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Irish indie Little Island partners with The O’Brien Press for Ireland sales

Irish indie Little Island partners with The O’Brien Press for Ireland sales

AuthorLittle Island Time

Irish children’s indie Little Island Books is excited to announce a new sales partnership with fellow multigenerational family publisher The O’Brien Press. Commencing in August 2026, The O’Brien Press will...
Little Island named 'Small Press of the Year' Finalist at The British Book Awards

Little Island named 'Small Press of the Year' Finalist at The British Book Awards

AuthorLittle Island Time

We’re proud to share the news that Little Island has been shortlisted as a finalist for Small Press of the Year at the British Book Awards. This year’s award, proudly sponsored...
Irish Indies Unite: Little Island and Bad Book Press Join Forces

Irish Indies Unite: Little Island and Bad Book Press Join Forces

AuthorLittle Island Time

Irish indie Little Island Books has agreed to act as international sales agents for Bad Book Press, a new Belfast-based picture book publisher founded by author-illustrators Ashwin Chacko and Clive...
Astonishing SOLO run continues!

Astonishing SOLO run continues!

AuthorLittle Island Time

Little Island Books are delighted to announce that Solo by Gráinne O’Brien has this week been named on the shortlists of two major awards: the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and...
Discover Irish Kids Books

Discover Irish Kids Books

AuthorLittle Island Time

Irish children's author Leona Forde contributes a guest post to the Little Island blog about the exciting Discover Irish Children's Books campaign, which has been doing a lot to raise...
Little Island go to Catalonia and Mexico!

Little Island go to Catalonia and Mexico!

AuthorLittle Island Time

Managing rights at Little Island is an exciting and challenging role. We love to see our books travel to new places and for this reason we attend about two book...

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