time

Everyone at Little Island is totally, insanely delighted, ar sceitimíní ar fad, at the appointment of our wonderful author Patricia Forde as the seventh Laureate na nÓg (Ireland's Children's Literature...

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