News & Interviews
Bestseller news! I’m so happy to share that The Secret Language of Birds is on the Indie Bestsellers List, and it also made an appearance on the USA Today bestseller list, along with Song For a Whale!
Houston Life interview
I had so much fun chatting with the Houston Life hosts about whooping cranes and the inspiration behind The Secret Language of Birds! You can find the interview on the Houston Life website.
New book announcement! I’ll have another middle grade novel out in the summer of 2025. The Blue Hearts is about a boy named Max who finds an injured octopus on the beach after a storm. He takes the octopus to a wildlife rehab and helps take care of her throughout the summer, while also making some new friends and discovering more about himself.
I’m honored and delighted that Song For a Whale is part of the All Pueblo Reads program! I look forward to talking to readers on October 9th during our virtual visit. See the Pueblo Library’s website for more information, including reader resources.
I had a wonderful conversation with E Train Talks! Check out our interview here on his YouTube channel:
See the first chapter of Song For a Whale in sign language! Thanks to Heba Toulan for creating the video.
Here’s my panel from the Middle Ground Book Fest on Deaf characters in children’s books, with Erin Entrada Kelly and Ann Clare Le Zotte Our panel is open captioned and interpreted in sign language.
See my article “How the World’s Loneliest Whale Inspired a Kids’ Tale About Human Connection,” about the real-life inspiration for Song For a Whale in The Big Issue magazine
Interviews
- On the Words, Images, and Worlds podcast about connecting to nature and seeing ourselves in stories
- I talked to the Bent Biblios podcast about writing Song For a Whale, the lonely whale who inspired the story, and why I love the middle grade audience
- The Oh My Word! podcast, on how I got into writing, finding stories through unique animal facts, compassionate protagonists, singing whales, and more
- Video interview (including a sign language interpreter) with Beale Memorial Library in Bakersfield, CA for the One Book Project
- Interview on the Hear Me Out! [CC] podcast. Transcript is provided below the audio recording, and a review of Song For a Whale is linked in the show notes
- I talked to my friend Bethany Hegedus for The Writing Barn’s Porchlight Podcast
- This article I wrote for Booktrust includes fun facts about sign language (both British and American) and resources for further learning
- Song For a Whale review and interview in the San Francisco Book Review
- Classroom Connections with Caroline Starr Rose
- Interview with author and bookseller Joy Preble of Brazos Bookstore
- Q&A and audiobook excerpt with Listening Library
- SPINE Magazine: “Lynne Kelly On the Inspiration and Writing of Song For a Whale”
- Publishers Weekly Q&A
