My agent and publisher

Ed Victor Literary Agency The home of my agent Sophie Hicks

Walker Books The publishers of The Butterfly Heart

Conor Hacket Walkers rep in Ireland


Websites of other writers

Irish Fables - Tom O'Neill's blog site on The Lost Tales of Fionn MacCumhaill

Jean Flitcroft Little Island Author and member of my writing group

Kate Thompson Writer and fiddle player

Sarah Webb Sarah's blog about writing (Sarah is  a Walker Books author)

Jane Mitchell An Irish author published by Walker Book

Ellen Banda-Aaku Author of Wandi's Little Voice

Mary Arrigan Irish author of too many books to mention!

Juliette Saumande  In her own words: she is a writer, translator, mum, fencer and tapdancer living in Dublin.


Zambia 

Seize the Moment Miss Bwalya's blog

The Zambian Economist

Uprooting the Pumpkin Mwanabibi Sikamo's blog


Random links

Mango Groove Brilliant band in South Africa (coincidentally my brother's band!)

Writing books and Websites

Siobhan Parkinson Ireland's Children's Laureate

CBI The National children's book organisation of Ireland

David Maybury David's blog about anything and everything to do with children's literature

Poetry Ireland

SCBWI Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

IBBY

Ireland The International Board on Books for Young People

Irish Publishing News

Writing.ie

Little Island website and on Facebook

Writing4All A writing forum based in Ireland

Stonehouse Books an independent bookshop in Kilkenny on Facebook

The Book Centre, Kilkenny

The Purple Crayon A site on writing, illustrating and publishing for children.

Dubray Books


School links

Seomra Ranga Great website run by Damien Quinn on teaching resources for Primary School teachers.