Kelly McCaughrain
@kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
Carnegie shortlisted YA author (Walker Books). Probably in my garden right now.
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Introducing Booked Up: Futures for Young Readers
As part of my community outreach programme during my time as Emerging Writer in Residence at DLR LexIcon, I'll be facilitating monthly workshops and panels for teenagers interested in exploring careers and opportunities involving books.
As part of my community outreach programme during my time as Emerging Writer in Residence at DLR LexIcon, I'll be facilitating monthly workshops and panels for teenagers interested in exploring careers and opportunities involving books.
November 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Introducing Booked Up: Futures for Young Readers
As part of my community outreach programme during my time as Emerging Writer in Residence at DLR LexIcon, I'll be facilitating monthly workshops and panels for teenagers interested in exploring careers and opportunities involving books.
As part of my community outreach programme during my time as Emerging Writer in Residence at DLR LexIcon, I'll be facilitating monthly workshops and panels for teenagers interested in exploring careers and opportunities involving books.
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A love story to die for 💀
Thrilled to share the cover of JUST ANOTHER DEAD BOY – the new high-stakes speculative romance where THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END meets THE WHITE LOTUS – by Carnegie-shortlisted author @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
Death date: 4 June 2026
www.walker.co.uk/978152952304...
Thrilled to share the cover of JUST ANOTHER DEAD BOY – the new high-stakes speculative romance where THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END meets THE WHITE LOTUS – by Carnegie-shortlisted author @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
Death date: 4 June 2026
www.walker.co.uk/978152952304...
October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A love story to die for 💀
Thrilled to share the cover of JUST ANOTHER DEAD BOY – the new high-stakes speculative romance where THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END meets THE WHITE LOTUS – by Carnegie-shortlisted author @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
Death date: 4 June 2026
www.walker.co.uk/978152952304...
Thrilled to share the cover of JUST ANOTHER DEAD BOY – the new high-stakes speculative romance where THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END meets THE WHITE LOTUS – by Carnegie-shortlisted author @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
Death date: 4 June 2026
www.walker.co.uk/978152952304...
Just Another Dead Boy is in the Waterstones pre-order promotion! Save 25% this week with the code OCTOBER25
Just Another Dead Boy is my Romeo&Juliet-inspired mashup of Dirty Dancing, White Lotus, and They Both Die At The End (Who wouldn’t love that?😂❤️😍)
Coming June 2026! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Just Another Dead Boy is my Romeo&Juliet-inspired mashup of Dirty Dancing, White Lotus, and They Both Die At The End (Who wouldn’t love that?😂❤️😍)
Coming June 2026! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Just Another Dead Boy is in the Waterstones pre-order promotion! Save 25% this week with the code OCTOBER25
Just Another Dead Boy is my Romeo&Juliet-inspired mashup of Dirty Dancing, White Lotus, and They Both Die At The End (Who wouldn’t love that?😂❤️😍)
Coming June 2026! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Just Another Dead Boy is my Romeo&Juliet-inspired mashup of Dirty Dancing, White Lotus, and They Both Die At The End (Who wouldn’t love that?😂❤️😍)
Coming June 2026! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
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"Irish creatives are in the limelight and rightly being celebrated. But children’s authors and illustrators in Ireland too often fly under the radar."
Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people!
✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people!
✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Best Irish Books of 2025: your Culture Night (and Christmas) guide to children’s literature
Elaina Ryan of Children’s Books Ireland on its latest guide to the best of Irish writing
www.irishtimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Irish creatives are in the limelight and rightly being celebrated. But children’s authors and illustrators in Ireland too often fly under the radar."
Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people!
✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people!
✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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COVER REVEAL
My YA debut The Last Death Poet will be published by @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social in April 2026.
Thank you Adams Carvalho for this stunning cover, I love it.
My YA debut The Last Death Poet will be published by @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social in April 2026.
Thank you Adams Carvalho for this stunning cover, I love it.
August 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
COVER REVEAL
My YA debut The Last Death Poet will be published by @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social in April 2026.
Thank you Adams Carvalho for this stunning cover, I love it.
My YA debut The Last Death Poet will be published by @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social in April 2026.
Thank you Adams Carvalho for this stunning cover, I love it.
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Are you working on a novel for teens / young adults and need some guidance on your manuscript? Then why not get a manuscript critique from multi award winning @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social ?
August 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Are you working on a novel for teens / young adults and need some guidance on your manuscript? Then why not get a manuscript critique from multi award winning @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social ?
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Today we are launching the Irish KidLit for Palestine Fundraiser in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians (@medicalaidpal.bsky.social)
Running from 4th August to 17th August 2025.
You can check out the fundraiser at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine
@sineadohart.bsky.social
Running from 4th August to 17th August 2025.
You can check out the fundraiser at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine
@sineadohart.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today we are launching the Irish KidLit for Palestine Fundraiser in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians (@medicalaidpal.bsky.social)
Running from 4th August to 17th August 2025.
You can check out the fundraiser at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine
@sineadohart.bsky.social
Running from 4th August to 17th August 2025.
You can check out the fundraiser at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine
@sineadohart.bsky.social
So happy to have been a part of this. I didn't stop smiling all day. Very worthy winners and a beautiful ceremony, well done everyone!
🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Winners of the Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals: @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social, Nathanael Lessore, Theo Parish and Olivia Lomenech Gill! #Carnegies2025
Read the press release: carnegies.co.uk/2025-winners...
Read the press release: carnegies.co.uk/2025-winners...
June 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
So happy to have been a part of this. I didn't stop smiling all day. Very worthy winners and a beautiful ceremony, well done everyone!
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Wishing our shortlisted authors and illustrators the best of luck for the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social ceremony this Thursday, we're cheering you all on! 🌟
Visit the Carnegies website to watch the ceremony live on Thursday 19th June: carnegies.co.uk
#carnegies2025
@kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
Visit the Carnegies website to watch the ceremony live on Thursday 19th June: carnegies.co.uk
#carnegies2025
@kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Wishing our shortlisted authors and illustrators the best of luck for the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social ceremony this Thursday, we're cheering you all on! 🌟
Visit the Carnegies website to watch the ceremony live on Thursday 19th June: carnegies.co.uk
#carnegies2025
@kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
Visit the Carnegies website to watch the ceremony live on Thursday 19th June: carnegies.co.uk
#carnegies2025
@kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
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What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
The average author income is about seven grand a year.
The average author income is about seven grand a year.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
It is good and proper in a well-kept library to dispose of books.
It is good and proper in a well-kept library to dispose of books.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Almost all of the bugs and problems and breakage in the software you use is known to the engineers, we just aren't allowed to fix it. Gotta ship new features.
Almost all of the bugs and problems and breakage in the software you use is known to the engineers, we just aren't allowed to fix it. Gotta ship new features.
June 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
The average author income is about seven grand a year.
The average author income is about seven grand a year.
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Here's the new Read On with more on the shortlist for the
@carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Today, @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social on Little Bang and Matt Goodfellow on The Final Year, plus we find some new books in
@rnib.bsky.social RNIB Library
audioboom.com/posts/873100...
@carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Today, @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social on Little Bang and Matt Goodfellow on The Final Year, plus we find some new books in
@rnib.bsky.social RNIB Library
audioboom.com/posts/873100...
Kelly McCaughrain & Matt Goodfellow - Carnegie Medal for Writing
Today on Read On we're continuing our interviews with authors on the shortlist for the Carnegie Medal for Writing. This week Kelly McCaughrain on Little Bang and Matt Goodfellow on The Final Year,...
audioboom.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Here's the new Read On with more on the shortlist for the
@carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Today, @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social on Little Bang and Matt Goodfellow on The Final Year, plus we find some new books in
@rnib.bsky.social RNIB Library
audioboom.com/posts/873100...
@carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Today, @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social on Little Bang and Matt Goodfellow on The Final Year, plus we find some new books in
@rnib.bsky.social RNIB Library
audioboom.com/posts/873100...
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Looking for more info on Empathy Day? Or how to participate in this year's Festival celebrations? We’ve got a handy guide just for you! Plus recommended reads by @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
@nadiashireen.bsky.social
and more!
www.walker.co.uk/four-ways-to...
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
@nadiashireen.bsky.social
and more!
www.walker.co.uk/four-ways-to...
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Looking for more info on Empathy Day? Or how to participate in this year's Festival celebrations? We’ve got a handy guide just for you! Plus recommended reads by @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
@nadiashireen.bsky.social
and more!
www.walker.co.uk/four-ways-to...
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
@nadiashireen.bsky.social
and more!
www.walker.co.uk/four-ways-to...
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
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Our @carnegiemedals.bsky.social shadowing continues @appletonacademy.bsky.social with our PE teacher, Miss Storey chatting about what she loved about #LittleBang by @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Our @carnegiemedals.bsky.social shadowing continues @appletonacademy.bsky.social with our PE teacher, Miss Storey chatting about what she loved about #LittleBang by @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social
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"Minister for the Arts Patrick O'Donovan has publicly backed the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, saying its impact is 'far-ranging and affects all aspects of recipients' lives'."
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Minister backs retention of Basic Income for Arts scheme
Minister for the Arts Patrick O'Donovan has publicly backed the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, saying its impact is "far-ranging and affects all aspects of recipients' lives".
www.rte.ie
May 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Minister for the Arts Patrick O'Donovan has publicly backed the retention of the Basic Income for the Arts scheme, saying its impact is 'far-ranging and affects all aspects of recipients' lives'."
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
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🏆 @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social, WINNER of the Honour Award for Fiction AND the Junior Juries' Award!
May 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🏆 @kellymccaughrain.bsky.social, WINNER of the Honour Award for Fiction AND the Junior Juries' Award!
The Museum of Childhood are collecting people's memories of their journeys to school! If you'd like to write them a few paragraphs, check out the link.
"Our interest is in the glimpses of childhood in those relatively unsupervised moments between home and school"
museumofchildhood.ie/when-we-were...
"Our interest is in the glimpses of childhood in those relatively unsupervised moments between home and school"
museumofchildhood.ie/when-we-were...
When We Were Kings And Queens of the Road – The Museum of Childhood Ireland
Músaem Óige na hÉireann
museumofchildhood.ie
May 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The Museum of Childhood are collecting people's memories of their journeys to school! If you'd like to write them a few paragraphs, check out the link.
"Our interest is in the glimpses of childhood in those relatively unsupervised moments between home and school"
museumofchildhood.ie/when-we-were...
"Our interest is in the glimpses of childhood in those relatively unsupervised moments between home and school"
museumofchildhood.ie/when-we-were...
"If you have a pension, you have power. So much power that greening your pension reduces your carbon footprint 21x more than if you gave up flying, went veggie and switched energy provider combined." - Make My Money MatterClimate Action Report, February 2024
www.boringmoney.co.uk/learn/articl...
www.boringmoney.co.uk/learn/articl...
UK Workplace Pensions: How Climate-Friendly Is Your Retirement Pot?
Discover how the UK’s top workplace pension providers rank on climate action. Compare climate-conscious scores, find out who’s funding fossil fuels, and learn how to make your pension more sustainable...
www.boringmoney.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"If you have a pension, you have power. So much power that greening your pension reduces your carbon footprint 21x more than if you gave up flying, went veggie and switched energy provider combined." - Make My Money MatterClimate Action Report, February 2024
www.boringmoney.co.uk/learn/articl...
www.boringmoney.co.uk/learn/articl...
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Companies! Not too long ago a rainbow sticker indicated your store was a safe place for LGBTQ people. Time to start doing the same specifically for trans people. A little trans flag sticker in your window. I’d make a point to shop there.
April 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Companies! Not too long ago a rainbow sticker indicated your store was a safe place for LGBTQ people. Time to start doing the same specifically for trans people. A little trans flag sticker in your window. I’d make a point to shop there.
Ooh, just heard this! I asbolutely loved my time working at @librariesni.bsky.social (I got to recommend books! For a living!) so to be on their podcast is surreal and lovely. Thanks for having me Jillian, this was so much fun!
#LittleBang #NIYA #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
#LittleBang #NIYA #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
@kellymccaughrain.bsky.social joins Bookcited! @librariesni.bsky.social to share her writing journey and how important it is for realistic stories of teenage relationships to educate and inform the readers as well as to entertain. 😄
It's on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/pb-dx2ar-...
It's on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/pb-dx2ar-...
April 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ooh, just heard this! I asbolutely loved my time working at @librariesni.bsky.social (I got to recommend books! For a living!) so to be on their podcast is surreal and lovely. Thanks for having me Jillian, this was so much fun!
#LittleBang #NIYA #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
#LittleBang #NIYA #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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April is full of fab new Irish children's books. Check out the @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social posters for some of our favourites for all ages.
Designed by @bexsheridan.bsky.social
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
The posters can be downloaded free from discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/new-irish-ch...
Please share!
Designed by @bexsheridan.bsky.social
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
The posters can be downloaded free from discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/new-irish-ch...
Please share!
April 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
April is full of fab new Irish children's books. Check out the @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social posters for some of our favourites for all ages.
Designed by @bexsheridan.bsky.social
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
The posters can be downloaded free from discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/new-irish-ch...
Please share!
Designed by @bexsheridan.bsky.social
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
The posters can be downloaded free from discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/new-irish-ch...
Please share!
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I am one of the authors whom Meta stole (sorry, ‘scraped’) from, by using their books to train Libgen. So I’m biased. But this from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social is👌
April 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I am one of the authors whom Meta stole (sorry, ‘scraped’) from, by using their books to train Libgen. So I’m biased. But this from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social is👌
A couple of quick and easy things you can do about this. SoA has some letter templates, you just fill in your name and click send. Definitely worth 30 seconds of your time.
We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
March 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A couple of quick and easy things you can do about this. SoA has some letter templates, you just fill in your name and click send. Definitely worth 30 seconds of your time.
Well, I did not make the UKLA Book Awards shortlist, but I'm super excited to see Jenny Ireland and @padraigkenny.bsky.social on there! As well as 4 of my fellow Carnegie shortlisters (not fancying my chances at this stage! 😂) Go buy some of these books, they are clearly amazing. Congrats everyone!
It's here... The UKLA Book Awards 2025 Shortlist is now live! With so many powerful titles, this year's selection truly highlights the best of contemporary children's writing! Find out more here: buff.ly/KJtPJH0
#childrensbookawards #bookawards
#childrensbookawards #bookawards
March 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Well, I did not make the UKLA Book Awards shortlist, but I'm super excited to see Jenny Ireland and @padraigkenny.bsky.social on there! As well as 4 of my fellow Carnegie shortlisters (not fancying my chances at this stage! 😂) Go buy some of these books, they are clearly amazing. Congrats everyone!