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A ‘best book’ of the year!
The Red-Letter Day is about famous writers including Oscar Wilde and Shakespeare, the Book of Kells, Finn McCool, the Giant’s Causeway, the Easter Rising… and much, much more. It’s a magic travel adventure story for boys and girls aged eight to 12 (but adults can […]
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And the Croker winner is…
Congratulations to Brenda Doran of Co Wicklow, who won my Twitter competition – that fab Croke Park hotel voucher is on its way to you. And not forgetting your other unique prize, a signed copy of my magic history adventure The Red-Letter Day. Please do tweet a snap when they land in […]
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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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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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Competitions, dedications & mysteries
Hidden magic… I won’t post the answers to the secrets hidden in the full-page illustrations of The Red-Letter Day for another while because I want lots of people to have a chance to read the book before I start giving away any secrets (and possibly […]