Michaela Cavanagh

writer + journalist | @TheAtlantic @LRB @ZeitOnline @LitHub @Hazlitt | PRESENT TENSE forthcoming @thenewpress @McClellandBooks spring 2027

[Michaela Cavanagh @mmcavanagh]

delighted to have joined @SeanMoncrieff on his show on ireland's newstalk yesterday to chat about my cargo ship story in the guardian from last week:

https://t.co/M3AY3dBEZ8

[SeánMoncrieff @SeanMoncrieff]

On the show today: @bjacollins on the unity dividend for unionists; @HenryMcKean on dumping season; Rich people & gold toilets; How Ireland deports; @Toxicolly reviews The Death of Bunny Munro, Mormon Wives & Stranger Things S5; @mmcavanagh on sailing cargo ships..

[ECIU @ECIU_UK]

Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?

The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry.
@mmcavanagh
https://t.co/7agHFS5JED

[Michaela Cavanagh @mmcavanagh]

for the @guardian, i spent two weeks aboard the groundbreaking neoliner origin (@NeolineOnline), the world's largest wind-powered cargo ship, on its inaugural transatlantic voyage.

what an adventure — hurricane-force winds, dolphins and sea sickness ahoy!https://t.co/6A8XrL7p2y

[Access Copyright @AccessCopyright]

Access Copyright Foundation, an arm’s length foundation of Access Copyright, is excited to announce the Canadian creators, publishers and organizations who have been awarded Professional Development Grants for 2025.

https://t.co/dzZ9HEj72m

[Michaela Cavanagh @mmcavanagh]

dream life update 🚨☁️: i'm thrilled to share that i'm writing a book! i feel so lucky that PRESENT TENSE found a home with @TheNewPress and @McClellandBooks (@PenguinCanada). and all thanks to @s_haywood and the team at @TransLitAgency. coming to a bookstore near you spring '27!

[David Silverberg @SilverbergDave]

This is one of my fave longreads and profiles in a long time. A trust master class by @mmcavanagh

[Longreads @Longreads]

"As the sun grazed the treetops against a cotton candy sky, I thought that if this was a doomsday survivalist’s paradise, it seemed more paradise than doomsday." @mmcavanagh @Hazlitt
https://t.co/Ou8iPNw9GL

[How I Make Money Writing @longformprofile]

The Hideaway

In an abandoned military barracks in rural Germany, Ben Green prepares for the end of the world

by @mmcavanagh

via @Hazlitt

https://t.co/6v1YwmIpHf

[How I Make Money Writing @longformprofile]

Edition #50 features amazing longform reads from:

@sarahjeong @missbarton @PAPPADEMAS @HyltonAnne @bborrell @susandominus @AmyDMarcus @alexcuadros @katejoymcqueen @zachsdorfman

https://t.co/I0VFKBmswR

[Amelia Schonbek @ameliaschonbek]

In an abandoned military barracks in rural Germany, Ben Green is preparing for the end of the world. For @Hazlitt, @mmcavanagh spent a week with him to find out what exactly it looks like to try to escape climate collapse: https://t.co/Fkjc6TfFK8

[Michaela Cavanagh @mmcavanagh]

a year later i’m still asking myself: how can we cope with uncertainty as we oscillate between doom and hope?

i’m grateful to have had the chance to work it out for @hazlitt: https://t.co/e6ZQcy5Tme

(and to @ameliaschonbek for the clear-eyed and thoughtful edits!)

[Michaela Cavanagh @mmcavanagh]

last summer i spent a week living in an old army barracks-turned-eco-bunker, deep in the east german forest.

i was there for the Collapse Laboratory, a retreat that brought people together to think about how to prepare for the end of the world.

[Michaela Cavanagh @mmcavanagh]

at the Collapse Laboratory, ben gathered like-minded people who believed that climate collapse wasn’t just imminent, it was happening now — and that we needed to think deeply about how to show up for it. i was curious.

[Michaela Cavanagh @mmcavanagh]

i'm working on a project that does exactly this. it's great to see this expressed so clearly and urgently, and i agree: we desperately need stories that explore the emotional landscape of the climate crisis to show us how to live right now.

[Michaela Cavanagh @mmcavanagh]

Huge thanks to @AccessCopyright for the support — and the vote of confidence in my work.

[Access Copyright @AccessCopyright]

Access Copyright Foundation is pleased to announce this year's recipients of the Marian Hebb Research Grant. In total, $140,000 in grant funding has been awarded to 35 creators and organizations. https://t.co/hAYhibxeey

[Rachel Carson Center @CarsonCenter]

If you have always wondered how to best turn your scholarly output into engaging stories for a broader audience, join us at our #writingstudio event with @mmcavanagh this afternoon!

More information: https://t.co/cNXFBaEh2D

See you there!

#rccevents

[Michaela Cavanagh @mmcavanagh]

I'm so grateful for the support from @NIAgeing and excited to get to work on my project — about how extreme heat impacts older Canadians — for the @TorontoStar

[National Institute on Ageing 🇨🇦 @NIAgeing]

The NIA and the @TorontoStar are proud to announce the recipients of the Journalism in Ageing Project. We look forward to reading their project submissions this year. https://t.co/Y5jJPNHb6U

[Michaela Cavanagh @mmcavanagh]

i'm excited to spend the next two months as a visiting researcher at the @CarsonCenter at the LMU in munich 🌱

i'll be working on my @ukings MFA project about the emotional landscape of the climate crisis (and creating a local library power ranking, probably)