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.

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...

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

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...

YES.

"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...

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.

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 ?

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

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!

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

What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? The average author income is about seven grand a year.

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...

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

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

"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...

🏆 @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...

"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...

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

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!

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.

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!

Please sign & share this important petition. Thanks. Together, we are calling on Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to mandate that all women are informed if they have dense breasts after a mammogram. my.uplift.ie/petitions/ma...

Congratulations to all 🎉 Great to see a previous awardee and currently shortlistee for the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards on the list 👏 2024 Honour Award for Fiction Winner - Brian Conaghan 2025 Shortlistee - Kelly McCaughrain

The Carnegies shortlist is out, for the awards' 88th year. Shadowing starts tomorrow, awards are 19 June. Lovely to hear the panel talk of librarians as "equalisers" who know their readers and how to hook them on reading #Carnegies2025 #LBF25 carnegies.co.uk

I've run out of words. Except these two words: CARNEGIE. SHORTLIST. *basically dies* THANK YOU @carnegiemedals.bsky.social & @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social! ❤️ I need a lie down. Check out the shortlist, it’s 😍. Congrats to all, I’m so proud of us! 👏 #Carnegies2025 #LBF25 #NIYA #discoveririshkidsbooks

📣 Announcing the shortlist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing! With a focus on marginalised perspectives, these books highlight diversity and empathy ✨✍️ Congratulations to the exceptional authors shortlisted for the #Carnegies2025! 🏅 Delve into the books here: 🔗 carnegies.co.uk/writing-shor...

Goodnight on World Book Day #DrSeuss #worldbookday

Happy World Book Day! I had a great time this morning at Ashfield with their A Level English students. Always lovely to meet young readers and writers! #WorldBookDay @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

"Children’s Books Ireland are currently looking for two young readers to help select the next KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlist, longlist and winners 2026." childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...