Author of bestselling A Place Called Perfect and The Light Thieves series. The Light Thieves and the Terrifying Dawn out now. Published by @usborne
Kilkenny, Ireland
Joined January 2010
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Why should you preorder Blitzers? If you’re a fan of these books then you’ll love the latest from @alastair_ch @BarringtonStoke 📖
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@Heldideas a new french review of Bienvenue à Perfect City, tome 1 : Attention, ici, les murs ont des yeux... on Babelio : "J'ai adoré ce roman à l'intrigue originale: Violet emménage avec ses parents à Perfect City. La famille est accueillie par les fr… ift.tt/Ve8A1zl
Thanks @WRDmag for Grian, Shelli and Jeffrey’s cover girl/boy omoment - they look great!!! Can’t wait to get my hands on a copy.
The new @WRDmag magazine is out for autumn & winter - love reading this with my chn at home then taking it into school for reading corners. Great YA choices too! This month is my fav issue so far - lots of interviews, activities & books to go on Christmas lists 🤩📚
Great day @BookvilleKK today with three workshops in @kilkennylibrary Thomastown! What a brilliant week of children’s stories in Kilkenny!
This morning, 2nd class from St. Mary's N.S. ventured into a world of imagination with @heldideas at Thomastown Community Hall and created magical islands 🏝️✨📚
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This is brilliant news, @KidsBooksIrel! Are you taking note, aspiring children’s writers and illustrators of Ireland?! This is for you….
Raising Voices is BACK! 💥
We are delighted to announce the return of our #RaisingVoices fellowship for 2025. If you are an aspiring writer and/or illustrator who makes work for children and young adults, you can now apply for this fully–funded, career–altering programme. Selected fellows will benefit from a host of creative and practical supports, mentorship and an artist residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre.
The Raising Voices Fellowship commences in January 2025 and will run until November 2025. The application deadline is Thursday 14th November at 3pm.
Thank you to all of our 2022 fellows for taking the time to share their experiences.
Find out more and apply by visiting the link below:
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The discussion on this thread has thrown up a number of excellent recommendations for teen boy readers, so im including a list of those here. I'm keeping it to recently published books/ongoing series rather than books published 10+ years ago. If you have more, please share them!
She’s a brilliant writer and please tell her I was also inspired by @jk_rowling books growing up so to think my stories inspired your daughter too is really lovely!
@jk_rowling and @Heldideas you have inspired my 11 year old so much that she comes home from school having written extracts like this. One of her many one page ideas. Thank you ❤️ #reading #aplacecalledperfect #HarryPotter #childhood #literacy
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Here are 3 fab recently released books, each the latest in a series. For 6+ I love @SJOHart’s Lola and Larch stories, for 8+ @AlNolan’s Molly & Bram adventures are the perfect mix of fun and history, and for 9+ @Heldideas’s The Light Thieves series rock! #DIKBChallenge24
It's time for DAY 6 #DIKBChallenge24 and today’s prompt is to post an Irish book for children or teens that is part of a series.
So many great books to choose from!
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🌟✨ Dream Place with @Heldideas! ✨🌟
This event is part of our programme of events for schools - booking open!
📅 Tues 15 Oct
📍 Thomastown Community Hall
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Congrats Niamh can’t wait to get a copy!
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@Heldideas a new french review of Bienvenue à Perfect City, tome 1 : Attention, ici, les murs ont des yeux... on Babelio : "Le livre est bien mais un peu gâché par le manque de suspens; l'histoire se devine avec un peu d'imagination.
Mais une fois que c… ift.tt/O9iMxRe
So let me see @Year6Monksdown1 - No.1 is meeting Edward and George No. 2 is getting fitted with the glasses. No. 3 might be Fists or at least something to do with the Watchers and No.4 possibly has something to do with eye surgery? So how did I fare???
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@Heldideas a new french review of Bienvenue à Perfect City, tome 1 : Attention, ici, les murs ont des yeux... on Babelio : "★ Celui qui fait tomber les masques... enfin les lunettes
Bienvenue à Perfect City, une ville où tout est prétendument parfait … ift.tt/gUQ47cH
Thank you so much @PNorfolk_BookRe what a brilliant review - hopefully it’ll help more readers discover the series!
When it comes to saving the world, it’s only kids you can trust! Welcome back to The Terrifying Dawn the third & final thrilling #TheLightThieves eco-adventure from @Heldideas @FrithaL @Usborne
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Hoping to make it to this book launch in Naas on Thursday 26th September. Promises to be a really good read edited by two brilliant writers @NiamhBoyce and @ShaunaGilligan1
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Congrats Ashlee, hope you like it!!
Congratulations to @MsAshleeV for winning the giveaway for the first books in the #LightThieves series. Please DM me with your postal address, so that the publisher can send the books directly to you. @Usborne @Heldideas thank you for this wonderful offer.