October 10, 2011

Dubray Books Competition

Thanks very much to Dubray Books here in Ireland for their Lola’s Secret/The Alphabet Sisters competition – please visit the Dubray Books website for all the details on how to…

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October 6, 2011

Lola’s Secret Q&A

My big thanks to you all for giving Lola’s Secret such a warm welcome. If you’d like some background to the story, I hope you’ll enjoy this interview with me…

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October 6, 2011

Radio LMFM’s Late Lunch panel

Thanks to Gerry Kelly of LMFM’s Late Lunch and my fellow panellists Sarah Nic Lochlainn and Ciara Burke for our lively discussion on the Irish Presidential election, the ideal age…

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October 3, 2011

Today FM interview in Eason, Dublin

I was interviewed about Lola’s Secret by Phil Cawley of Today FM in the flagship Eason bookstore in O’Connell Street, Dublin on Saturday, as part of Eason’s 125th Birthday celebrations….

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October 1, 2011

Lola’s Secret publication

October is publication month for Lola’s Secret in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. My big thanks to my publishers Penguin and Pan Macmillan, all the booksellers and especially to my…

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September 29, 2011

Signed Bookplates

I won’t be in Australia for a Lola’s Secret tour this year, but I’d still love to offer signed bookplates for any readers. If you’d like one for your copy,…

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September 28, 2011

Signing Lola’s Secret in Ireland

I spent a sunny afternoon yesterday signing many copies of Lola’s Secret at the Argosy and Eason warehouses in Dublin. The signed copies will soon be available in bookshops all…

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September 1, 2011

Library Talks in Ireland

I’m doing a series of library talks around Ireland over the next few months, starting at the Carlow County Library’s first Literary Festival ‘PenFest’ on Thursday 15 September, 7.00 –…

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August 31, 2011

The Alphabet Sisters competition for Irish readers

A message from my publishers Pan Macmillan:  ‘In the run up to the publication of the sequel, Lola’s Secret, in October, we have five copies of The Alphabet Sisters to…

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August 25, 2011

An Aunt’s Tale

My article about the joys of being an aunt recently appeared in the UK magazine The People’s Friend.

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