We are delighted to see @kmoranwrites.bsky.social’s debut ‘The Doomsday Club’ shortlisted in the Irish Book Awards’ Children’s Book of the Year (Senior) category! Vote for ‘The Doomsday Club’ at www.irishbookawards.ie ⚡️ @irishbookawards.bsky.social

Over the moon that #TheDoomsdayClub has been nominated for Children’s Book of the Year Senior at the @irishbookawards.bsky.social 🥳 You can vote at this link www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/ @theobrienpress.bsky.social #APIBA

A fabulous evening celebrating our outstanding authors and stories shortlisted in the @irishbookawards.bsky.social An immense congratulations to Paddy Donnelly, Tom McCaughren, Erika McGann, Shannon Bergin, Kevin Moran, Méabh McDonnell and Nicola Pierce.

“a fast-paced read, ideal for keeping more reluctant readers engage. The horror, while genuinely pulse-raising, is just the right amount of scary for its readership” m.independent.ie/life/family/...

🎉 ANOTHER PUB DAY!🎉 A new retelling of Tír na nÓg from me and Conor Busuttil, following Niamh as she learns about the beauty of being vulnerable and human. Conor’s artwork is absolutely stunning 🌟 And thank you Huw Davies for the gorgeous animation below!

“Adventure, fantasy and humour mix together playfully in this novel, as do colloquial and inventive use of the English and Irish languages, while landmarks of Dublin city also play a prominent part” Awesome recommend @childrensbooksireland.ie!

The Doomsday Club are returning for a brand new adventure for World Book Day 2026! 💥 Set between books one and two, join Conan, Jack, Jerry and Yash in a race against time to send a devious, shape-shifting monster back where it came from. @theobrienpress.bsky.social @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social

Joining the FLUENT line up in Ireland is... 'The Doomsday Club: Shape-Shifters' by Kevin Moran 🧟 Racing against time, the Doomsday Club band together to recapture a creature before it destroys their city... www.worldbookday.com/books/the-do... @theobrienpress.bsky.social

We are delighted to have the incredible @kmoranwrites.bsky.social be part of World Book Day 2026 with ‘The Doomsday Club: Shape-Shifters’ ⚡️ @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social highlights the enjoyment of reading for FUN and tries to give each child in the UK and Ireland the opportunity to own a book.

The Doomsday Club are returning for World Book Day 2026! 💥 What an honour to join the @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social family, which brings the joy of reading to millions of kids each year. As a teacher, I know the impact World Book Day can have 📚 @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Delighted to make this list! Check it out if you’re looking for your next read 📖

And they’re dead right…👻

A big day at the office today. 📽️ Thanks so much to RTÉ news2day for visiting our school to film the Microsoft DreamSpace event for International Literacy Day with @childrensbooksireland.ie Huge thanks to Michael and Becky for organising such a great event! @theobrienpress.bsky.social

🚨Teachers! For #InternationalLiteracyDay Microsoft Dream Space and @childrensbooksireland.ie are hosting a FREE online event for upper primary and lower secondary schools🧑‍💻 Teach kids the important of literacy in the digital age while also creating a short video game based on #TheDoomsdayClub 🕹️👾

“an excellent debut novel, action-packed thriller about four friends who find themselves in the middle of a terrifying mystery” Thank you to Tracy McEneaney for the great recommendation of @kmoranwrites.bsky.social’s debut on today’s @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Just a few weeks ago, authors @zainabboladale.bsky.social and @kmoranwrites.bsky.social attended West Cork Literary Festival and had a great time chatting about their titles ‘Braids Take a Day’ and ‘The Doomsday Club.’

💙📚Book Review📚👍 I absolutely loved ‘The Doomsday Club’ by @kmoranwrites.bsky.social This middle grade horror has plenty of scary action with a thrilling and intriguing plot that’s infused with humour. Read my review at: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/review... #WritingCommunity #KidLit #Horror #BookSky

“I was hooked from the very first chapter.” @kmoranwrites.bsky.social’s debut ‘The Doomsday Club’ was reviewed on @rteradio1.bsky.social’s Story Book Summer Special and received an amazing reaction from young readers! Listen here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

Third and final book event @wcorklitfest.bsky.social with @kmoranwrites.bsky.social Once again a similar message of filing that representation gap. Books set in Ireland with Irish mythology I've walked away with two children discussing what they would do if a portal opened - so definite impact

“a compelling book that will resonate with pre-teen boys who are navigating complicated friendships, all in the neat package of a scary and magical adventure” @kmoranwrites.bsky.social’s ‘The Doomsday Club’ got a fantastic recommendation in @booksireland.bsky.social today!

“a fast-paced read, ideal for keeping more reluctant readers engaged. The horror, while genuinely pulse-raising, is just the right amount of scary for its readership.” Fantastic review of @kmoranwrites.bsky.social’s debut The Doomsday Club on today’s @independent.ie

Did you know that all our children's events are free & feature Irish authors/illustrators? Many are ticketed so book now to avoid disappointment. Our director Eimear is in @echolive.bsky.social talking about our events & joy of kids' books @childrensbooksireland.ie www.echolive.ie/corkviews/ar...

Come along if you’re in West Cork! 🙌🏻

If you heard Graham Norton's fab interview with Brendan O'Connor on @rteradio1.bsky.social last Saturday you'll have heard Graham announce this exciting news. Graham Norton and Ryan Tubridy together at WCLF #DreamTeam @echolive.bsky.social www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

Reviews are in: top grades for @kmoranwrites.bsky.social’s debut ‘The Doomsday Club’ 🏅 In this chilling adventure, former friends and recent foes are pushed together to overcome otherworldly horror. Will the boys survive this eerie tale, or will they kill each other in the process?

📚 COMING SOON 📚 I was so lucky to get to work with the wonderful Tom McCaughren on Run Home Little Fox, coming October from @theobrienpress.bsky.social 🌟 The artwork by @shannonbergin.bsky.social is beyond gorgeous - I cannot wait to see it in print!

“part of the appeal of The Doomsday Club is that, monsters and mythical mayhem aside, the interactions between the four main characters feel genuine” Find more on the inspiration behind @kmoranwrites.bsky.social’s debut: obrien.ie/blog/creatin...

#TheDoomsdayClub is the @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social Children’s Book of the Month! 🎉 All new copies in store are now signed. As always, thanks to all the incredible Irish bookshops that are giving the book so much support! @theobrienpress.bsky.social #discoveririshkidsbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks

🇫🇷 What a buzz to host 40 pupils from Bordeaux in @marshslibrary.bsky.social These second year pupils from Assomption Sainte Clotilde have been reading #TheDoomsdayClub in class and were full of questions on the book, the writing process and everything in between. @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Thank YOU! Such a great panel, just proves that if you follow your dreams you'll get there! 📚💙

From the Date with an Agent audience seven years ago to the stage today. Thanks so much @samblakebooks.bsky.social for hosting such a brilliant event @ilfdublin.bsky.social

Looking forward to appearing at the Insider’s Guide to Publishing (Children’s&YA) on May 23rd!

The Doomsday Club 2 is done! 🥳 Well, the first draft anyway. There’s still a while to go before it releases next year but for now, have a sneak peek at what awaits Conan, Jack, Jerry and Yash… 👀

Join me for two events at @ilfdublin.bsky.social 🦁 May 17th - Little Lion Girl (arts and crafts) 🖊 May 23rd - Children's publishing panel with @kmoranwrites.bsky.social & @clarakiyoko.bsky.social

‘A fast-paced read, ideal for keeping more reluctant readers engaged and the horror, while genuinely pulse-raising, is just the right amount of scary for its readership’ Super recommend from @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social in the @independent.ie @kmoranwrites.bsky.social

We are now on Apple Podcasts - every Thurs you can get 30 mins of a great conversation between myself & an amazing author! Check it out here! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... @grainneobrien.bsky.social @kmoranwrites.bsky.social @tamsinmori.bsky.social @lisjardine.bsky.social

‘Primary school teacher Moran captures the voice and dynamics of boys on the cusp of secondary school effortlessly in this funny and dramatic highstakes story’ A great recommend for ‘The Doomsday Club’ by @kmoranwrites.bsky.social from Ruth C. in CBI, in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social on Saturday.

Thanks @irishexaminer.bsky.social and @childrensbooksireland.ie for including #TheDoomsdayClub in this great review roundup!

I've just signed this petition protesting Meta's mass theft of Irish writing, which they've used to build their large language model ‘AI’. Their trawl includes fourteen of my titles. If you live in Ireland and care about the arts, please sign. my.uplift.ie/petitions/pr...

Bit overwhelmed but very excited to have this interview in today's Irish Time Weekend magazine, in conjunction with the launch of "Wired Our Own Way; An Anthology of Autistic Irish Voices" @newislandbooks.bsky.social. Thanks to Ella Sloane for the interview, and @irishtimes.com for publishing this.

Delighted to be in Trinity College tonight to help launch this year’s incredible Bookmarks Programme with the Trinity Access Programme. I did it with my class 8 years ago so it’s a huge honour to be invited back as guest speaker

A new issue of my #library newsletter is up! glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-... feat. @kmoranwrites.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social

Well worth a read.

This week's Irish Children's Top 10 has an Irish book on it - Fox and Son Tailers by Paddy Donnelly ⭐ What this chart is not showing is the next 9 Irish children's books. The Doomsday Club by @kmoranwrites.bsky.social is the number 1 Irish title when the World Book Day titles are removed. 💚

Day Eight of #TheDoomsdayTour was spent in Cork with signings of #TheDoomsdayClub across the city and events in Dubray Books and St Anthony’s Boys School Ballinlough. @theobrienpress.bsky.social #booktour #debutauthor #middlegradebooks

Really thrilled to have interviewed @kmoranwrites.bsky.social on his new novel, The Doomsday Club! Listen here! glenthornelrc.blogspot.com/2025/03/book...

'As a kid, I was constantly writing stories, drawing characters & trying to spill the imagination from head out onto a page.' @kmoranwrites.bsky.social's debut children’s novel #TheDoomsdayClub is out now with @theobrienpress.bsky.social Read more: www.writing.ie/interviews/t... #childrensbooks

A little piece on @writing.ie about my writing journey!

A new Chaos Walking and a new adult book from Patrick Ness. We’re being spoiled

Day Seven of #TheDoomsdayTour brought me to Naas and the brilliant Barker&Jones bookshop. Two class events there and three class visits with the incredible kids in Mercy Convent school @theobrienpress.bsky.social #TheDoomsdayClub #booktour