Roisin Meaney's Blog, page 11
March 31, 2012
It's here!!!
[image error]One Summer has arrived! Today I saw it on the shelves of O'Mahony's bookshop on Limerick's O'Connell Street - and seeing your book for the first time in a bookshop is a thrill that never fades. I was as excited seeing it on the shelf today as I was eight years ago, when I walked into a bookshop and saw The Daisy Picker, my very first book, sitting there! I remember skulking around the shop for ages, waiting to see if anyone would choose it. I'm sure the staff thought I was a shoplifter, waiting for my chance to grab a few books and run!
In other news, I've made a start on a new book, and I'm about 50 pages in. Very different. Very, very different. That's all I'm saying right now! (I know, I'm such a tease.) But I also have an idea for a book that's quite similar in style to what's gone before, so hopefully I'll eventually manage to please all of the people all of the time!
March 2, 2012
World Book Day - busy, busy...
[image error]Well, I've been a right busy bumble bee this past week - yesterday, March 1, was World Book Day, and in advance of that I was contacted by various interested parties asking if I could come and talk to children about books and reading, so I was delighted to oblige. On Tuesday I met two groups of children from Newport School in Eason's bookshop in Nenagh, County Tipperary; on Wednesday and Thursday I visited two lovely country schools in County Cork, Ballintotas National School just outside Midleton and Clonpriest National School just outside Youghal, and this morning, Friday, I was in Hughes & Hughes bookshop in Ennis, County Clare, telling stories to four year olds and chatting about all things bookish to older girls, all from Scoil Críost Rí. I really enjoyed my week - everywhere I went I got a great welcome, not to mention lots of cups of tea and coffee, and I even scored a few scones!
