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This month we're talking to an author and publisher/manager about audiobooks and how they approach to audiobooks. We cover how they chose narrators for their books, and how audiobooks affect the writing and management of their business.  We also have the long awaited re-introduction of ‘News From Equity' with Annette Rizzo.   C.K. (Caimh) McDonnell is the paranormal pen name of Irish bestselling author Caimh McDonnell. He is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer who now spends all his time writing books as his dogs don't like it when he leaves the house.  When not writing about the adventures of the staff at The Stranger Times, he is the author of the increasingly inaccurately titled ‘Dublin Trilogy' series (eight books and counting) and its various spinoffs, all of which have been Amazon bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. The Dublin Trilogy has been optioned for TV by Avalon (Breeders, Taskmaster) with Chris Addison at the helm. The Stranger Times has been optioned by Playground (Wolf Hall, The Undeclared War) who are working on the series with Peacock. The Stranger Times won Best Audio at the 2023 British Fantasy Awards, a fact Caimh constantly endeavours to drop into casual conversation. He lives in Manchester, where The Stranger Times series is set.   Elaine Ofori After over two decades of collecting seemingly random skills across publishing and marketing/communications, Elaine is finally putting them to good use at her publishing company McFori Ink as Head of Stuff/Chief Wrangler, where she spends her days mulling over words. She's taken this love of words one step further and has turned them into fully constructed sentences that are slightly more creative than the reports and strategies she's spent most of her career writing. Her debut novel, co-written with her husband, author C.K. McDonnell, will be published in Germany in 2025.    News From Equity links - Equity Game On campaign details - ⁠https://www.equity.org.uk/news/2024/equity-solidarity-rally-with-sag-aftra-at-uk-games-industry-agm⁠   The story about Dan Dewhirst, which includes links to the AI Toolkit and info on the Stop AI Stealing the Show campaign, is here - ⁠https://www.equity.org.uk/news/2024/actor-s-experience-of-ai-gone-wrong⁠   The radio commercials campaign and survey email is titled ‘ Radio Commercials - help shape Equity's work' and will have come from ⁠ssailing@equity.org.uk⁠    Cambridge VO Social facebook page is ⁠here⁠. Great Big Voiceover Social website is ⁠here⁠. Tickets available from November 12th. GBVOS is on 25th January 2025. For more information about The Voiceover Social visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Voiceover Social Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠listen@thevosocial.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See which events are coming soon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find your closest VO Social group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Find us online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠     Podcast sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠B Double E⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Theme tune by Rob Bee. All audio production by Rob Bee.

This month DAO journalist Will Reynolds spoke to Irish author Caimh CK McDonnell and his wife Elaine Ofori. Together, they talk about their independent publishing company, its output, disability, political correctness and the reasons why Caimh has given up stand up comedy for dog walking.

This week Matt and Jon Jo are joined by Author and former Comedian Caimh Mc Donnell (CK Mc Donnell). Where in we talk about his time as a Comedian, writing for Mock the Week, His books, his newfound hobby of tabletop gaming, and much more! You can find Caimh here: https://whitehairedirishman.com/ https://www.facebook.com/CaimhMcD/  X : @Caimh As always you can download this podcast and all the rest on any good podcasting site / app. Discord: https://discord.gg/7hCH3xysQN

This week's episode sees the return of the the magnificent Ruth E Cockburn reading a new Stranger Times short story, Paint by Numbers, Caimh gives you an insight into his hobbies and an update on Diller's reading abilities. 

This week's episode sees Brendan McDonald's caressing your ears with a cheeky preview of Relight My Fire (Chapter 2). Caimh's also out in the wild this week signing books and doing events. Find out where you can pick up signed books or meet him/listen to his chatting nonsense. 

The legend that is Mark Stay is here to narrate a brand new Stranger Times story written by Caimh called A Good Book. 

Caimh does his trademark rambling about God know's what before the episode is mercifully saved by the ever effervescent Brendan McDonald reading the Prologue of Relight My Fire. 

Ahead of the upcoming brand new Stranger Times Christmas special, we're going to be visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past. Also, the ghost of foggy brain as Caimh gets the dates of events wrong - see the Waterstones website for correct dates!

In this ep, Caimh reads a brand new short story that he read LIVE on the first annual Stranger times Spooktacular. As if that wasn't enough, he also reveals the exciting goodies available to you if you preorder Relight My Fire, Stranger Times book 4 in hardback. And for the first time, info on events happening next year - plus, we edit out his diatribe about firework misuse so you don't have to hear it. 

Caimh McDonnell is the internationally bestselling author of the Dublin Trilogy which is set in his hometown. His debut novel A Man with One of Those Faces – a darkly comedic crime thriller – was published in 2016. It went on to spawn the increasingly uncountable Dublin Trilogy (seven and a half books and counting) and the McGarry Stateside series. The books have been ranked #1 in their Amazon categories in the UK, Ireland and the USA, have been translated into several languages and optioned for television. He also writes the critically acclaimed The Stranger Times series under the name of C.K. McDonnell. These books combine his distinctive dark wit with his love of the weird and wonderful to deliver a celebration of how truth really can be stranger than fiction.We had great fun chatting with Caimh and hearing about why he left stand-up comedy for novel writing. He gave some great tips on how to be successful in self-publishing and also explains why he enjoys being both self-published and trad published, and why he went down that route.Links:Buy Caimh's books now!Follow Caimh on Twitter/XVisit Caimh's websitePage One - The Writer's Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on TwitterFollow us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramFollow us on MastodonFollow us on BlueskyFollow us on Threads Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fika with Vicky's guest this week is Author Caimh McDonnell. There will be laughter, mystery and the mysterious, as we discuss Caimh's The Stranger Times series and Dublin Trilogy. C.K McDonnell Born in Limerick, raised in Dublin and now living in Manchester, C.K (Caimh) McDonnell is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer. He performed around the world, had several well-received Edinburgh shows and supported acts such as Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney on tour before hanging up his clowning shoes to concentrate on writing. He has also written for numerous TV shows and been nominated for a Children's TV BAFTA. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed and weirdly wonderful The Stranger Times series. His debut novel, A Man with One of Those Faces – a comic crime novel – was published in 2016 and spawned the Dublin Trilogy books and the spin-off McGarry Stateside series. They have all been Amazon bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. To find out more, visit whitehairedirishman.com. You can find access to his social media, newsletter, podcasts, etc., through https://linktr.ee/Caimh

Fika with Vicky's guest this week is Author Caimh McDonnell. There will be laughter, mystery and the mysterious, as we discuss Caimh's The Stranger Times series and Dublin Trilogy. C.K McDonnell Born in Limerick, raised in Dublin and now living in Manchester, C.K (Caimh) McDonnell is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer. He performed around the world, had several well-received Edinburgh shows and supported acts such as Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney on tour before hanging up his clowning shoes to concentrate on writing. He has also written for numerous TV shows and been nominated for a Children's TV BAFTA. He is the author of the critically-acclaimed and weirdly wonderful The Stranger Times series. His debut novel, A Man with One of Those Faces – a comic crime novel – was published in 2016 and spawned the Dublin Trilogy books and the spin-off McGarry Stateside series. They have all been Amazon bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. To find out more, visit whitehairedirishman.com. You can find access to his social media, newsletter, podcasts, etc., through https://linktr.ee/Caimh

Liz and Ben are joined by guest author Caimh “C. K.” McDonnell as they read a very early and very short chapter in the history of the Watch: Terry Pratchett's 1993 short Discworld story, “Theatre of Cruelty”. When the Watch discover a murdered entertainer with pockets full of change, a string of sausages round his neck, and no witnesses to the crime, the Clues are very unhelpful. But Corporal Carrot is on the case - and when it comes to solving the crime, he knows the way to do it... Written for W H Smith's free Bookcase magazine - a pristine copy of which now fetches a few hundred dollars - “Theatre of Cruelty” was published not long before the second Watch novel, Men at Arms. It packs more jokes into 1,000 words than most people write in a lifetime, and is also a delightful extra outing with the original officers of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. But don't take our word for it: you can read it yourself at the L-Space web. Is it a satisfying murder mystery? Why does Pratchett seem to have a thing for Punch and Judy? And how on Earth did we talk for nearly two hours about such a short piece of writing? Join the conversation - and send us your favourite short stories and cruel bits of theatre - using the hashtag #Pratchat70. Guest Caimh McDonnell is a comedian, writer and author best known for two series of books. The first is the “Dublin Trilogy” comic thrillers, starring Bunny McGarry and a cast of loveable rogues, beginning with A Man With One of Those Faces in 2016 (though see the reading order on his website). The other - as C. K. McDonnell - is the comic urban fantasy series The Stranger Times, about a weird newspaper called The Stranger Times, and beginning with the novel titled...er...The Stranger Times in 2021. Aside from his books you can hear his writing on two podcasts: The Bunnycast for further crime stories, and The Stranger Times Podcast for more Stranger Times. You might also catch him live this Halloween via his Facebook or YouTube accounts! Caimh is on Twitter at @caimh, and his website is whitehairedirishman.com. The Stranger Times series has its own site at thestrangertimes.co.uk. You'll find notes and errata for this episode on our web site. For our October episode, we're going on one last trip to Roundworld as we read and discuss The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day with two special guests, including our old friend and Uniting Church minister, the Reverend Doctor Avril Hannah-Jones. We're recording around the 25th of September, so don't delay - get your questions about the book (or the Science series as a whole!) in ASAP via email to chat@pratchatpodcast.com, or on social media using the hashtag #Pratchat71.

Caimh drops a surprise ep, like one of them Beyonce Knowles albums - only this has no singles but it does have a deal, an update and a slice of pure Stranger Times GOLD!

Re-live the highlights, the lowlights and the big fights of the online launch event for Love Will Tear Us apart as Caimh, author Mark Stay and narrator extraordinaire Brendan McDonald talk mostly nonsense. You should hear the crap we cut out! Also, there's a fun quiz which you can not now win as it was an on-the-night sort of thing. You had to be there! 

CAIMH 'CK'McDONNELL chats to Paul Burke about LOVE WILL TEAR US APART, the Stranger Times series, comedy writing, having.p a fecund imagination.LOVE WILL TEAR US APART: Love can be a truly terrible thing.Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one of you is dead.Vincent Banecroft, the irascible editor of The Stranger Times, has never believed his wife died despite emphatic evidence to the contrary. Now, against all odds, it seems he may actually be proved right; but what lengths will he go to in an attempt to rescue her?With Banecroft distracted, the shock resignation of assistant editor, Hannah Willis, couldn't have come at a worse time. It speaks volumes that her decision to reconcile with her philandering ex-husband is only marginally less surprising than Banecroft and his wife getting back together. In this time of crisis, is her decision to swan off to a fancy new-age retreat run by a celebrity cult really the best thing for anyone?As if that wasn't enough, one of the paper's ex-columnists has disappeared, a particularly impressive trick seeing as he never existed in the first place.Floating statues, hijacked ghosts, homicidal cherubs, irate starlings, Reliant Robins and quite possibly several deeply sinister conspiracies; all-in-all, a typical week for the staff of The Stranger Times.CK McDonnell: Born in Limerick and raised in Dublin, C K (Caimh) McDonnell is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer. He performed all around the world, had several well-received Edinburgh shows and supported acts such as Sarah Millican on tour before hanging up his clowning shoes to concentrate on writing. He has also written for numerous TV shows and been nominated for a Kid's TV BAFTA.His debut novel, A Man With One of Those Faces - a comic crime novel - was published in 2016 and spawned The Dublin Trilogy books and the spin-off McGarry Stateside series. They have been Amazon bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. As C. K. McDonnell, he is the author of The Stranger Times series contemporary comic fantasy series.Caimh lives in Manchester. To find out more, visit whitehairedirishman.comThe Stranger Times podcast & infoRecommendations Chris BrookmyreBen AaronovitchTerry PratchettSally Green - Half Bad seriesMick Herron - Slough House seriesMark Stay - The Witches of Woodville seriesProduced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimePaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .Produced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and LeighCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023&CWA Daggers 2023

This week's episode of The Stranger Times is the last to be broadcast from Caimh's writing shed as it's move day! Caimh reminisces about book launch week and laments on the woes of moving. The uber multi-talented Charlie Baker narrates the short story The Beautiful Game.

In this episode, Caimh talks about being a consultant on a film  and launch week rituals.The brilliant Brendan McDonnell takes it home in the last preview where we get reacquainted with Stanley Roker, the worst of the worst of tabloid journalists.

We speak to Caimh McDonnell about humour. Caimh is a comedian and writer. He's written for TV shows such as Mock The Week and Have I Got News for You. He was also a professional stand-up comedian and has written a dozen books under the names Caimh and CK McDonnell.  Being funny in fiction is hard, so we wanted to ask the Manchester-based Irishman how to do it - or at least, how he does it. The cover of The Stranger Times says: What if the weird news was the real news? An apt way to describe the premise.  The book is the first in a series of novels set in Manchester in which the weird phenomena of the Fortean Times is alive and well - from mythical beasts to UFOs. We get to explore this weird world through the staff of the namessake newspaper and the result is a Pratchett-esque treatment of the supernatural thriller/mystery genre. And it is funny. Some things are easier to teach than others. You might argue that being funny is the hardest thing of all. Nonetheless, the conversation will hopefully give you some insights into how to bring humour to your writing. The conversation covers characters, dialogue, conflict, genre and the inversion of expectation. Find out more about Caimh at whitehairedirishman.shop

Caimh presents another preview of Love Will Tear Us Apart, explains how you can help out authors and then Brendan McDonald (no relation) takes it home! 

A brand new Stranger Times short story read by the brilliant Ruth E Cockburn and a very exciting bit of news about Caimh doing an event with the legend that is Ben Aaronovitch doing an event down in that fancy London. 

Surprise! Caimh is back with a preview of the imminently released Deccie Must Die - which is book 2 in the MCM Investigations series - aka The follow-up to The Final Game. Prepare your ears for the delights of Morgan C Jones reading chapter 1. Also in this ep, Caimh complains about wood, the sun, death, typos and God knows what else, all while using the word 'basically' far too many times. He also talks about the new WhiteHairedirishman.shop webstore that has just opened, which means you can now buy your audiobooks or paperbacks direct from the horse's arse. 

In this, the final episode of series two of the pod, Caimh does a lot of thanking, reveals a bit of exciting news and an idea for a unique way to write a short story for series 3 that might be a total car crash but you'll get to watch. Then - he chats with narration legend and all-round top man Brendan McDonald about his career and narrating The Stranger Times audiobooks.

This week's episode sees Caimh give his shortest ever introduction (yay!) before the smashing Phil Nichol's provides you with an aural sensation narrating the new short story, What Is and What Should Never Be. This Stranger Times story features Led Zeppelin, Scrabble, a musical quest and the Avenger's Emma Peel.

This week's episode sees the magnificent Danny Buckler bringing a touch of magic to Before Your Very Eyes. This short story reveals how stage magic works in the world of The Stranger Times.Caimh also discusses his fascination with magic and how he kind of ruined Darren Brown for himself.

In this episode, Caimh talks about launch week for This Charming Man, explains why he thinks it is important to have a diverse bunch of characters in his stories and how being 'politically correct' actually just means being correct. Then, the wonderful Ben Van Der Velde reads The Keeper of The Dead short story. 

In this ep Caimh discusses swearing and how n This Charming Man Vincent Banecroft invents a whole new way of doing it. The on-line launch of which book btw happens at 8PM GMT on Wednesday Feb 16th - find it on the Caimh McDonnell facebook page or Youtube channel. All welcome - the superb narrator of  The Stranger Times books Brendan McDonald (No relation) as star guest and Mary Stay as MC extraordinaire. 

Time for another sneak peak at Firewater Blues, book 6 in the increasingly inaccurately titled Dublin Trilogy, out March 17th. Caimh talks about why Commissioner Ferguson is one of his favourite characters to write and battles the local Ice-Cream Van Man who frankly steals the show. Hardest working man in showbiz! 

In this ep Caimh explains for the uninitiated who the late great Ian Cognito was and how he came to name the character Cogs after him as a homage to a legendary figure of the British comedy circuit. 

The man, the myth, the legend Toby Hadoke returns to read one of Caimh's timey wimey stories about how even when given the entire history of the planet to choose from, most people still go to the same place on holiday.  Bonus disgusting dog in intro. 

Caimh drops a surprise album ala Bouncy Knowles by giving you an exclusive preview of Firewater Blues, the sixth book in the increasingly inaccurately titled Dublin Trilogy. He also talks about This Charming Man, the follow-up to The Stranger Times written by his paranormal alter-ego CK McDonnell. Find out more at TheStrangerTimes.Com.

The wonderful Angela Barnes narrates a brand new Stranger Times story and Caimh for some reason does an introduction where he talks about toilet rolls, women marrying buildings and JFK deserving a better memorial than Caimh using a chemical toilet. 

That's right, we back baby! It's a one-off Halloween special that was supposed to come out after Halloween but thanks to Rob the sound wizard pulling an all-nighter it's now out on Halloween. The man is a legend!The wonderful Eddy Brimson reads a story written by C.K./ Caimh called The Owl and The Pussycat and Caimh reveals exciting details about the new Stranger Times book, This Charming Man (available now for preorder) and about Season Two of The Stranger Times podcast. 

Caimh is back, seeing how many times he can fit the word genuinely into an intro. Spoiler alert: Too many times. He also talks about the Bunnyversary, the wild ride it has been to selling well over half a million books and Welcome to Nowhere - the wildest ride of all, that is now available on Audiobook. 

Crime fiction powerhouse and former circuit comedian, CK McDonnell is on the cusp of levelling further up, with a TV adaptation of his half a million selling “Dublin Trilogy” in the works.We talk about how to write fast, being calibrated for tough criticism, solving problems in the shower, and how to let characters evolve - especially Bunny McGarry who went from villain to his best loved creation.25 mins of extra content from this interview is available exclusively to the Insiders Club!We discover Caimh's secrets of self-publication, learn about how he cultivates the fanbase that now flock around him, and learn why he won't record his own audiobooks!Go to www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders for this and much more, including the exclusive Insiders Q&As with Nish Kumar, James Acaster and Fern Brady and the incredible “self-help for comedians” special with Amanda Donnet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we talk to multi-talented writer Caimh McDonnell about hecklers, dogs and successful self publishing. And we witness a huge moment in the history of podcasting; the release of Dave's brand new catchphrase!     https://whitehairedirishman.com/podcast/ https://whitehairedirishman.com/caimhs_books/ https://davidgaughran.com/ Gary Delaney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qja1VIOBVcs    Music by Dano Songs  

Caimh is back with an exclusive taster of the latest Bunny McGarry book Dead Man's Sins ahead of its release - plus, very exciting news about the Dublin Trilogy being optioned for TV. Warning, may contain unnecessary dog!

This week Dan and Hal review the first round of the 6 Nations and compare the results with their predictions, which were less disastrous than we all imagined; consider Italy's future after a huge loss; and discuss everything from mascot punch ups to the arrogance (or not) of England and their fans with this week's guest, one-time stand-up comic, now full-time author, the wonderfully funny Caimh McDonnell.You can pick up a copy of Caimh's new book 'Stranger Times' here: https://whitehairedirishman.com/project/the-stranger-times/If you agree or disagree with any of Dan and Hal's armchair punditry then don't suffer in silence... GET IN TOUCH.Email us a voice note and we'll play your retort out on the show.Send us a less fun written email.Or if you're embracing the modern age, get in touch via Twitter and Instagram.Email: rugbyjubbly@dltentertainment.comTwitter: @jubblyrugbyInstagram @rugbyjubblypodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Caimh McDonnell used to be a stand-up comedian, gigging all over the country and writing for television. Now, he's a full-time storyteller working out of his own office in his garden. His new novel, 'The Stranger Times', investigates life in a newspaper which reports on the weirdest stories... which sometimes turn out to be true. It's the start of a brand new comic supernatural thriller series from C.K.We talk about the post-it notes all over the office that let him know when he's taken a wrong turn, how jokes sometimes get in the way of the plot and why he watches out for that constantly. You can hear about a writing year for Caimh, and why he's been so productive since stopping stand-up, and also about the difference between craft and inspiration.You can grab a copy of 'The Stranger Times' here - https://amzn.to/3pRMZczAlso, please have a look at the wonderful book 'The Pink Coffee Shop' by podcast fan Ellie Barker. She's acknowledged this show in it, so it'd be nice if you checked it out - https://amzn.to/2MV692wAND, support us on Patreon.com/writersroutine, if you can!@writerspodwritersroutine.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Caimh makes a big announcement for Bunny fans and then we hear edited highlights of the luanch events for his new book The Stranger Times, written as C.K. McDonnell.

This week, Caimh makes an announcement! He also unnecessarily says the words 'penis pump' a lot and then we have edited highlights of the online launch event for Caimh's new book The Stranger Times where the brilliant author Mark Stay battles to get a clearly inebriated Caimh to answer questions in a coherent manner.

This week, Caimh McDonnell, author of the best-selling Dublin Trilogy, the McGarry Stateside books and Stranger Times joined Jarlath for a conversation about how rejection paced the way for his success. Caimh opens up about his journey to self-publishing success including the doors that were slammed for the most ridiculous of reasons. We hear how the motivation to move to London struck him when he realised how fast his life was passing away in Dublin without very much happening. Jarlath finds out about the “not in front of people I know” route into standup, the successful TV writing career he built and how he chose to end it. The friendship with Gary Delaney that changed everything for him, the buzz of getting his work optioned for TV, the exciting bidding war which ensued and much more, this is a thoroughly heart-warming conversation with one of Ireland's true creative writing talents. To hear each episode in full every single week and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on irishmanabroadpodcast@gmail.com. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

Bestselling indie author Caimh McDonnell makes a triumphant return to the podcast as Transworld author CK McDonnell with his new novel Stranger Times. Caimh tells us how he took everything he learned as an indie author to pitch this book to traditional publishers. We discuss launching a book during lockdown, inventive book marketing ideas, why selling humour is tricky, and being a squeaky wheel...

Bestselling indie author Caimh McDonnell makes a triumphant return to the podcast as Transworld author CK McDonnell with his new novel Stranger Times. Caimh tells us how he took everything he learned as an indie author to pitch this book to traditional publishers. We discuss launching a book during lockdown, inventive book marketing ideas, why […] The post EP301: Caimh McDonnell — Stranger Fiction appeared first on The Bestseller Experiment.

This episode, which is the second in a launch week special, is the final preview of the audiobook. Caimh gets you acquainted with one of the monsters roaming the street of Manchester. And don't forget The Stranger Times book is out now! It's available everywhere! 

“Comedy crime sounds like it involves three clowns with a ladder they’re inexplicably bad at carrying trying to break into a pie factory. It doesn’t sound like there’s respect for the story.” Wham!!! Welcome to Wit Lit Series 2!!! Caimh McDonnell is a former stand-up comedian, prize-winning script-writer, and present full-time author, whose tenth book THE STRANGER TIMES is publishing on 14th Jan 2021. We talk about how stand-up gives an author good and bad habits, how to build a fictional world around your book, and how to describe the genre of a ‘funny paranormal kind of crime investigation but mainly about character kind of book’. You can read more about THE STRANGER TIMES, book, podcast, newsletter, and man himself here. Caimh’s recommended book is THE NIGHT WATCH by Terry Pratchett. (If you have not yet been convinced to read Terry Pratchett, then pls try unclogging ur ears.) He also recommends the elusive comedian’s comedian, Daniel Kitson. You can send me fan mail or indeed normal mail at @witlitpod or @witlitpodcast, or twitter’s @lily_lindon and instagram’s @bookymcbookface. Thank you for listening. Please be nice to Wit Lit by giving it a good rating or something.

in this launch week special episode - the first of two, Caimh introduces you to the tyrant that is Vincent Banecroft while managing to entirely forget to plug the facebook live launch event on the Caimh McDonnell Facebook page, Thursday 14th Jan, 8PM Irish time. The man is an idiot! Signed, his wife

In this episode, Caimh wishes you a happy new year and gives you a disturbing analogy about being a sheep farmer. There's also a sneak peek at chapters 1 and 2 of The Stranger Times  and you'll get to meet the staff behind the paper. Fun fact: You'll notice that he refers to chapter 2 and 3 several times in the intro. He only realised this when it was too late to change. Enjoy!

This week we're lucky enough to have Caimh's old mate Hal Cruttenden reading the story The Blitz Spirits. 

That's right - a preview of The Quiet Man audiobook - and a bonus/reminder about Caimh's other podcast.

This week Toby Hadoke narrates a story that is weirdly prescient and Caimh explains what he thinks and why he doesn't mind what you think, and how everyone should think like this.

Ben Crompton reads a scary tale about the rain in Manchester and Laura Lexx reads a story about love, which is not the same things as a love story. All that, plus C.K. (Caimh) explains the pod and the ever-present James Cook brings us up-to-date on The Stranger Times news. 

This ep, Caimh reveals lots of exciting things and then there's a taster of a forthcoming surprise. He also finally has a word with Keith about his rabbit issue.

Caimh McDonnell is the bestselling author of the Dublin Trilogy and has one of the most entertaining and engaging newsletters out there with 10,000 subscribers and an astonishing open rate. Caimh answers our listener questions with tips on how to create great newsletters, even if you're still writing your first novel, or launching the latest […] The post EP275: Deep Dive – Great Newsletter Content with Caimh McDonnell appeared first on The Bestseller Experiment.

Caimh McDonnell is the bestselling author of the Dublin Trilogy and has one of the most entertaining and engaging newsletters out there with 10,000 subscribers and an astonishing open rate. Caimh answers our listener questions with tips on how to create great newsletters, even if you're still writing your first novel, or launching the latest in a bestselling series.

In a special edition, legendarily tough interviewer and journalistic bulldog Wonderwife puts the tough questions to Caimh as submitted by you the listeners/readers.

An episode where Caimh shares his joint fav chapter from the final game, explains about how he's blindly lucky, how authors are a lot like vampires and then, what sounds like an air raid siren goes off, giving this intro a dramatic finale!

This week Caimh talks about the man whose unique perspective on the world has made him popular with readers, fun to write, and a lawsuit from a mildly successful comedian an inevitability.

In this ep Caimh talks about where the character of Smithy cam from and why he's particularly proud of him.

"Jingle Bells, Bunny Smells, Simone ran away..."That's right, it is the crimbo episode, where Caimh reveals his most Christmasy of all chapters, reminisces about the horror of Christmas parties, and defends himself from the two biggest complaints he received all year, because nothing says Christmas like a good arguement.

This week Caimh talks about villains, why they're important and why a woman disembowling a drunk guy just with words is one of his favourite scenes.

In this ep, Caimh talks about fights, how lucky and unlucky Jason Statham is, and how you can ruin an action movie for yourself.

In this ep, Caimh takes you all the way back to Last Orders to talk about shrinks, ghosts and jogging your memory without you realising it is being done.

Caimh explains the sneaky things chapters are doing that you might not realise and then, he'd love to talk to you about Jesus - kind of.

The Bunnycast is back and Caimh is talking about why the big fella made the leap across the pond. Warning - contains world exclusives!

This week, Caimh talks about how he doesn't know what he is doing.

Caimh breaks down his favourite ever chapter, why it makes a point he strongly believes in and why he doesn't care if anyone disagrees! Brace yourself, he gets a bit feisty!

That's the feedback that Caimh got for his first novel. Over a hundred thousand book sales later, he's writing in a tone and genre that defies all conventional publishing wisdom. Caimh talks to us about his career, from stand-up comedy to studying writing and moving from rejection to self-publishing success. To support the show go to bestsellerexperiment.com/support Our novel Back To Reality is out now bestsellerexperiment.com/backtoreality

That's the feedback that Caimh got for his first novel. Over a hundred thousand book sales later, he's writing in a tone and genre that defies all conventional publishing wisdom. Caimh talks to us about his career, from stand-up comedy to studying writing and moving from rejection to self-publishing success. Here's Caimh's blog post that inspired […] The post EP206: Caimh McDonnell – Too Funny, Too Irish appeared first on The Bestseller Experiment.

Caimh talks about his favourite opening scenes, in film, TV, books and even his own books. Which opening chapter will win the coveted "least rubbish" award?

Caimh discussing getting all soppy writing certain scenes.

In this ep Caimh talks about why all authors have to be truly horrible people who do terrible things to their creations.

Caimh sticks up for the imperfect hero at the center of the trilogy and explains which bits of Paul are him and how a bit is his old flat mate.

Caimh pays his taxes, announces a new release and explains why he decided to scar two young people for life for the sake of a good story.

The episode was about beginnings and ironically, Caimh messed up and only uploaded the beginning. Here is the whole thing! Apologies - he will do better next time.

Caimh discusses what is currently rocking his world, why he probably didn't annoy pregnant women and the afterlife of bananas.

This week Caimh discusses book 2 of the series, The Day That Never Comes. He talks about what it is about, the inspiration behind it and the weird coincidence when reality imitated art.

This week, Caimh talks about one of his favourite characters, Mel Gibson and his mum.

This week's ep features the exclusive short story How To Send a Message and Caimh talks about his love/hate relationship with cliches.

This week, Caimh introduces the one and only Brigit Conroy, the nurse from Leitrim with the heart of gold and the temper of a volcano!

A short story that introduces Bunny McGarry and explains how he met the memorable Maggie.

Today you'll be hearing a belter of a podcast with Irish stand-up comedian and author, Caimh McDonnell. This is a long one as tends to happen when you get two Irish lads on the phone together, clocking it at nearly an hour. I had a great time talking to Caimh, his stand-up is fantastic, he's got a great talents for telling hilarious stories and being spontaneous with the crowd as well. We spoke about how his show has changed over the years, how he has honed his comedic talents while writing for other comedians and performers thanks to his time writing for a multitude of British TV panel shows. We also chatted about his first book "A Man with One of Those Faces" and how it came about. We spoke about his recent Edinburgh Show "Bride and Prejudice" and his experiences with racism. Rugby gets a mention, Caimh is the stadium announcer for London Irish, as does football, former Irish manager Giovanni Trapattoni gets a mention when Caimh asked him what happened when Nigeria scored a goal against Ireland. We also spoke about the podcast he puts out with British stand-up comedian Gary Delaney called Panel Beaters, a panel show where the losers die as the game progresses. We spoke too about Pet Squad.....Dodge the beagle, Sheeba the tabby cat and Bingo the guinea pig - three domestic pets who lead a thrilling double life as unlikely superheroes....a CBBC cartoon Caimh wrote many moons ago. As I said, this interview is a long one but it was fascinating to speak to someone who is still totally in love with comedy and who is a successful stand-up, comedy writer and author

Recorded live at The Stand Comedy Club, Newcastle. Join host Caimh McDonnell (@caimh https://twitter.com/Caimh?lang=en-gb) as he puts special guests Gary Delaney (@garydelaney https://twitter.com/GaryDelaney?lang=en-gb), Daliso Chaponda (@dalisochaponda https://twitter.com/dalisochaponda?lang=en-gb&lang=en-gb) and Gavin Webster (@thegavinwebster https://twitter.com/Thegavinwebster?lang=en-gb) to the test as they try and avoid that most icy of fingers; Death (Rob Mulholland). Thanks to: The Stand, Newcastle http://www.thestand.co.uk/whats-on/Newcastle Design by: Oxy Website by: John Cooper Music: www.bensound.com Podcast Production: Richard Massara @RichMassara https://twitter.com/RichMassara?lang=en-gb Copyright: Caimh McDonnell and Gary Delaney 2016

A new podcast panel show from the minds of Gary Delaney (Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats) and Caimh McDonnell (The Sarah Millican Television Programme, A League of Their Own). Recorded at the best UK comedy clubs, three top comedians vie against each other to avoid the fate that all comedians fear: DEATH. Will their jokes please the Grim Reaper? Find out soon by subscribing now. Music by www.bensound.com

Nat and Dan are strangers in the strange land of the 1st week of regular season, especially seeing as Iron Mike isn't here to guide them. Luckily they have a guide in the form of stand-up, writer, and (amongst other things) MC for London Irish Caimh McDonnell. In other news: Caimh loves NFL but has no team to call his own, the guys make careful and reasoned recommendations; Dredd 3D is beautiful according to Hollywood; Bronson Pinchot gets the most exposure he's had in nearly three decades; week one was a Cowboys and Redskins week; Peyton is back and dear god have we missed him; RGIII wins battle of the rookies; scab refs do amazingly well but lets get the real guys back; a certain QB has his secrets revealed; Joe Flacco is the best QB ever!?; basketballthings happen; hockey things happen involving europe; Dan admits his love for Jay Cutler; baseball things happen; brilliant questions in the Bodeans Mailbag, fantasy football news, do you really care? Of course you do, Nat beat Mike and Harry beat Dan, and much, much more...

Chris Gascoyne and Charlie Condou from Coronation Street, Photographer Andy Hollingworth, old Phoenix Nights mate and comedian Archie Kelly and Irish comic Caimh McDonnell all chat to Justin this week. Also the critical postbag gets read out.