Sarah Webb
Sarah Webb LOVES books! She has several jobs, all book-related. Firstly, she is an award-winning children’s writer. Her books include Blazing a Trail: Irish Women who Changed the World (illustrated by Lauren O’Neill) and A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood (illustrated by Steve McCarthy), both winners of Irish Book Awards.
She runs creative writing clubs for children and teens, reviews children’s books for the Irish Independent, and programmes children’s and family events for book festivals and MoLI (Museum of Literature Ireland). She also works part-time in a children’s bookshop, Halfway Up the Stairs, where she is Events Manager.
Sarah is passionate about bringing children and books together and was awarded the Children’s Books Ireland Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children’s Books in Ireland.
Her latest book is The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street (illustrated by Rachel Corcoran) for readers aged 9+.
Recent publications:
The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street (The O’Brien Press) | Chapterbook for age 9+
Animal Crackers: Fantastic Facts About Your Favourite Animals (The O’Brien Press) | Non-fiction (with Alan Nolan) for age 7+
The One With the Waggly Tail: Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood (The O’Brien Press) | Poetry and rhymes (with Steve McCarthy) for all the family
Recent awards:
The Little Bee Charmer of Henrietta Street (illustrated by Rachel Corcoran) shortlisted for Specsavers Children’s Book of the Year Award (Senior) at the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021
Dare to Dream: Irish People Who Took on the World (and Won!) (illustrated by Graham Corcoran) shortlisted for TheJournal.ie Best Irish Published Book of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards
Blazing a Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World, illustrated by Lauren O’Neill, won the An Post Irish Book Awards Senior Category (2018)
A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea, illustrated by Steve McCarthy, won the An Post Irish Book Awards Junior Category (2017)
EVENTS
The One With The Waggly Tail
10 a.m. & 12 p.m. | Lismore Library | €5 (Carers free) | 0-3 years
Join award-winning children’s writer, Sarah Webb for this interactive animal-themed event for little ones and their grown ups. Revisit favourite childhood rhymes and songs such as How Much is That Doggie in the Window? and B-I-N-G-O!, discover new ones from Ireland and beyond, and create your own dog to take home with you. Bring a toy dog with you if you like (or any other toy animal) to join in the fun!
