Caimh/CK McDonnell
@caimhmc.bsky.social
Author Caimh/CK McDonnell's page, home to The Dublin Trilogy, McGarry Stateside & The Stranger Times
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Thank you @caimhmc.bsky.social and Wonder Wife for these Stranger Times/Ring The Bells goodies! And my first Christmas card of the year! I won’t spoil it for anyone else but I’ve got mine displayed backwards #booksky
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thank you @caimhmc.bsky.social and Wonder Wife for these Stranger Times/Ring The Bells goodies! And my first Christmas card of the year! I won’t spoil it for anyone else but I’ve got mine displayed backwards #booksky
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Aging indie rockers, check it... I loved this short story so much. 🪇🪩👹
New episode of the Stranger Times podcast alert!! Featuring a brand new story read by the not entirely brand new but nevertheless brilliant @philmealey.bsky.social
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Aging indie rockers, check it... I loved this short story so much. 🪇🪩👹
New episode of the Stranger Times podcast alert!! Featuring a brand new story read by the not entirely brand new but nevertheless brilliant @philmealey.bsky.social
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
New episode of the Stranger Times podcast alert!! Featuring a brand new story read by the not entirely brand new but nevertheless brilliant @philmealey.bsky.social
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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Home town gig!!
Join us tomorrow (Thursday 30th Oct) for an event with the most incredible @caimhmcd to celebrate the release of 'Ring the Bells', the latest installation in The Stranger Times series.
6.30-8pm in The Gutter Bookshop Temple Bar, free & all welcome.
#bookevent
6.30-8pm in The Gutter Bookshop Temple Bar, free & all welcome.
#bookevent
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Home town gig!!
Home town gig!!
Join us tomorrow (Thursday 30th Oct) for an event with the most incredible @caimhmcd to celebrate the release of 'Ring the Bells', the latest installation in The Stranger Times series.
6.30-8pm in The Gutter Bookshop Temple Bar, free & all welcome.
#bookevent
6.30-8pm in The Gutter Bookshop Temple Bar, free & all welcome.
#bookevent
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Home town gig!!
People of ireland - the prodigal son has returned! Aka Me! Joined in Dublin by Brendan ‘the voice’ McDonald.
And we promise to have you home in time to see celebrity traitors.*
*dependant on where you live. All promises not actual promises. Reality is subject to change.
And we promise to have you home in time to see celebrity traitors.*
*dependant on where you live. All promises not actual promises. Reality is subject to change.
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
People of ireland - the prodigal son has returned! Aka Me! Joined in Dublin by Brendan ‘the voice’ McDonald.
And we promise to have you home in time to see celebrity traitors.*
*dependant on where you live. All promises not actual promises. Reality is subject to change.
And we promise to have you home in time to see celebrity traitors.*
*dependant on where you live. All promises not actual promises. Reality is subject to change.
Massive shoutout to Waterstones Stockport - got my own table! Fab support for a local writer. Signed copies of all my books now available and copies of the brand new stranger times newspaper.
October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Massive shoutout to Waterstones Stockport - got my own table! Fab support for a local writer. Signed copies of all my books now available and copies of the brand new stranger times newspaper.
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#BookReview
#RingTheBells by @caimhmc.bsky.social
(Book 5 in The Stranger Times Series)
Paranormal mystery
Caimh's pure wit, and his ability to create such a motley crew of lovable oddballs is very much the appeal of these books.
Top-class entertainment👌
www.swirlandthread.com/ring-the-bel...
#RingTheBells by @caimhmc.bsky.social
(Book 5 in The Stranger Times Series)
Paranormal mystery
Caimh's pure wit, and his ability to create such a motley crew of lovable oddballs is very much the appeal of these books.
Top-class entertainment👌
www.swirlandthread.com/ring-the-bel...
October 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
#BookReview
#RingTheBells by @caimhmc.bsky.social
(Book 5 in The Stranger Times Series)
Paranormal mystery
Caimh's pure wit, and his ability to create such a motley crew of lovable oddballs is very much the appeal of these books.
Top-class entertainment👌
www.swirlandthread.com/ring-the-bel...
#RingTheBells by @caimhmc.bsky.social
(Book 5 in The Stranger Times Series)
Paranormal mystery
Caimh's pure wit, and his ability to create such a motley crew of lovable oddballs is very much the appeal of these books.
Top-class entertainment👌
www.swirlandthread.com/ring-the-bel...
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@penguinhuddleuk.bsky.social know how to make a bookseller very happy. @caimhmc.bsky.social with Ring the Bells and Tales From The Stranger Times I have had a really enjoyable week.
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@penguinhuddleuk.bsky.social know how to make a bookseller very happy. @caimhmc.bsky.social with Ring the Bells and Tales From The Stranger Times I have had a really enjoyable week.
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Thank you to @caimhmc.bsky.social for taking time to visit us on #BookshopDay. Here he is with a stack of books, the newly released Ring the Bells together with the first four Stranger Times in paperback. This is my favourite comic SFF series of recent years, highly recommended!
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#booksky
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October 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Thank you to @caimhmc.bsky.social for taking time to visit us on #BookshopDay. Here he is with a stack of books, the newly released Ring the Bells together with the first four Stranger Times in paperback. This is my favourite comic SFF series of recent years, highly recommended!
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#booksky
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Ring The Bells book 5 of The Stranger Times series is out today!! Available everywhere.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.
October 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Ring The Bells book 5 of The Stranger Times series is out today!! Available everywhere.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.
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Very much looking forward to this one too! For me, Stranger Times has been the best comic SFF series of recent years. Humour, plot, character, a world that builds throughout the series.
#booksky
#booksky
Ring The Bells book 5 of The Stranger Times series is out today!! Available everywhere.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.
October 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Very much looking forward to this one too! For me, Stranger Times has been the best comic SFF series of recent years. Humour, plot, character, a world that builds throughout the series.
#booksky
#booksky
Ring The Bells book 5 of The Stranger Times series is out today!! Available everywhere.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.
October 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Ring The Bells book 5 of The Stranger Times series is out today!! Available everywhere.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.
Well, not newsagents.
Or hairdressers.
Almost no nail saloons.
Come to think of it - book shops. Really mainly available in book shops.
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Do you ever pre-order a book and then forget when it’s due to be released? It’s like buying yourself a surprise present! Anyway, can’t wait to get stuck into Ring The Bells, the latest in the brilliant Stranger Times series by C.K. McDonnell #booksky @caimhmc.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Do you ever pre-order a book and then forget when it’s due to be released? It’s like buying yourself a surprise present! Anyway, can’t wait to get stuck into Ring The Bells, the latest in the brilliant Stranger Times series by C.K. McDonnell #booksky @caimhmc.bsky.social
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Yorkshire folks, I'm going to be putting questions to @caimhmc.bsky.social on Friday evening at Waterstones, talking about his new book Ring the Bells. Come along for tales of the Mancunian supernatural & the forces unleashed when a book club goes wrong.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yorkshire folks, I'm going to be putting questions to @caimhmc.bsky.social on Friday evening at Waterstones, talking about his new book Ring the Bells. Come along for tales of the Mancunian supernatural & the forces unleashed when a book club goes wrong.
www.waterstones.com/events/ring-...
www.waterstones.com/events/ring-...
I am doing a Q&A with the wonderful Jodi Taylor on Wednesday so any questions you'd like me to ask her? Also, I'm recording a Q&A with narrator extraordinaire Brendan McDonald this evening so any questions for either of us? Warning: we may have had a drink by then.
October 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I am doing a Q&A with the wonderful Jodi Taylor on Wednesday so any questions you'd like me to ask her? Also, I'm recording a Q&A with narrator extraordinaire Brendan McDonald this evening so any questions for either of us? Warning: we may have had a drink by then.
Brendan ‘the voice’ McDonald has made it through storm Amy to Manchester for the big Ring The Bells launch event tomorrow and he’s set an unassailable standard for 50th birthday pressies by getting me a Leinster jersey signed by the entire team.
Genuinely over the moon.
Genuinely over the moon.
October 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Brendan ‘the voice’ McDonald has made it through storm Amy to Manchester for the big Ring The Bells launch event tomorrow and he’s set an unassailable standard for 50th birthday pressies by getting me a Leinster jersey signed by the entire team.
Genuinely over the moon.
Genuinely over the moon.
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Even if you're not ready for mince pies and sleigh bells you can still book tickets to see me chatting with @caimhmc.bsky.social about RING THE BELLS, the latest book in his The Stranger Times series, which features demonically possessed Santas and the ghost of a legendary nightclub. See you there!
11/12: Ho ho.. no, not quite ready to say the C word yet! Let's call this a "mid December celebration". And a celebration it is, with the wonderful @caimhmc.bsky.social in conversation with @thomasdlee.bsky.social for Ring The Bells! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ring-the-b...
October 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Even if you're not ready for mince pies and sleigh bells you can still book tickets to see me chatting with @caimhmc.bsky.social about RING THE BELLS, the latest book in his The Stranger Times series, which features demonically possessed Santas and the ghost of a legendary nightclub. See you there!
Diller and Jackson were incredibly excited that the brand new exclusive editions of The Stranger Times newspaper arrived - and then were absolutely gutted when they remembered they couldn’t read.
October 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Diller and Jackson were incredibly excited that the brand new exclusive editions of The Stranger Times newspaper arrived - and then were absolutely gutted when they remembered they couldn’t read.
If you’d like to get your copy of my new book defaced personally by me than grab your preorder now as I shall commence scrawling later this week. serenitybooksellers.com/shop/ols/pro...
September 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
If you’d like to get your copy of my new book defaced personally by me than grab your preorder now as I shall commence scrawling later this week. serenitybooksellers.com/shop/ols/pro...
Head of Barketering Diller is worried some people still don’t know about all the awesome Stranger Times goodies you can get if you preorder the hardback of Ring The Bells which is out next week. Find out more here: thestrangertimes.co.uk/ring-the-bel...
September 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Head of Barketering Diller is worried some people still don’t know about all the awesome Stranger Times goodies you can get if you preorder the hardback of Ring The Bells which is out next week. Find out more here: thestrangertimes.co.uk/ring-the-bel...
Some bloody exciting post this morning! Hardback baby! Not long until release day now! Stranger Times 5.
September 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Some bloody exciting post this morning! Hardback baby! Not long until release day now! Stranger Times 5.
The perfect festive combo!
Loved RING THE BELLS by @caimhmc.bsky.social and you must all be good children this Christmas to ensure that this book ends up in your stocking! Also, if I can be so bold, it would make an excellent festive double bill with THE HOLLY KING of love a bit of Yuletide magic!🎅🏻
September 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The perfect festive combo!
I’ve got a new book out and one half of my beard has gone entirely rogue.
August 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I’ve got a new book out and one half of my beard has gone entirely rogue.
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So, I just finished reading an ARC of @caimhmc.bsky.social next Stranger Times novel, Ring The Bells and… wow. Going to take a while to process. Hilarious, action packed, with an emotional gut punch - the best adventure yet for our intrepid reporters.
August 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
So, I just finished reading an ARC of @caimhmc.bsky.social next Stranger Times novel, Ring The Bells and… wow. Going to take a while to process. Hilarious, action packed, with an emotional gut punch - the best adventure yet for our intrepid reporters.