Clive McFarland

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[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

I’m so excited that the brilliant @nickjonas will be reading a book I illustrated on TV tonight!

Tune in to CBeebies Bedtime Stories at 6.50pm with your little ones for a very special reading of The Ballad of Cactus Joe, written by @lilymurraybooks ❤️🌵

@cbbc @CBeebiesHQ 🤠

[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

So excited about this! Happy reading everyone! #BookWeekScotland

[Oxford Primary @OUPPrimary]

We're celebrating #BookWeekScotland with Scottish schools! 🎉

Children in P2 are receiving their Read Write Count bags including The Ballad of Cactus Joe written by @lilymurraybooks & illustrated by @CliveMcF 🌵🤠

Happy reading everyone! 📖

[Oxford Primary @OUPPrimary]

We're celebrating #BookWeekScotland with Scottish schools! 🎉

Children in P2 are receiving their Read Write Count bags including The Ballad of Cactus Joe written by @lilymurraybooks & illustrated by @CliveMcF 🌵🤠

Happy reading everyone! 📖

[The O'Brien Press @OBrienPress]

We are delighted that ‘What is a Peachick?’ by Erika McGann, illustrated by @CliveMcF, and ‘Braids Take a Day’ by @ZainabBoladale, have been chosen as part of the first curated ‘Recommended Irish Reads’ in the new @easons x @KidsBooksIrel partnership.

https://t.co/I5s5tNhrA2

[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

@BookTrustNI @lilymurraybooks @OxfordChildrens @_Bright_Agency Thank you!

[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

I’m thrilled that The Ballad of Cactus Joe has been longlisted for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards! It’s an honour to be included with so many great books 📚✏️✨

@lilymurraybooks @OxfordChildrens @_Bright_Agency

[Children's Books Ireland @KidsBooksIrel]

Your first look at the longlisted titles for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2025 🤩

Our incredible judges have read a record number of books (169!!) over the past year, and we can now share with you the 19 titles that really grabbed their attention. With a wide-reaching range of age and genre, including four Irish language and four debut titles, we cannot wait to see how this is whittled down to a shortlist on February 5th. To see the full list of titles with authors, illustrators and publisher tags, please check the comments below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Our thanks to partners @KPMG_Ireland , without whom these awards would not be possible, to @artscouncil_ie , @ArtsCouncilNI  for their support and to @CrescentArts in Belfast who will be hosting our shortlist launch event on February 5th 🗓️.

The shortlisted titles will compete for six awards at our KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards ceremony on May 19th, presented in partnership with @ILFDublin . Bígí linn!

#ReadingHeroes #KPMGChildrensBooksIrelandAwards2025

[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

@IrishKidsBooks @lilymurraybooks @OxfordChildrens @_Bright_Agency Thanks so much! ☺️

[Chris Eisenstadt @ChrisEisenstadt]

I haven't read all of these, but I can confirm from personal experience that The Ballad of Cactus Joe (illustrated by @CliveMcF) is brilliant!

[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

@ChrisEisenstadt Thank you Chris! ☺️

[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

@BookTrustNI @Booktrust @OBrienPress Thank you! 🙏

[BookTrustNI @BookTrustNI]

Our #BookOfTheMonth - and the @Booktrust
#BookOfTheDay - is a slightly surreal picture book full of fun flights of fancy!

It's the super #WhatIsAPeachick from Erika McGann and @CliveMcF :

https://t.co/FG0W4O8AIX @OBrienPress

[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

@Booktrust @BookTrustNI @OBrienPress Thanks so much!

[BookTrust @Booktrust]

Our #BookOfTheDay - and the @BookTrustNI #BookOfTheMonth - is a slightly surreal picture book full of fun flights of fancy!

It's the super #WhatIsAPeachick from Erika McGann and @CliveMcF:

https://t.co/8VYfkGz4aB @OBrienPress

[Children's Books Ireland @KidsBooksIrel]

One of our biggest roundups of the year is here! 📚

Together with our book selling pals, across 5 pages of today’s Sunday Times, we have put together a bumper roundup of some of our favourite (☘️) titles from 2024.

Grab a copy of the @ST__Ireland so you can be in the know on your next bookshop visit!

[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

@LittleAcornsBks @AnPostIBAS @OBrienPress Let’s do it again soon ☺️

[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

Congrats to the brilliant Jenni at @LittleAcornsBks in Derry for winning the hugely deserved @AnPostIBAS BOOKSHOP OF THE YEAR! ✨✨✨✨✨

If you're in Derry, don't miss a visit!

#APIBA #ReadersWanted

[Clive McFarland @CliveMcF]

@BookTrustNI @ArtsCouncilNI @ACNIWriting @kidbooksbelfast Thank you for a brilliant time! It was amazing to be able to join Erika to celebrate “What is a Peachick?” in my hometown with so many brilliant young readers! ✏️📚

[BookTrustNI @BookTrustNI]

What an amazing couple of days on tour with Author, Erika McGann. As part of this @ArtsCouncilNI funded project we visited 4 schools, with Erika's book What is a Peachick, Illustrated by @CliveMcF

Every child received their own copy of the book to take home.#LottoGoodCauses

[An Post Irish Book Awards @IrishBookAward]

The WINNER of the 2024 @Postvox Bookshop of the Year is...

@LittleAcornsBks, Derry

#APIBA #ReadersWanted #StoriesMakeUs

[An Post Irish Book Awards @IrishBookAward]

We are delighted to announce that bestselling and beloved children's author, Martin Waddell, is the recipient of this year’s ‘Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award’.

Discover more: https://t.co/FUyBSW4X0w

#APIBA #ReadersWanted #StoriesMakeUs