Coming September 2025
Coming September 2025
The Lonely Only Dinosaur
Marsha lived on a tiny island at the edge of the world.
She knew every corner of her island - the golden swamps, the fern green glades and the soupy gloopy mud pools.
The perfect home for a dinosaur.
But one day Marsha woke up with a funny feeling…
Marsha the megalosaurus lives all alone on a tiny island. She loves it there, but one day she notices a very funny feeling – could she be ... lonely?
When she spots a small scelidosaurus, Moss, on the opposite side of the swamp, she decides to make friends with him.
But however hard she tries, Marsha just keeps scaring Moss away – will she be a lonely only dinosaur for ever?
A tale that shows how fraught encounters and misunderstandings can sometimes, remarkably, lead to the truest friendships between the most different of personalities.
Inspired by the real megalosaurus and scelidosaurus dinosaur fossils discovered in Northern Ireland.
Illustrated by Anna Süßbauer and published by Gill Books.
Little Lion Girl
The city roared like a jungle.
Leonie roared back at the city.
She shook her mane and swished her tail.
She was a lion girl.
The city hums with so many interesting people doing exciting things and little Leonie is thrilled to be part of this urban jungle. Inspired by the people, sights and sounds, Leonie can't wait to discover it all. Her mother tells her to stay close, but there's SO much to see. And surely nothing can scare a brave lion girl, can it? Once inside the museum Leonie is immersed in an exhibition of lions in art. She is inspired by the magnificent creatures but the city is BIG and she is just one little lion girl…
A wild, spirited tale of imagination and self-belief, beautifully brought to life by Fiona Woodcock’s illustrations.
Inspired by visits to Dublin with her own mum, Olivia has created a story that fizzes with the exuberance of exploring a new busy place.
All illustrations by Fiona Woodcock
Be Wild, Little One
Wake up early, don't be shy.
This bright world can make you FLY . . .
This gorgeous, uplifting picture book celebrates the wildness in all of us, and the beauty of the world all around us. Prepare for a heart-lifting journey through the beauties of nature: from pine forests to awe-inspiring mountains, and from sparkling seas to starry skies, each page is full of wonders. Fly across oceans, run with wolves through the mountain snow, dance with fireflies, and prepare to BE WILD!
With a lyrical text from talented debut author Olivia Hope, and stunning, immersive illustrations by Daniel Egnéus, this stand-out book brims with joy and possibility and makes the perfect gift for any little one.
The book was also nominated for the Carnegie award, the KPMG Children’s Book Ireland award and the UK Literacy award in 2023.
All illustrations by Daniel Egnéus
My writing process.
When do my stories appear?
By accident.
A turn of phrase misheard.
A line in a newspaper misread.
A person whose identity I have mistaken.
If I try really hard to create a story deliberately, it never tends to be as interesting or as true as the stories that pop into my head by accident. Daydreaming means that my thoughts are often elsewhere, and what I've seen, heard or read is filtered through in a more unusual way. After I realise I have not been fully attentive I ask the most important question in storytelling …
WHAT IF?
And then a new story begins…