Day 2 moments from #CBIConf25 📸

We are taking a moment to reflect on what an amazing and inspiring conference this was. Back on Wednesday with plenty more photos, videos and moments from the weekend.

I can’t wait to share this with my mum and ruin Narnia for her 😂🤣😂🤣.

‘narnia a christofascist death cult for work. But #CBIConf25 is a good day at work’

Big shout out to all at Children's books Ireland. The #CBIConf25 was glorious. I wish we had something like it in the uk - for all book-related people, a chance to talk not just about the market for books, but the power of books, the work itself. #KidlitUK @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social

Selfie of Bob & Marta Gutter Bookshop grinning outside in front of a #Hogbert picturebook window.

Photo of the bookstall with staff holding card machines in the air to get a phone signal

Photo of Shorelines proof plus a #Loki keyring & a 'I Love My Local Bookshop' from Cecelia Ahern.

When in #Dublin - popped into @childrensbooksireland.ie #CBIconf25 & @gutterbookshop.bsky.social let me sell a book! Great catch-up chats with lovely people incl. @louiestowell.bsky.social & @littleislandbooks.bsky.social & got a proof of @rurooie.bsky.social 's debut #YA novel #shorelines ! #BobWin

Well done to Aoife Murray and all the @childrensbooksireland.ie for a wonderful weekend. #CBIConf25

Another inspirational day at @childrensbooksireland.ie #cbiconf25! This annual event is a tonic for all of us in the Irish Children’s Books world. Well done CBI crew!

Not every day you get to call narnia a christofascist death cult for work. But #CBIConf25 is a good day at work.

Delightful illustrations by Tarsila Kruse throughout Tadhgh’s presentation 😀 #CBIConf25

The perfect event for fans of children’s books - Marita Conlon-McKenna, Tom McCaughren and Don Conroy in conversation with @laureatenanog.bsky.social Patricia Forde.
The Whale Theatre, Greystones Sat 18th Oct 2pm. Book now! #CBIConf25 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Fantastic manifesto for young readers by @louiestowell.bsky.social at the @childrensbooksireland.ie #CBIConf25

Advice from @laurenohara.bsky.social about illustration (esp for people who are anxious) - ‘Don’t overthink it. When you get stuck, play.’ #CBIConf25

Lauren o hara painting a firebird. We see what shes painting via a visualiser.

Live painting with firebird music. Very soothing! #CBIConf25

Illustrator Lauren o'hara speaking at a podium against a blue carpet

Lauren O'Hara talking about her mum packing books instead of a winter coat when fleeing Russian invasion. #CBIConf25

Kicking off Day 2 of #CBIConf25! Today Little Island is represented in the speaker panel by Lauren O’Hara, talking about her new edition of Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories, and Leon Diop, discussing his forthcoming memoir, Mixed Up.

Love the #CBICONF25 approach of having conference buddies - people who are there to chat to those on their own.

Moments from a wonderful first day at the Children’s Book Ireland International Conference 2025 ✨

Today we look forward to another day of inspiring speakers, wonderful attendees and brilliant books 📚

#CBIConf25

At the brilliant annual Children’s Books Ireland Conference with @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social
@childrensbooksireland.ie #CBIConf25

#KidLit people, Louie is posting from today's Children's Book I* Conference. #CBIConf25

*don't know what the I stands for, sorry!

Page from Dont trust fish having a go at fish for being inconsistent

Don't trust fish is hilarious #CBICONF25

Dagogo Heart reading the beautiful Lantern Smoke. #CBICONF25

Weekend Timetable for the Children's Books Ireland Conference 2025

Ooh, unexpectedly popping up to #Dublin today which means I can pop into help @gutterbookshop.bsky.social at the @childrensbooksireland.ie Conference #CBIConf25 on Sunday! So I check the line-up & see @louiestowell.bsky.social is there tomorrow with their new #Loki book! Hoping to say hello IRL!

Maybe publishers could all agree that celebrity authors will only have their books published under highly secretive pen names. It wouldn’t increase media coverage but it might diversify it. #CBICONF25

New Voices - debut children’s writers @childrensbooksireland.ie #cbiconf25 - first up are Dee Barragry and Susan Cahill. #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social

Susan cahill talking about rain as a portal, falling between the raindrops #CBICONF25 @susancahill.bsky.social

Chat DUP - when a NI politician uses an LLM to write a speech #CBICONF25

How to get more kidlit content in media? Short slots before the news where someone reads a children's book? #CBICONF25

Patricia talking about the terrible child question: "do you know any famous writers?" #CBICONF25

Fcb talking about the difference between writing a book and a screenplay. Money, for one. #CBICONF25

As a kid fcb convinced himself he'd written where the wild things are and has been paranoid about plagiarisn ever since. #CBICONF25

Fantastic conversation between @laureatenanog.bsky.social Patricia Forde and UK Children’s Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social at the #cbiconf25 @childrensbooksireland.ie
A brilliant look at why reading to babies matters, some of Frank’s work in the UK, and their shared passion for reading.