Derek Keilty
@Derekkeilty
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Children's author of the Ivy Newt series published by Scallywag Press. I live in Northern Ireland with my wife, twin daughters & Duke the Bichon Frise.
Belfast
Joined November 2010
Updated my super spooky Ivy Newt animation with new 'out now' blurb! 🙂⏰️👻📚🧙♀️ @Scallywagpress
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The Chancellor has just announced that every state primary school in England will have a library by the end of this Parliament! Reading for pleasure transforms lives. This is a fantastic win for the Libraries for Primaries campaign co-founded by @Literacy_Trust
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Here is the online version of my recent article in Sunday Life✨👍🧙 Award-winning children’s author on breaking into ‘tough’ sector in NI: ‘There’s always room for more’ https://t.co/cFSiUP1Tme
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
A Northern Ireland children’s author is celebrating after capping a busy year with an award for his latest work of fiction.
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True to say my love of stories and my career as a children's author began between the shelves of my local library in Belfast.✨ So very chuffed to be featured in today's Sunday Life newspaper, chatting about how libraries shaped me and celebrating their vital role.
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We celebrated our InspiREAD 2025 Book Award winners at The Inspire Awards Evening @NottsLibraries Watch the winners videos @Hickesy @Derekkeilty @OpenUni_RfP @ace_national
https://t.co/YcJeAVVL4j
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Save the date! My favourite bookselling day of the year will soon be upon us. Put a trip to Dromore in your diary on Saturday, October 11th. It's my 30th anniversary of opening on October 12th, so #BookshopDay may be a bit extra this year!
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Yo ho me hearties!! The scurvy crew over @littlebirddeals are giving you a chance to #win a FLYNTLOCK BONES book bundle, to celebrate upcoming Talk Like a Pirate Day!🏴☠️ Find out how to enter: https://t.co/hPlzU7pqSt
@Derekkeilty @bouncemarketing
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🏴☠️ GIVEAWAY TIME! 🏴☠️ To celebrate #TalkLikeAPirateDay (Sept 19), we’ve teamed up with @ScallywagPress and @Derekkeilty to give 3 lucky winners a Flyntlock Bones book bundle! 📚⚓ Perfect for fans of The Boy Who Grew Dragons 🐉 Enter now 👉 https://t.co/cVVcNQdPsZ
#win #pirate
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📚✨ Happy to share that Ivy Newt has reached the Amazon Best Sellers list in Witches & Wizards Fantasy Fiction for Children, appearing alongside classics such as Harry Potter. Good to see Ivy finding her way into the hands (and hearts) of young readers✨🧙@scallywagpress
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Ivy Newt and the Time Thief is published this month in North America. So chuffed Ivy and Tom have flown into 10+ countries.👍🧙🎉✨ Next month...🇨🇵🗼 @scallywagpress
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#Mglit #bookreview IVY NEWT AND THE TIME THIEF is at YABC! https://t.co/Nq3QQCRwuS
#magic #witch #series #spooky
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Read my Q&A about all things #IvyNewt in @LernerBooks latest Blog post. Thanks so much for shining the spotlight on my little witch 🧹 🙂✨🧙 Ivy Newt: An Interview with Derek Keilty https://t.co/M1QRqqMk8b via @LernerBooks
lernerbooks.blog
Meet the mind behind Ivy Newt in Miracula, a whimsical new chapter book series blending humor, adventure, and heart. Ivy Newt, a young witch, and her shape-shifting friend, Tom, find themselves cau…
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✨ New 5-star review on Barnes & Noble! “Not one of those mass-produced formulaic paperbacks… it's a book a child or adult will feel satisfied delving into.” Feeling grateful for this lovely write-up of Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch 💫📚 #IvyNewt #chapterbooks #BarnesAndNoble
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I never really get any response on X but sure here goes.. Look what arrived on my birthday- my 'magical' trophy for winning the 2025 InspiRead Award! 🧙🌟♥️ So thrilled! #IvyNewtAndTheStormWitch
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Congratulations to the winner of our Shorter Book category, which was packed with magic, mischief and cast a spell on our readers.... 🧙♀️⚡Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch by Derek Keilty!
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StoryMakers with Derek Keilty IVY NEWT AND THE STORM WITCH https://t.co/TEVjc0ZsjT via @KidLitTV_NYC
kidlit.tv
Get ready for magical mischief with bestselling author, Derek Keilty on StoryMakers as he shares the latest book in his... Read more »
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Did you get the chance to attend any of our FREE InspiREAD 2025 virtual author events for schools? Well, now everyone can watch them 🤯 Find the recordings here: https://t.co/95oFYvhY8H Plus, voting closes soon... vote here before time runs out: https://t.co/YNrW5T2MsD 🤩
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