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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

New Parasocial Media is up! open.substack.com/pub/katmcken...

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lila pearl @lilashapiro.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

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There Is No Safe Word

How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

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

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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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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

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Leila / Pacos_book_club_ @leilajones.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

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

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Sarah Hardy @sarahsbookishlife.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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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Leila / Pacos_book_club_ @leilajones.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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 💙📚

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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

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Rach 🍂📚☕️ @rachelmayquin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 25/11/2024

"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

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

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 💜✍️

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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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Imogen Russell Williams @imogenrw.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Here’s my November kids/YA round-up!

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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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Maleeha Mir @mmir08.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

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

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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 💜🐍

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

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...

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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!

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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! 📚

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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?!

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

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 🎄✨🎁

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Giving this a little boost with the #booksky hashtag - still learning the ways of this lovely little 🦋 app! #ukya #yabooks

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day. Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.

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Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

If you find yourself wondering if a new book will solve all your problems today, the answer is yes

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Nina Douglas @ninadouglas.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

It’s really quite lovely to have a (booky) thought and just to be able to put it here. It feels like a timeline jump, where we hopefully have something good and community like again. Long may it last…

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

💫 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!

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Today’s #bookpost is from wonderful @rachelmayquin.bsky.social - thank you! Any author friend of Taylor’s is an author friend of mine 🥰 Excited to dig into this one - and what a great title too. (And temp tattoos!!)

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Love this! Mine include… Rainbow Rowell Jacqueline Wilson Jon Ronson Stephen King Armistead Maupin

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This weekend marked my first #YALC as a published author. I had the best time on the 10 Years of YALC panel, and hosting a full friendship bracelet making workshop! Thank you to everyone who came to get a book signed too, and brought me Eras themed gifts and more bracelets! Adore you! 💜🐍

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Lex Brookman @whatlexysaid.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hello #BookSky, a friend has made a pack of some of your favourite publishing professionals - check us out, share the love? (Just in case you need a little help finding us from the OTHER place.) go.bsky.app/G7Lbbv2

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I’ve been extremely unsure about which platform is the one to tie my mast to, in terms of genuine conversation and ‘good vibes’ as well as a real possibility of being effective from a marketing perspective. BlueSky seems to have made some waves, so I’d love to know how you’re all finding it!

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Kat McKenna @katmckenna.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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 💜

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