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24 Mar 2025
My sister's latest book - and a fantastic read. It's coming in September.
24 Mar 2025
Out September: Ten wives - Matilda (Wolfe) Tone, Mary (Daniel) O'Connell, Charlotte (GB) Shaw, Constance (Oscar) Wilde, Annette (Edward) Carson, Emily (Ernest) Shackleton, George (WB) Yeats, Sinead (Eamon) de Valera, Margaret (Harry)Clarke & Beatrice (Brendan)Behan @OBrienPress
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Rachel Pierce retweeted
6 Dec 2024
Our virtual Winter Reading Festival continues next week with fantastic sessions from @Ivorbaddiel, @RachDavisAuthor, @JimSmithBooks, @MindscapeGames and @RacPierce ⭐❄️
Save your FREE spot at each event here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/schola…
#ScholasticSchoolsLive #readingforpleasure
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Rachel Pierce retweeted
18 Nov 2024
We are BACK with our Christmas Gift a Book Appeal.
This Christmas, we’re gifting over €14,000 worth of brand-new books to the children who need it most. We are delivering bundles of brilliant books across the country to children experiencing homelessness, living in Direct Provision and children in healthcare settings.
Help us to bring the magic of Christmas to the thousands of children who still need our support.
Gift a book today, visit childrensbooksireland.ie/gif…
🎥: @CrannogMedia
#GiftABook #EveryChildAReader
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5 Nov 2024
A huge thanks to Gerry Kelly on the Late Lunch at LMFM Radio for a great chat about Tales for the Brave. Talking to a fellow book-lover is always so enjoyable! @kirankhanom @GillHessLtd @LisaRichardsLtd @scholasticuk @LMFMRADIO
1 Nov 2024
Late Lunch Friday November 1st 2024: Blackrock's Tidy Towns win, John Shanahan on the US Presidential election, Alex Mountcharles & the Enchanted Kingdom at Slane Castle, author Rachel Pierce new book and sport with David Sheehan shows.acast.com/lmfm-late-lu… via @acast
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31 Oct 2024
It's finally here! It's the eve of Samhain - the night when the Otherworld draws closer and the spirits roam abroad. You can meet a whole host of Otherworld-dwellers in Tales for the Brave, and hear their stories for yourself!
31 Oct 2024
Celebrate Samhain with Tales for the Brave, a stunningly spooky collection of Celtic tales for children.
With beautiful illustrations, this is a timeless gift to be enjoyed again and again.
From @RacPierce, illustrated by
@beibhinnmcc, @louise_dukes_, & @oneillustration
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Rachel Pierce retweeted
26 Oct 2024
For the week that's in it!! 'Chasing Ghosts' about 1845's doomed John Franklin expedition to Arctic coinciding with a 'true' haunting in Derry as searches fail to find Franklin, 128 crew & his two ships (HMS Erebus & Terror finally found in 2014 & 2016). For readers aged 10 plus.
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Rachel Pierce retweeted
26 Oct 2024
For the week that's in it: the 'spirit' of actual 15 year old catch-boy, Samuel Joseph Scott, who describes what happens that night on 14 April 1912, two years after his own April death in 1910. For readers aged nine years plus! @OBrienPress #Titanic #irishhistory
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15 Oct 2024
Thank you @IrishTimes for this excellent review of
Tales for the Brave.
15 Oct 2024
Brilliant review of #TalesForTheBrave in @IrishTimes!
"[A] glossy hardback compilation of Celtic tales" - packed with stunningly spooky tales, this is the perfect gift as the nights draw in!
@RacPierce
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6 Oct 2024
Thank you, Jacqui. I’m so delighted you enjoyed it!
6 Oct 2024
A fabulous spooky collection of Celtic short stories, #TalesForTheBrave by @RacPierce, illustrated by @beibhinnmcc, @louise_dukes_ & @oneillustration, is perfect for KS2 readers and out now #SpookySeason @scholasticuk
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23 Sep 2024
Thank you, Irish Examiner, for this wonderful collection of reviews of Irish writers and illustrators and their books out this autumn.
Delighted to see Tales for the Brave in there! @Scholastic @GillHessLtd @kirankhanom #sparkaloveofstories
21 Sep 2024
Spark a love of stories with these new titles from Irish artists irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/…
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12 Sep 2024
Sunshine and flowers on pub day (with ghost writer reflection to boot)!
Thank you @LisaRichardsLtd for the beautiful surprise!
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12 Sep 2024
Thank you to the incredible illustrators:
@oneillustration @beibhinnmcc and Louise Dukes!
12 Sep 2024
Happy book birthday to Tales for the Brave by @RacPierce!
Featuring beautiful illustrations by three Irish artists, this is a gorgeous book to be enjoyed time and time again.
Out today! #TalesfortheBrave
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Rachel Pierce retweeted
12 Sep 2024
Lots of wonderful events for young and old at this year's @HistFest I'm looking forward to my first every proper event in one of my favourite places - Dun Laoghaire.
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12 Sep 2024
Thank you BBC Cornwall and Julie @Skentelbery for a great chat about Celtic myths and folktales - even if the piskies did enjoy a moment of sabotage! Thank goodness U2 were on hand to cover for me.
9 Sep 2024
Julie @Skentelbery has been chatting #celtic myths with author @RacPierce🐲- featuring 2 spooky #cornish folktales. Listen here ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0jpfp…
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9 Sep 2024
That new book feeling!
My new book - Tales for the Brave - is out this Thursday, 12 September. It looks utterly incredible thanks to designer Bleddyn Sion, and illustrators @beibhinnmcc, @oneillustration and Louise Dukes. Can't wait to see it on bookshelves!
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30 Aug 2024
If you missed her on Nationwide, you can catch Nicola talking about the history of O'Connell Street in person!
30 Aug 2024
I'm a bit early with this but if you missed my talk about O'Connell St in Henrietta Museum, I'll be giving it again for Old Dublin Society on 2 October in Dublin Central Library, Ilac Centre. Booking is required with centrallibrary@dublincity.ie @OBrienPress
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19 Jul 2024
Retain, Extend and Expand Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts Pilot - Sign the Petition! chng.it/27FTy8F8Kj via @Change
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11 Jul 2024
Coming in September!
11 Jul 2024
.@scholasticuk has signed Tales for the Brave, a collection of Celtic folklore and myth by @RacPierce
bookbrunch.co.uk/page/articl… (£)
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Rachel Pierce retweeted
31 May 2024
I was never one for long goodbyes. So here goes. The next book is called ‘Don’t Look Back In Ongar’ – and it will be THE LAST IN THE SERIES! After 24 years – and 27 books – I’ve decided it’s time for the final chapter. It's available to pre-order here. linktr.ee/dontlookbackinonga…
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