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Pick up a fab Christmas gift
I’ll be at Bank of Ireland branches this coming week, November 20th to 24th, to sign books and chat about writing – hope to see y’all there! Signed copies of my magic time-travelling adventure The Red-Letter Day – a Sunday Independent and Irish Daily Mail […]
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It’s a sellout – seriously!
I’m delighted to report that The Red-Letter Day has SOLD OUT of The Reading Room bookshop in Carrick-on-Shannon, my old stomping ground when I worked as a reporter for the Leitrim Observer. Most bookshops – even the independent ones – won’t deal directly with a new […]
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Three chirpy cheers for Magpie Books
Delighted to say that even more magic has come to the lovely old village of Enniskerry, Co Wicklow: as of today, Magpie Books have five signed copies for sale (at €10 each) of The Red-Letter Day (shortlisted for Best Junior Book 2016 by an Independent […]
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In a few schools so far… and lots on the hit list
With two library orders under my belt, Fingal and South Dublin, I went to Co Kildare to meet John Treacy of IES, book supplier to Ireland’s schools, primary and post-primary, libraries and local authorities. Several people had told me they bought The Red-Letter Day to give to […]
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My first bookshop order
Owner Orlagh Kelly of The Reading Room bookshop in Carrick-on-Shannon placed an order today – the first of many, I hope. I feel it’s a real red-letter day (literally!) because I’ve been finding it tough to get my new adventure tale into bookshops. Most of them […]
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Thank you, Fingal Libraries
My first library order for The Red-Letter Day landed today. I have found Fingal County Council really supportive, and when I’m famous I won’t forget them! After a great chat with Eithne Mallin, Co-ordinator of the Council’s 1916 commemorations, I left in a copy of […]