I am deeply honoured and grateful to appear on the longlist for the Carnegie Medal. Thank you to all librarians for everything you do. And congratulations to my fellow nominees. There are amazing books on this list.
Launching The Invasion
The Invasion will be launching in Eason, O'Connell Street, Dublin at 6:30pm on 1 March. All are very welcome. I hope to do an event in London too some time in March. As for my friends and family in North America, you'll be seeing the book in stores on 27 March.
Thank you!
See Me in Bournemouth!
Blogger Kirsty Stanley will interview the wonderful Haley Barker and myself at the Waterstones Castlepoint store in Bournemouth on Saturday 30 September at 1pm.
Books will be signed! Friends will be made and all will be happy in the land forever more.
Come and join us!
COMPETITION TIME
There is a very tiny Facebook Group dedicated to The Call and I have decided to donate some prizes starting on 1 September. This happens to the the anniversary of the book’s launch in Dublin.
The first giveaway? I’m not saying what it is yet, but I can promise it will be both precious *and* rare. Everyone who is a member of the facebook group will be automatically entered no matter where they live in the world.
There will be another prize during the month of September and more at some indeterminate date after that. Heaven knows where it will all end!
Apologies to anybody who is not on FB. We work with what we have!
Where to See me at YALC
If you're like me and lucky enough to be attending YALC in London this year, why not stop by and say hello? I'm notoriously bad at names and faces. I say the wrong thing in conversation. I never know whether to offer a hug or to shake people's hands or throw them over my shoulders and parade them around the hall while everybody claps and cheers. But I will try my best to be civil and I *do* want to meet you.
So, where, oh where will I be?
On Saturday, I'll be sharing the stage at 3pm with brilliant writers to discuss Myth, Magic and Fairytale. An hour later, exhilarated and sopping with sweat, we'll all be signing our books. I will sign anything, by the way. I am left-handed and willing to scrawl my name backwards if you request it.
On Sunday -- is that even a real day? Who knew? -- I'll be hanging around. I'm not sure where yet, but I'll be available for Christenings, Bar Mitzvahs or coffee. What could possibly go wrong?
Come See Me at YALC in London
I'm lucky enough to be visiting YALC in London this year. I'll be on stage at 3pm on Saturday 29 July alongside Joanne Harris, Julia Gray, Laura Dockrill, Zöe Marriott and Deirdre Sullivan. Imogen Russell Williams will be making sure we all behave ourselves.
Come and see us! Get all your books signed. Engage with the coffee! It's at the Olympia on Hammersmith Road.
The Bradford Literature Festival and Me
Come and see me in Bradford! Do! They feed you like a king. They have panels packed so tightly with creativity that the excess slops over into the crowd, creating spontaneous recitals of poetry. All babies conceived that weekend are guaranteed Nobel Prize winners.
I myself will be eventing twice: both times on the Sunday.
At 10:30, I share the stage with Sarah Mussi, Kate Griffin and Steve Dearden. All are wonderful, but I am a huge fan of Kate Griffin in particular. You may have heard me rave before about her book, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, written under the name Claire North. We'll be chatting about fantasy and Science Fiction. More information at the link below....
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/out-of-this-world/
At 5:30pm, I'll be in discussion with Juno Dawson, Kirsty Logan and Anne C Perry about horror. I've only met Juno before and that was for something like 4 seconds. My impression was "energetic, witty, intelligent", and then, it was over. I can't wait to meet her again along with the rest of my fellow panelists. Check out their bios on the link below.
https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/why-do-we-like-to-be-scared/
The Call Wins Another Award
I'm delighted to announce that The Call was awarded the ESFS Achievement Award for Best Work of Fiction at EuroCon in Dortmund on Friday. I am deeply honoured! I wasn't even aware the book had been nominated until it started appearing on Twitter.
Many thanks to whoever nominated my book and whoever made the final decision.
Imaginary Irish Language Editions of my books.
Yet another chance to see the magical artwork of Jeffrey Alan Love here below. But this time my friend, @AKA_Qthulhu on Twitter, has reimagined them as Irish translations. I love it. Of course. The original titles are The Call (September 2017) and The Invasion (March 2018).
The Cover Reveal of The Call
After yesterday's reveal of the cover for The Invasion, we now get to see the new US paperback for The Call. The artist for both is the wonderful Jeffrey Alan Love. Do yourselves a favour and look up some of his other work!
