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amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social
Amy Clarkin
@amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social
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Powered mostly by coffee and vibes. Chronically ill (M.E), bisexual writer. What Walks These Halls and Who Watches This Place are out now with The O’Brien Press, PSI Investigations book 3 coming 2025 👻 🏳️‍🌈
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 20h
I had a wonderful chat about Bisexual imposter syndrome, LGBTQ+ representation and writing LGBTQ+ books for young adults with Jenny Duffy for Shout Out’s podcast ShoutOut ListenIn, it’s available wherever you listen to your podcasts now
A graphic split in two. On the left is a black and white photo of Amy, a white woman with dark hair wearing glasses. Her arms are folding and she smiles at the camera. On the right is a purple and blue graphic with the Shout Out logo (a blue microphone with a rainbow coming from it) and the title ‘ShoutOut Listen in episode 34: Amy Clarkin on Bisexual Awareness Week, identity and representation.’
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 20h
Not a boulangerie in the country would go unsampled 😂
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 23h
Poor Charles has had so many terrible guests that a ghost is just like ‘ugh, another unreasonable addition to the ship then’ (he has so much gossip)
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you!
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you!
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you!
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The O’Brien Press @theobrienpress.bsky.social · 5d
Eerie spookiness is in the air and author @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social is to blame.
Meet the author of ‘Where the Shadows Hide,’ whose page-turning paranormal series will keep you awake at night.

You’ve been warned!
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 1d
The last time someone requested a novella it turned into a book (this book! Where The Shadows Hide! Out now!) so like… watch this space 👀👀
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 2d
@amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social I know I'm not the only one who wants a Charles spinoff. At the very least an origin story novella.
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 1d
Oh I would LOVE this side quest. I have Charles lore to drop 👀
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 5d
Tick Tock it’s Spooky Season O’Clock
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The O’Brien Press @theobrienpress.bsky.social · 5d
Eerie spookiness is in the air and author @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social is to blame.
Meet the author of ‘Where the Shadows Hide,’ whose page-turning paranormal series will keep you awake at night.

You’ve been warned!
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Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · 5d
Skulduggery Pleasant: A Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe by Derek Landy
Where the Shadows Hide by Amy Clarkin
Blowing the Whistle by Ger Siggins
Mixed Up by Leon Diop
Making It Up As You Go Along by Patricia Forde, illustrated by Mary Murphy @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
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The O’Brien Press @theobrienpress.bsky.social · 8d
Happy publication day to ‘Where the Shadows Hide’ – the third instalment in @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social’s eerie paranormal series!
 
Are you ready to dive into this thrilling story?
 
Available in all bookshops!
Book cover in blue background and white font
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Books for Keeps, the online children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 8d
We were delighted to interview @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social about book one in this chilling series booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/an-i...
An Interview with Amy Clarkin – Books For Keeps
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 8d
Getting to write a horror series for young adults with disability rep & LGBTQ+ rep is such a gift. WTSH has a chronic illness storyline, a plotline close to my heart, and it meant so much to write it. It also has spooky ghosts, jokes, romance and friendship, and I’m so excited to finally share it.
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 8d
My third book is officially out in the world today and I am being very normal and chill about it. Where The Shadows Hide is the third book in The PSI Investigations series, published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social and dare I say it’s the best one yet.
Amy, a white woman with long brown hair, is holding a blue book with an eerie hand reaching through water on the cover. The book is called Where The Shadows Hide and Amy’s expression is wide eyed excitement.
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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 13d
The third PSI! Another chiller from @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social, perfect timing to start my October scary reading (no, I haven't watched any if the cruise ship reality TV shows but absolutely would if they had ghosts👻)
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Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · 12d
Day 1 - a book with a blue cover #DIKBChallenge25
Where the Shadows Hide by @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social
@irishkidsbooks
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · 27d
Obsessed with this tiny ghost. He’s now my mascot for Where The Shadows Hide promo and I’ll be bringing him EVERYWHERE.
A tiny ceramic blue ghost looks shocked. It is behind held up in front of library bookshelves
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · Sep 7
The herding dog and the dog she’s decided is her sheep. (Spoiler, he’s not happy about it).
Coco Swift, a brown and white collie stands in front of the couch smiling happily. Her eyes are firmly fixed on Bailey, a white and brown cavachon who is sitting on the couch leaning his head against a pair of legs, looking like he’s been abandoned.
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Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · Aug 15
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 14
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors. Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · Aug 15
Feel like this little sob story *could* have mentioned that Boyne's Polari nomination came five days after he wrote a piece referring to trans-inclusive women as the evil wives in the Handmaid's Tale, "ready to pin a handmaiden down as her husband rapes her".

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender-critical novelist urges writers to re-enter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
www.theguardian.com
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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · Aug 12
If you're an artist based in Ireland, this survey relates directly to you. It'll take three or four minutes, if that (it's actually too short).

Please check it out.

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Basic Income for the Arts public consultation
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Amy Clarkin @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social · Aug 12
Aaah I’m so glad you like it! And delighted I could brighten up what sounds like a stressful day, spooky treats during a surprise heat wave feels appropriate 😂
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · Aug 11
14 of 24 authors have now withdrawn.

First Book:
Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas

Main:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies

Judges:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
The Polari first prize Longlist with books by Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas crossed out to show they've withdrawn The Polari Prize Longlist with books by Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies crossed out to show they've withdrawn
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The O’Brien Press @theobrienpress.bsky.social · Jul 29
A series of unexplainable events bring PSI to a luxury cruise ship.
It quickly becomes clear that there’s more lurking in the shadows than they've realised.

The third instalment of @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social’s eerie, paranormal series promises to bring you chills you won’t forget.
Covers of Amy Clarkin’s trilogy with a burgundy backdrop and light pink font
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