{"id":2764,"date":"2023-06-02T16:40:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T15:40:46","guid":{"rendered":".\/\/?p=2764"},"modified":"2024-08-30T20:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T19:23:00","slug":"ck-mcdonnell-in-person-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":".\/\/ck-mcdonnell-in-person-guest\/","title":{"rendered":"CK McDonnell \u2013 In-Person Guest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;re thrilled to announce&nbsp;<strong>CK McDonnell<\/strong>, the author of&nbsp;<em>The Stranger Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s 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 \u2013 a comic crime novel \u2013 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find him at<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/whitehairedirishman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/whitehairedirishman.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LinkTree: <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/Caimh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/Caimh<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CaimhMcD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CaimhMcD<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Caimh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Caimh<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Caimh2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Caimh2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read his books<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped is-style-tw-img-rounded wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"2769\" src=\".\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/Stranger-Times.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2769\" srcset=\".\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/Stranger-Times.jpg 520w, .\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/Stranger-Times-306x470.jpg 306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"1508\" data-id=\"2770\" src=\".\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/This-Charming-Man.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2770\" srcset=\".\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/This-Charming-Man.jpg 980w, .\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/This-Charming-Man-960x1477.jpg 960w, .\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/This-Charming-Man-305x470.jpg 305w, .\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/This-Charming-Man-768x1182.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"1508\" data-id=\"2768\" src=\".\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/Love-With-Tear-Us-Apart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2768\" srcset=\".\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/Love-With-Tear-Us-Apart.jpg 980w, .\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/Love-With-Tear-Us-Apart-960x1477.jpg 960w, .\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/Love-With-Tear-Us-Apart-305x470.jpg 305w, .\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/06\/Love-With-Tear-Us-Apart-768x1182.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whitehairedirishman.com\/caimhs_books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find CK McDonnell&#8217;s books on his website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re thrilled to announce&nbsp;CK McDonnell, the author of&nbsp;The Stranger Times. 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He performed around the world, had several well-received Edinburgh shows and supported acts such as Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney on tour before&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\".\/\/ck-mcdonnell-in-person-guest\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CK McDonnell \u2013 In-Person Guest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-guests","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CK McDonnell \u2013 In-Person Guest - Octocon 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We&#039;re thrilled to announce&nbsp;CK McDonnell, the author of&nbsp;The Stranger Times. 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