Honest author moment: I’ve been promoting Children of the Sun relentlessly over the last few weeks with interviews, articles and reviews. It publishes in two days and despite all the incredible reviews, Waterstones will not be stocking it in their stores.

Found these in an outdoor secondhand market in Central Portugal. Only recognise a couple of authors. This is my favorite thing about second hand markets... coming across authors I may never otherwise have read. (And finding books in English when I've none.) Jhumpa Bhattacharya Tan Twan Eng

Breast cancer is in the news again with Amy Dowden's diagnosis. So perhaps a good time to ask: Can we stop it with the fighting/battle metaphors? It isn't a case of the strongest people getting over cancer and the weaker ones dying. It just isn't. #breastcancer #survivor

Kudos to the window of my local bookshop Raven Books for promoting Irish authors and bringing bigger issues to us all. @Sheela_no_gig @sarahgbooks

Thrilled to see #TheRedBirdSings included in this roundup of best books for your holliers! Claire Kilroy's #SoldierSoldier blew me away. And @sarahgbooks #Service is burning a hole in my shelf 🔥. Summer's looking good 😎🏖️!! tinyurl.com/2rpd4392

🐠We’ve had over 200 submissions so far and only halfway through the week… incredible and bravo to everyone who has entered and all who are still considering! Can’t wait to get reading! 🐟

Whoop!! So we'll deserved! Congrats 👏 👏 👏

"Imagining what might happen if one's circumstances were different was the only sure route to madness." Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

Check out our display including brilliant titles from @TamsinWrites Libby Scott Official Rebecca Westcott Kim Slater Elle McNicoll ✍🏻📚🩷💜💙 sarah carroll STEW FOSTER Author Gone Boy (didnt write that but plus our fantastic #bookoftheweek by Jessica Scott-Whyte❤️📚#AntiBullyingWeek #MakeANoise

#AntiBullyingWeek Great to see this 👍

The age-old question: is what I've written insightful literary prose, or in fact, pretentious rubbish? Hmmmm. Select all. Delete.

I read Under The Hawthorn Tree as a girl and it has stayed with me to this day. Sarah Crossan Where the Heart Should Be isn't just a masterfully constructed and gripping read full of humanity but it is as vital now as a novel about the Great Hunger was in my youth.

This week's #BookOfTheWeek links to #NationalConversationWeek and is sarah carroll powerful book The Words that Fly Between Us, a story about finding the strength and words to face your fears. Find it in the library #SuASEngage

Wow! Another nomination Aoife, congrats!

Are there any book festivals or events in May/June/July/August that I can attend online? Would appreciate a link here please! (There seems to be loads in Sept & Oct.) Also, if there's anything on around Dublin this summer, pls let me know. Thanks.

Finally, I can read it! Was annoyed last week when I went to read it and it wasn't published yet. Congrats Sarah! (PS no one should be this prolific... us mere mortals cannot keep up)