Wolf Siren Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing 2026!

I can hardly believe it but it was just announced (against the backdrop of London Book Fair) that Wolf Siren has officially been SHORTLISTED for the CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR WRITING 2026!!!

Graphic shows the Carnegies logo and the cover of Wolf Siren by Beth O'Brien. Text reads: Medal for Writing. carnegies.co.uk. #Carnegies2026

I've been talking about Wolf Siren a lot over the last week during my World Book Day events and it is hard to overstate how important this story is to me. 

A huge, enormous and grateful thank you to the Carnegies judges, Becky Bagnell (my agent), Michelle Misra, Natalie Doherty, Lucy Rogers and Alice Moloney (my editors), and the whole team at HarperCollins Children's Books!

A huge congratulations to all the other shortlisted authors and illustrators! The winner is announced on June 23rd at the Cambridge Theatre in London which is where Matilda the Musical is staged (a musical I LOVE and have seen precisely four times!) so I cannot wait for that!

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WIN a copy of Feather Vane!

Graphic with the Scottish Book Trust logo and the cover of Feather Vane by Beth O'Brien. Text reads: Junior Book of the Month

Feather Vane has been chosen as Scottish Book Trust's Junior book of the month and they have 5 copies ready and waiting to be won!

​​All you have to do is answer one question...! Good luck! ​

Enter Now!

Competition ends 11:59pm on Tuesday 31 March.

World Book Day 2026! 

It was World Book Day last week (and yes, I dressed up as Red!) and I had a wonderful time delivering four school assemblies and ten workshops across Croydon, Leatherhead and Birmingham!

Beth dressed up in a red cloak in Waterstones, smiling at the camera and sat beside copies of her books.

Beth wearing a red cloak and smiling as she signs copies of Feather Vane in Waterstones.

Thanks to Waterstones Croydon, I got to see copies of Feather Vane in store for the first time and was able to sign them for the brilliant students who had pre-ordered!

Amazingly, I've already had my first booking for World Book Day week 2027! So if you are interested (or know a school that might be!) you can find out more about the kind of sessions I offer on Authors Abroad's website.