KILLER INSTINCTS - RED LINE BOOK FESTIVAL 2018!!

Killer Instincts

 

As part of the RED LINE BOOK FESTIVAL October 2018, this is an event not to be missed!

 

Hosted by Sam Blake, this panel discussion features some of the top British and Irish writers in the genre, including yours truly!

Joining Sam will be acclaimed writer Sophie Hannah, whose books have achieved worldwide success, crime reporter turned author Cormac O’Keeffe (Black Water), best-selling writer of the Detective Lottie Parker series Patricia Gibney (The Missing Ones, No Safe Place) and Irish Crime Novel of the Year winner Louise Phillips (Me) (The Game Changer, Last Kiss, The Doll's House & Red Ribbons).

Sam Blake is a pseudonym for Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, founder of The Inkwell Group publishing consultancy and the national writing resources website Writing.ie, as well as best- selling author in her own right.

• VENUE: Civic Theatre
• TIME: Sat 13 Oct, 8:00pm
• PRICE: €15/€12
• BOOK NOW

A Killer of an Evening

Thanks to everyone who came to Lady Killers at the Civic on Friday evening. 

One of the best nights ever!! 

From left to right, Joanne Richardson Ex Coroner, Louise Phillips, Arlene Hunt, Alex Barclay and Susan Condon. 

Photograph by Rob O'Connor 

A Night Not to be Missed!!!

Book now guys for this fabulous night as part of the 

RED LINE festival!!!

Silence is Golden BUT!!!

So what's the news on the RED RIBBONS front?????

Firstly, sorry for being so quiet lately. I've had my head down writing The Doll's House, and today is the first time I'm coming up for air after 3 weeks in hibernation - not a bad thing I hear you saying!!!!

Firstly, because I know many of you love pics - Susan Condon has sent in this great pic of RED RIBBONS while holidaying in Venice (which I love:-) thanks Susan

Other NEWS is as follows:

Another fantastic review on RED RIBBONS from the Senior Times - You can read it HERE

I'm also delighted to say that Hughes and Hughes booksellers have chosen RED RIBBONS as their Parent's Choice for the months of October/November of The Irish Parent Magazine.

Keep an eye out also over the next couple of weeks for a' true life' short story of mine which will appear in the Daily Mail 'You' Magazine published on Saturdays.

Wednesday 14th November, I'll be reading as part of the RED LINE Literary Festival  in Three Voices/Three Forms, at The Loose End Civic Theatre, Tallaght : An Evening with writers Eileen Casey, Colm Keegan & Louise Phillips You can book HERE

You can read 'The Road to Publication' written for South Dublin County Library HERE

RED RIBBONS has also been chosen as the Pavilion Shopping Centre  Virtual Book Club choice for October 2012 

And if you're out and about in Tallaght over the next while, pick up the free issue magazine INTALLAGHT, who have been brilliant support for RED RIBBONS.

I'm also delighted to announce that South Dublin Libraries will be including yours truly on their wall of Library Champions, alongside Colum McCann, John Boyne, President Michael D Higgins, and Claire Hennessy.

And just to prove to you that I have been doing some work - here are a couple of the storyboards for The Doll's House!!!!

Novel Madness - The Journey goes on......

Well the DNA festival reading went down a treat, and I had my very own copy of Red Ribbons to read from!! How exciting is that?

Spoiled for choice as to which part of the 115,000 words I would choose from, I went for the killer's voice!

Feedback afterwards was amazing, and the general consensus was the killer was very scary, and so too was my voice. Obviously I was taking this getting inside the head of the killer very seriously!!!

Other news, Red Ribbons, the 'Book Launch' got a mention in the Irish Times on Friday, Hughes & Hughes, St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, on the 5th September 6.30.

The novel also got a mention in Liberidi Scrivere, courtesy of the lovely Brian Mc Gilloway - read short but sweet segment here  

And Crime Fiction Lover has also featured the chilling pre-release trailer on Red Ribbons, on their website here (scroll down to find introduction on the story of Red Ribbons etc, etc, etc...

You can also find another link to the trailer on The Red Line Book Festival 2012 here - have a look around when you visit as there are lots of things happening at the festival, brilliant writers, and also yours truly will be reading at The Loose End theatre at the Civic.

Last thing on the trailer, I heard on Friday that book selling giants like Hughes & Hughes, Dubray, Easons etc will be featuring the fab trailer too - so before the rest of the world calls to visit, have a sneaking look and add your comments to the trailer HERE

But the biggest news of all is......the books have arrived into the publishers at long last - which also means they are making their way to a lovely shop near you!!

Publication September 3rd 2012

Now I thought I would be emotional the moment I finally held the novel in my hand, and I was, I was over the moon with excitement. I kept rubbing my hand up and down on the cover, I looked at it from a distance, from close up, I placed it down on table, feeling it had a whole life all of it's own, but the real emotion came later, the same way that sometimes life can take you by surprise.

The real joy was seeing my very own book on my very own bookshelf at home. And, because you all know how I love to share, here's another little pic for YOU!!!

Just in case none of this got you particularly excited - Watch out for redesign of blog, and launch of new WEBSITE in the next few days!!!!