Why not get in the Christmas mood with this Interactive Arthur Quinn Advent Calendar? Every day there’ll be a different video, download or game, giving further insight into the characters or just giving you a few seasonal smiles.
It begins Dec 1 (obviously) but you can check out the pretty snowscape in the mean time!
It’s over a week since the Book Awards and I’m only getting around to writing about it now. (I’ve been in Berlin in the meantime!)
The night began by meeting my publisher Clodagh Feehan and fellow Mercier author Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc whose book Revolution was shortlisted in the Best Irish Published. We were all decked out in our black tie wear, ready for the night ahead. We got to the RDS just as the president, Michael D Higgins and guest of honour of the night, Seamus Heaney were arriving. So we got a really close view of them and had to crawl in the door with some of our fellow nominees minutes after.
(Above: Michael D and Seamus Heaney among others) Read the rest of this entry »
I had a great homecoming in Mohill today when I visited the Hunt National School. As well as being full of fantastic and clever questions, the pupils had even created some amazing works of art based on the prologue from my book. I took photos of each of them and post them here. (more after the jump!)
As some of you may have heard, my book ‘Arthur Quinn and the World Serpent’ has been shortlisted in the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards in the Best Children’s Book, Senior section. These are very prestigious awards and being shortlisted with my debut novel is a very exciting experience. My category has some strong competition. It’s all the best of Irish children’s writers; Three-time previous IBA winner Derek Landy, hugely bestselling author Darren Shan, Denise Deegan and Anna Carey. These awards are different from many others as the public get a say in choosing the winner as points are given based on both judges’ and public votes.
So, with that said, I’ll ask you to please vote for my book here. Everyone who votes is instantly put into a draw for a €100 Book Token, too!
(I feel I should also point out that there’s a great children’s writing competition on the site too. Check it out here!)
