Easons Book of the Month - The Hiding Game!

I'm thrilled to say THE HIDING GAME (from this week) will be a BOOK of the MONTH at all Easons Stores!!

BE AWARE!!!

CAROUSEL AWARE PRIZE for INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED AUTHORS - will close on the 29th April 2016!!! This competition is for all non-traditionally published books with ISBNs published in the last five years. (Limited to those resident in Northern/Southern Ireland)

The cost of entry is €50, most of which will go directly to mental health charity Aware. The Competition is sponsored by DUBRAY BOOKS & EASONS.....GET SUBMITTING FOLKS!!  Full Details here.....http://writingcap.ie/

The 6 categories are: Best Novel to be judged by International Bestselling Author Jax Miller.

Best Short Story Anthology to be judged by Bord Gáis Award Winning Author Louise Phillips.

Best Non-Fiction Book to be judged by Books Ireland Magazine Editor Tony Canavan

Best Poetry Anthology to be judged by Award Winning Poet and Writer Eileen Casey.

Best Young Adult Book to be judged by Bestselling Young Adult Novelist Claire Hennessy.

Best Junior Book to be judged by Novelist Carolann Copland in conjunction with St. Comcille’s Junior National School, Knocklyon.

Carolann Copland of Carousel Creates says, "These awards aim to provide a platform to showcase the cream of Irish Self-Published authors, bringing them to the attention of book shops, distributors and the media in Ireland and abroad. Self-publishing is changing the face of publishing world wide and we think that Ireland could do with a little nudge to help it along."

Looking Back 2015!

From Monday morning I'll be pulling back from social media to get cracking on the writing, so please excuse me the final promos of looking back to 2015 - THE GAME CHANGER.....

Signed Copies......

I signed a zillion copies (well not quite that many, but a lot) of THE GAME CHANGER in Easons in the Square yesterday, so if you fancy it to read or to give as a gift, it's also in the 3 for 2 promo!! 

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It's that time of year!!!

It's that time of year again...Eason's Christmas Catalogue...Irish crime fiction selection with Joanne Spain and Jax Miller and The Game Changer is there too....with so many others....

I'm blown away by the reviews to date....THE GAME CHANGER

Two weeks after publication, and I'm blown away by the fantastic response so far to THE GAME CHANGER....

“The Game Changer is arguably the author’s most ambitious novel to date. Phillips’ capacity for descriptive prose is given full expression…A first class crime writer who can really write - One of the best crime writers in Ireland.” Irish Independent Newspapers

“Clever, subtle and thought provoking, The Game Changer is one of the best books I’ve read this year…” Woman’s Way

“The Game Changer isn’t your ordinary cops and robbers story. It delves into some serious psychological issues. I couldn’t put it down." RTE Radio 1 Arena

“The Game Changer is absolute top drawer crime writing by Ireland’s finest crime writers. Louise Phillips’ fourth novel, The Game Changer, is a psychological thriller that really should demand that a lot of other so-called psychological thrillers give up their false identity….” San Diego Book Review

“Great crime writing is about tone, atmosphere and texture. It’s not just about story…There is a new generation of crime writers and Louise Phillips is at the forefront of this.” Eoin Mc Namee

“You will spend pleasant hours untying the knots of this perfectly tangled plot, and then the real fun starts when you follow the line that leads from the crime to – you.” Writing.ie

“I was gripped by The Game Changer, enjoyed it immensely. Loved the novel, and fascinated by the cult element. It’s great…” Journalist Anne Marie Scanlon

“The Game Changer weaves an intricate mystery involving childhood secrets…all linking to a common denominator, Kate Pearson. Tension builds as secrets unfold…..a cracking read. Phillips is an accomplished stalwart of the crime genre…” The Librarian’s Cellar

“A novel of twists, turns and roundabouts…Phillips is not afraid of shocking her readers. Once again, there is murder and mayhem along the bumpy ride...this is a crime writer who leads her readers off the beaten path...” Bleach House Library

“Cross jurisdictional murder, missing memories and a cult all interweave to create an exceptional in-depth psychological thriller…well-written and if you haven’t read earlier books by Phillips, along with The Game Changer, they are highly recommended.” Cleopatra Loves Books

“Apart from being a crime thriller, the use of group manipulation as a theme (and indeed, the mentions of how groups in the past were manipulated) was both eerie and fascinating…Phillips’ research blended into the story to make this a really fascinating, dark read, and a real page turner.” Lorna Sixsmith Irish Farmerette

“Phillips’ has an incredible writing style and skill which makes you read a book while your heart is pounding and you want to shout at the characters…This book is without doubt a corker…” Kim the Bookworm

By the Book Review ‘Book of the Week’

Easons ‘Book of the Month’

TV 3 ‘Recommended Reads'

Woman’s Way ‘Book of the Week’

Latinos ‘Book of the Week’

Irish Times Bestseller

Number 1 WHS Dublin Airport

Number 4 Trending in Ireland (Twitter)

Eason's Autumn Catalogue!!

In some lovely company.....I mean, how can you resist???

Signed copies of THE GAME CHANGER......

After a day of whizzing around the city, there are now a zillion (well not quite) signed copies doted around the city....Easons O'Connell Street, Nassau St, St Stephen's Green, Blanchardstown, Swords, Liffey Valley, The Square and Dundrum, Dubray in Grafton Street,  Hodges Figgis in Dawson Street, WHS in Arnotts Henry Street and at the Airport!!! It was great to meet everyone, including the staff at Argosy Books!!   

And I will be signing books for The Gutter Bookshop, Dublin​ today....so there you go!!

Book of the Month - EASONS!

Some lovely news, THE GAME CHANGER, has been chosen as a 'BOOK OF THE MONTH' at Easons!!!#notlongnow

It's a scary and fun thing, making stuff up...

Being in writing hibernation means I will be turning up for Christmas dinner on the 25th December and not much else. The last 'Write That Novel' session is on tomorrow evening and after that I have kept my diary clear for writing until February (other than the day job, the family, the dog and the XFactor final).

It's a scary and fun thing, making stuff up....

I don't plot, even scarier....

I don't outline, except near the end....positively nerve wrecking....

I have a broad idea (a very broad idea) of what the story is going to be about. Then I have a day like today when one idea gets linked to another one, which forms the motivation for a particular character and the reason another character needs to be afraid and you start getting to the enjoyable and exciting part.

I also discovered that LAST KISS is in the Easons Christmas Catalogue - see pic below....(3 for 2 too!)

I remember picking this up from Easons every Christmas, never having a notion that I would ever have a novel in it....well there you go....making stuff up can be life changing!

Echo, echo!!!

EASONS ST STEPHEN'S GREEN Shopping Centre!

Fantastic display at Easons St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre.....

There are signed copies of LAST KISS at branches all around Dublin, but only Stephen's Green has the postcards and killer lipsticks.....ONLY 40 lipsticks left, and in the words of that famous advertisement...when they're gone...they're gone...

Don't say I didn't warn you!!

Signed copies of LAST KISS!!

I'll be heading into EASONS St Stephen's Green today to sign copies of LAST KISS, and they will have lipsticks and postcards too for anyone who wants to pick up a copy!!! There are also signed copies at Easons Dundrum, The Square Tallaght, Blanchardstown, Liffey Valley and Swords Shopping Centre, as well as O'Connell Street and WH Smith at the Airport...phew..that's a long list!!!

Launch of LAST KISS!!! What a night!!

A picture paints a thousand words and all that....thanks Ciaran Behan for a great one!!

Publication Week!!

It will be a fun week ahead and for any of you going to the launch, I'm really looking forward to meeting you there!!! The response to LAST KISS has been great so far with some very strong reviews and also I've had the most tremendous feedback from friends/readers who seem to have swallowed it whole within a day or so!!!

Thanks also to Easons for picking it as a Book of the Month, and Bob in the Gutter Bookshop who gave The Doll's House a terrific launch last year, also to W H Smiths at the Airport for choosing to place it in the 'Book Everyone is Talking About'...and that's seems like a very good thing to me!!

Not long until LAUNCH NIGHT!!!

Gift lipsticks are very excited about Launch Night on the of 12th August! ALL READERS are very welcome next Tuesday at 6.30 in Easons, St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre!!

Valerie Bistany Director of the Irish Writers' Centre

I'm absolutely delighted to announce that the lovely Valerie Bistany, Director of the Irish Writers' Centre, will be launching LAST KISS in Easons, St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, on the 12th August at 6.30!! More details to follow....

Valerie Bistany 

Killer Lipstick!!

It won't be long until the launch night of LAST KISS...(12th August 6.30 Easons St Stephen's Green SC - A date for your diary!!) 

I hope to have a few surprises in store for you. The first of which will be killer lipsticks for anyone who picks up a copy of the book. The fictional killer in Last Kiss wears a particular shade, Carmine, to be precise, a purplish red.  

Anyhow, I will be wrapping these little beauties up in black fish net fabric, elegantly, or as elegantly as I can manage it, tied with a red bow. One down...a few hundred to go!!

And an equally mad friend of mine just posted this on Facebook!!

Final, final cover of LAST KISS - front and back!!!

FINAL COVER of LAST KISS!!

(Publication day August 7th 2014)

Launch night August 12th Easons St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre @ 6.30

(All welcome)

Book Signing around Dublin!

There are SIGNED copies of The Doll's House available in Easons Tallaght, Dundrum, O'Connell Street, St Stephens Green, Blanchardstown, Liffey Valley and Swords, along with Dubray in Grafton Street, WH Smith Terminal 2 Dublin Airport, and Reads of Nassau Street, and a couple left in Hodges Figgis Dawson Street! 

Easons now have it in the 3 for 2, so if you're planning on picking up a few books for holidays etc, it might be a good place to go.

Here are some pics from book signings last Tuesday!! Have a lovely weekend :-)