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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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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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Do it ‘buy the book’ for a Dunboyne win
Buy a book and enter my The Red-Letter Day draw for a chance to win a one-night stay for two in a deluxe room at the Dunboyne Castle Hotel and Spa in Co Meath, complete with full Irish breakfast – thanks to Dunboyne’s sales manager Janet Weafer […]
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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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Shortlisted for Best Junior book 2016
Just heard my Easter Rising-themed magical history adventure for children is one of only five books shortlisted in the CAP Awards for Best Junior book of 2016 by an independent author. Here’s the full list… Am so delighted to be in the running, and really […]
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Cracking on with Goodreads
Slowly, but surely, I am getting my beloved words out there into the big wide world. Who knew there would be so much to do? And I am not the most technically-minded person – although willing to learn. I have learned so much this year. […]
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Do all Rush at once, please
Thanks so much to Nora, Anne and all at Rush Library – this was my second Fingal visit, after Balbriggan, and I was even allowed to bring the little pooch! Isn’t this restored church an amazing space for their library? My reading – from an […]
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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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On the (library) shelf many thanks, Balbriggan
There was a small but perfectly formed gathering for my first Fingal author visit on July 13, in Balbriggan Library. I must admit to being very nervous, but thankfully it went well. Whew! I read the bit set in the early ninth century about Finn McCool […]