Brian Conaghan

Brian Conaghan

Brian Conaghan has written at least 8 books. Their most popular book is We Come Apart with 13 saves with an average rating of 3.5⭐.

Author Bio

Brian Conaghan lives and works in the Scottish town of Coatbridge. He has a Master of Letters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow, and worked as a teacher for many years. His novel When Mr Dog Bites was shortlisted for the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal. The Bombs That Brought Us Together won the 2016 Costa Children’s Book Award, The Weight of a Thousand Feathers won the 2018 Irish Book Award for Teen/YA Book of the Year, and We Come Apart, a verse novel co-authored with Carnegie Medal-winner Sarah Crossan, won the 2018 UKLA Book Award. Cardboard Cowboys, Brian’s first middle-grade novel, published in 2021 and is full of his trademark heart, humour and crackling dialogue. Swimming on the Moon is his second middle-grade novel.

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Rating
Readers Count
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We Come Apart
We Come Apart
  • Sarah Crossan
  • Brian Conaghan
3.54 reads
When Mr. Dog Bites
When Mr. Dog Bites
  • Brian Conaghan
3.256 reads
The Weight of a Thousand Feathers
The Weight of a Thousand Feathers
  • Brian Conaghan
32 reads
The M Word
The M Word
  • Brian Conaghan
31 read
The Bombs That Brought Us Together
The Bombs That Brought Us Together
  • Brian Conaghan
32 reads
Swimming on the Moon
Swimming on the Moon
  • Brian Conaghan
00 reads
Cardboard Cowboys
Cardboard Cowboys
  • Brian Conaghan
00 reads
The Boy Who Made It Rain
The Boy Who Made It Rain
  • Brian Conaghan
00 reads
Treacle Town
Treacle Town
  • Brian Conaghan
00 reads
Stealing Happy
Stealing Happy
  • Brian Conaghan
00 reads