Kat McKenna
@katmckenna.bsky.social
Marketing and brand consultant 📚
Author of Look What You Made Me Do (Gallery YA) 💜
Shortlisted - Freelancer of the Year, FutureBook Awards 💫
www.katmckenna.com
katmckenna.substack.com
Author of Look What You Made Me Do (Gallery YA) 💜
Shortlisted - Freelancer of the Year, FutureBook Awards 💫
www.katmckenna.com
katmckenna.substack.com
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Kat McKenna
@katmckenna.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hi guys - well, let’s start fresh shall we!
A bit about me: I run Kat McKenna Marketing, a freelance brand and marketing venture specialising in brand, celebrity and children’s publishing. Specialties also including TikTok and digital innovation.
I’m also the author of Look What You Made Me Do 💜
A bit about me: I run Kat McKenna Marketing, a freelance brand and marketing venture specialising in brand, celebrity and children’s publishing. Specialties also including TikTok and digital innovation.
I’m also the author of Look What You Made Me Do 💜
New Parasocial Media is up! open.substack.com/pub/katmcken...
January 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
New Parasocial Media is up! open.substack.com/pub/katmcken...
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I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
www.vulture.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
Guys, Look What You Made Me Do is currently half price - that’s only £6! - on Amazon 🐍 If you’re looking for a fandom/Swiftie winter warmer to get you through the rest of January, now’s your chance! 💜 amzn.eu/d/3YALV9G
January 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Guys, Look What You Made Me Do is currently half price - that’s only £6! - on Amazon 🐍 If you’re looking for a fandom/Swiftie winter warmer to get you through the rest of January, now’s your chance! 💜 amzn.eu/d/3YALV9G
My final top three of the week, for your reading pleasure - featuring a step down nostalgia way with Buffy The Vampire Slayer, my manifesto on why I’m declaring @hollybourne.bsky.social’s new book essential reading, and a closer look at my Spotify Wrapped: katmckenna.substack.com/p/18th-decem...
18th December: Looking backwards, looking forwards
Back to the usual format this week, I share my most recent three pop culture highlights, including a look at Spotify Wrapped and Stats.FM, and a classic series rewatch
katmckenna.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:46 AM
My final top three of the week, for your reading pleasure - featuring a step down nostalgia way with Buffy The Vampire Slayer, my manifesto on why I’m declaring @hollybourne.bsky.social’s new book essential reading, and a closer look at my Spotify Wrapped: katmckenna.substack.com/p/18th-decem...
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Thank you so much @katmckenna.bsky.social! I cannot wait to read Look What You Made Me Do - as a proud fan girl, Swiftie and pop culture addict 🫶🏻
💙📚 #booksky #taylorswift
💙📚 #booksky #taylorswift
December 14, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Thank you so much @katmckenna.bsky.social! I cannot wait to read Look What You Made Me Do - as a proud fan girl, Swiftie and pop culture addict 🫶🏻
💙📚 #booksky #taylorswift
💙📚 #booksky #taylorswift
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Gorgeous book mail from @katmckenna.bsky.social for Look What You Made Me Do which i won in a #giveaway. Can't wait to read it!
December 13, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Gorgeous book mail from @katmckenna.bsky.social for Look What You Made Me Do which i won in a #giveaway. Can't wait to read it!
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What to read now the Eras tour is over!
Had to put this one together to celebrate the ultimate time of girlhood 🫶🏻🪩✨
@headlinebooks.bsky.social @katmckenna.bsky.social @emilyhenryverse.bsky.social @hqstories.bsky.social @amyawardbooks.bsky.social #taylorswift #erastour #swiftie #booksky 💙📚
Had to put this one together to celebrate the ultimate time of girlhood 🫶🏻🪩✨
@headlinebooks.bsky.social @katmckenna.bsky.social @emilyhenryverse.bsky.social @hqstories.bsky.social @amyawardbooks.bsky.social #taylorswift #erastour #swiftie #booksky 💙📚
December 10, 2024 at 4:12 PM
What to read now the Eras tour is over!
Had to put this one together to celebrate the ultimate time of girlhood 🫶🏻🪩✨
@headlinebooks.bsky.social @katmckenna.bsky.social @emilyhenryverse.bsky.social @hqstories.bsky.social @amyawardbooks.bsky.social #taylorswift #erastour #swiftie #booksky 💙📚
Had to put this one together to celebrate the ultimate time of girlhood 🫶🏻🪩✨
@headlinebooks.bsky.social @katmckenna.bsky.social @emilyhenryverse.bsky.social @hqstories.bsky.social @amyawardbooks.bsky.social #taylorswift #erastour #swiftie #booksky 💙📚
I’m back on main (Substack) with one last souvenir from our trip to Taylor’s shores ✨🖤 katmckenna.substack.com/p/9th-decemb... 🖤✨
#taylorswift #theerastour #erastour #swiftie #fandom #lookwhatyoumademedo
#taylorswift #theerastour #erastour #swiftie #fandom #lookwhatyoumademedo
December 9, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I’m back on main (Substack) with one last souvenir from our trip to Taylor’s shores ✨🖤 katmckenna.substack.com/p/9th-decemb... 🖤✨
#taylorswift #theerastour #erastour #swiftie #fandom #lookwhatyoumademedo
#taylorswift #theerastour #erastour #swiftie #fandom #lookwhatyoumademedo
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Love Katie Roden’s advice for freelancers to be good, be nice, and be on time. At least aim for two out of three. 😂
#Futurebook @the-bookseller.bsky.social
#Futurebook @the-bookseller.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Love Katie Roden’s advice for freelancers to be good, be nice, and be on time. At least aim for two out of three. 😂
#Futurebook @the-bookseller.bsky.social
#Futurebook @the-bookseller.bsky.social
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"We are selling products to an audience who are struggling to afford them", Katie Ogunṣakin discusses the challenges facing the UK book trade following the election.
#FutureBook #BookSky
#FutureBook #BookSky
November 25, 2024 at 4:58 PM
"We are selling products to an audience who are struggling to afford them", Katie Ogunṣakin discusses the challenges facing the UK book trade following the election.
#FutureBook #BookSky
#FutureBook #BookSky
Headed to @the-bookseller.bsky.social’s #FutureBook Conference in my little brown bear coat. Shortlisted for Freelancer of the Year amongst excellent company, and delighted to be. Excited to do some industry learning too. A happy bear! Hope to see some of you there 💜✍️
November 25, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Headed to @the-bookseller.bsky.social’s #FutureBook Conference in my little brown bear coat. Shortlisted for Freelancer of the Year amongst excellent company, and delighted to be. Excited to do some industry learning too. A happy bear! Hope to see some of you there 💜✍️
6000 words in two days… I feel like I’m really getting somewhere with this first draft. It’s magic isn’t it, writing. Once you pull that thread, and it starts to come along, you really can’t stop it! I’m so glad to have it back in my life after a long drought 😌 #amwriting #publishing
a black cat wearing glasses and a pencil is laying on a counter
ALT: a black cat wearing glasses and a pencil is laying on a counter
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November 23, 2024 at 3:32 PM
6000 words in two days… I feel like I’m really getting somewhere with this first draft. It’s magic isn’t it, writing. Once you pull that thread, and it starts to come along, you really can’t stop it! I’m so glad to have it back in my life after a long drought 😌 #amwriting #publishing
Great to see Karen M. McManus on this list from @imogenrw.bsky.social - have loved working with the Puffin team on Karen this year!!🩷
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A sensational sleigh ride; joyous poetry; amazing animals; a sinister seaside town; a deadly forest; a thrilling heist and more
I Am Cat by Jackie Morris, Otter-Barry, £20
A ginger cat curls up “ammonite tight” and dreams of ranging the Earth as tiger,…
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Great to see Karen M. McManus on this list from @imogenrw.bsky.social - have loved working with the Puffin team on Karen this year!!🩷
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Here’s my November kids/YA round-up!
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
A sensational sleigh ride; joyous poetry; amazing animals; a sinister seaside town; a deadly forest; a thrilling heist and more
I Am Cat by Jackie Morris, Otter-Barry, £20
A ginger cat curls up “ammonite tight” and dreams of ranging the Earth as tiger,…
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Here’s my November kids/YA round-up!
Turns out this giveaway was timed perfects with the best #erastour mashup ever! The rep vibes were STRONG. 🐍 Congrats to winners @leilajones.bsky.social @bookishsam71.bsky.social @sarahsbookishlife.bsky.social - DM me your address and I’ll get a copy of Look What You Made Me Do sent your way! 💚🐍💜
💫 GIVEAWAY! 💫To celebrate six months (!) of Look What You Made Me Do, and my arrival on BlueSky, I’d love to giveaway 3 copies to bookish UK #Swifties here! Simply give me a follow and reshare this post by (meet me at) midnight on (I dunno about you, but I’m feeling) 22/11 💜🐍 good luck new friends!
November 23, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Turns out this giveaway was timed perfects with the best #erastour mashup ever! The rep vibes were STRONG. 🐍 Congrats to winners @leilajones.bsky.social @bookishsam71.bsky.social @sarahsbookishlife.bsky.social - DM me your address and I’ll get a copy of Look What You Made Me Do sent your way! 💚🐍💜
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I made and will update this Starter Pack of UK Book Awards / Literary Prizes!
Feel free to comment below to be included in this list if you’re a book award or literary prize based on the UK! The more, the merrier - trying to find as many as possible 🤩✨
go.bsky.app/MRzCfcE
Feel free to comment below to be included in this list if you’re a book award or literary prize based on the UK! The more, the merrier - trying to find as many as possible 🤩✨
go.bsky.app/MRzCfcE
November 23, 2024 at 10:25 AM
I made and will update this Starter Pack of UK Book Awards / Literary Prizes!
Feel free to comment below to be included in this list if you’re a book award or literary prize based on the UK! The more, the merrier - trying to find as many as possible 🤩✨
go.bsky.app/MRzCfcE
Feel free to comment below to be included in this list if you’re a book award or literary prize based on the UK! The more, the merrier - trying to find as many as possible 🤩✨
go.bsky.app/MRzCfcE
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Had a handful of homophobic/transphobic messages here today because I’ve created a Starter Pack supporting LGBTQIA+ writers.
Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be.
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W
Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be.
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W
November 14, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Had a handful of homophobic/transphobic messages here today because I’ve created a Starter Pack supporting LGBTQIA+ writers.
Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be.
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W
Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be.
go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W
There’s just a few hours left for #booksky and #taylorswift fans to enter my celebratory #giveaway!! Simply reshare and follow the original post, to be grinning like you’re winning 💜🐍
💫 GIVEAWAY! 💫To celebrate six months (!) of Look What You Made Me Do, and my arrival on BlueSky, I’d love to giveaway 3 copies to bookish UK #Swifties here! Simply give me a follow and reshare this post by (meet me at) midnight on (I dunno about you, but I’m feeling) 22/11 💜🐍 good luck new friends!
November 22, 2024 at 6:09 PM
There’s just a few hours left for #booksky and #taylorswift fans to enter my celebratory #giveaway!! Simply reshare and follow the original post, to be grinning like you’re winning 💜🐍
This week’s Substack is live! On the chopping board: Boybands Forever (BBC), BlueSky and M&S Fashion - in which I essentially write a dissertation about how much I love the new womenswear director Maddy Evans for bringing back Topshop fashion 😻😻😻😻 open.substack.com/pub/katmcken...
November 22, 2024 at 10:17 AM
This week’s Substack is live! On the chopping board: Boybands Forever (BBC), BlueSky and M&S Fashion - in which I essentially write a dissertation about how much I love the new womenswear director Maddy Evans for bringing back Topshop fashion 😻😻😻😻 open.substack.com/pub/katmcken...
Now that I’ve finished Rivals I’m back to my Buffy rewatch. This show holds up so incredibly well from almost every perspective (apart from offscreen …which we now know was a big ick) - the storytelling, the character growth and dynamics, the DIALOGUE. Sarah Michelle Gellar is incredible. Bravo!
a man and a woman sitting next to each other with the words and afterwards i get a cookie
ALT: a man and a woman sitting next to each other with the words and afterwards i get a cookie
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November 21, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Now that I’ve finished Rivals I’m back to my Buffy rewatch. This show holds up so incredibly well from almost every perspective (apart from offscreen …which we now know was a big ick) - the storytelling, the character growth and dynamics, the DIALOGUE. Sarah Michelle Gellar is incredible. Bravo!
If you’re a #BookTok creator and we aren’t yet working together, let me know and I’ll make sure you’re on my database. I’m lucky to work with most major publishers on paid and organic campaigns - this year’s have included The Idea Of You, Rivals, Atalanta, The Glass Girl and One Of Us Is Lying! 📚
November 21, 2024 at 11:47 AM
If you’re a #BookTok creator and we aren’t yet working together, let me know and I’ll make sure you’re on my database. I’m lucky to work with most major publishers on paid and organic campaigns - this year’s have included The Idea Of You, Rivals, Atalanta, The Glass Girl and One Of Us Is Lying! 📚
I’m currently juggling the #freelancer life, running my own business, with working on a first draft for something new. Luckily I’ve always got a furry companion by my side to keep me going. I hit 50k this week - and feeling positive! Who’s #writing at the moment and how is it going?!
November 21, 2024 at 11:43 AM
I’m currently juggling the #freelancer life, running my own business, with working on a first draft for something new. Luckily I’ve always got a furry companion by my side to keep me going. I hit 50k this week - and feeling positive! Who’s #writing at the moment and how is it going?!
If what you are hoping for in a freelancer is someone who is really up on festive gifs and periodically including them in Important Professional Emails, then I’ll look forward to receiving your brief 🎄✨🎁
a cat is sitting in front of a christmas tree with the words viralhog written below it
ALT: a cat is sitting in front of a christmas tree with the words viralhog written below it
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:39 AM
If what you are hoping for in a freelancer is someone who is really up on festive gifs and periodically including them in Important Professional Emails, then I’ll look forward to receiving your brief 🎄✨🎁
Giving this a little boost with the #booksky hashtag - still learning the ways of this lovely little 🦋 app! #ukya #yabooks
💫 GIVEAWAY! 💫To celebrate six months (!) of Look What You Made Me Do, and my arrival on BlueSky, I’d love to giveaway 3 copies to bookish UK #Swifties here! Simply give me a follow and reshare this post by (meet me at) midnight on (I dunno about you, but I’m feeling) 22/11 💜🐍 good luck new friends!
November 20, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day.
Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.
Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.
November 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day.
Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.
Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.