As promised, here is my tour schedule for the UK & Ireland. As I understand it, there will be many, many, many other events as well. (Did I say many?) Sadly, as with the US tour, only some will be open to the public. Tons are school events, receptions, and interviews, a fab bloggers’ party. Mind you, I know I’ll have a great time wherever I am because I love that sort of one-on-one with people, especially kids and school groups, but this means I miss others who might be interested in a schmooze, a chat, a talk about writing as happened yesterday with one young man during my Costco signing in San Antonio. I can’t decide if THAT was the highlight of the day, or the moment a bunch of troops stationed at Randolph wandered up for a visit.
Oh, and I do know this: Teen Today, a very cool UK teen site, is keen to run a competition for two folks to have lunch with . . . ME! O.o We’ll discuss publishing, writing, anything under the sun [well, pretty much, but anyone who’s met me knows that I’m open to just about anything. Except politics. Oh, and religion 😉 ]. More details to follow on that, too.
In any event, here are the bare bones. I suspect I will also be buzzing by several local Waterstones (a bookseller that saved my sanity in Kilkenny when I’d run out of things to read), so do check and if I happen to be in your neighborhood, drop by! I will post more details and locations as they become available.
October 13th
Many events, but this is the one confirmation I’ve got:
11am-12:30 p.m.
School Event: Ballymun Library
Main St.
Ballymun, Dublin 11
IRELAND
October 14
5:30-7p.m. Children’s Books Ireland Festival
check out the CBI Facebook Announcement!
National Library
Kildare St.
Dublin 2
IRELAND
“The Worst is Yet to Come: Dystopian Themes in Young Adult Fiction”
Panel discussion with authors Sarah Rees Brennan & Peadar O’Guilín, chaired by Inis co-editor David Maybury.
October 15
The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival
Imperial Square
Cheltenham
“Terror Unleashed!”
Panel event with Will Hill (Department 19) and David Gatward
(The Dead)
October 17
LOTS of school events & Teen Today Winners Luncheon: stay tuned.
October 18
Interviews, receptions, a BLOGGERS PARTY: details to follow
Looking forward to meeting you Ilsa!
Likewise. I’m very excited 🙂
Just finished Ashes and absolutely loved it! Have fun in the UK & Ireland!
Oh, thank you on both counts. I’m getting kind of nervous about the trip. Like . . . what if I get all confused? Or lost? Or miss a plane? Or . . .
Maybe I better have more coffee. Wait . . . coffee . . . they’ve got coffee, right? 😉
We’ve got the Starbucks. Hope you like Starbucks!
Yes, I know! My unerring nose for caffeine found three within a half hour 🙂
Looking forward to meeting you!