It's been a giddy, whirlwind experience so far. Last Thursday, the official release day of The Rogue, it all started with a pre-recorded radio interview for BBC Radio Lincolnshire, then a meeting with my wonderful publisher, followed by a visit to Orbit central to meet all the lovely people who make my stories into gorgeous books. There was an overwhelming amount of good news on bestseller lists and sales figures. There was champagne. There were macaroons. Mmm. Macaroooons.

After that we headed for Forbidden Planet, where the first thing I signed was Martin's Kindle.

I hadn't signed a Kindle before and I was honoured, though by the end of the night I'd signed another so maybe these will be the first of many. I signed many books for lots of lovely people and plenty of stock for those who couldn't make it.

For more photos of the event, check out the blog post on Orbit's blog.

I came away with some beer to fortify me, and this adorable Akkarin doll:

The next day we set off early to the airport and flew to Dublin, where we were met by Siobhan from Hachette, who made us feel very welcome during our stay.

We stayed at the amazing Merrion Hotel. Oh, my. Very nice hotel. Here's the garden:

And I couldn't resist photographing the afternoon tea we had the next day, with cute little tea cakes:

The main event was a reading, q&a and signing event at Eason's. This lovely window display greeted me:

It was a great night, with lots of good questions and plenty of books to sign for such lovely enthusiastic and friendly readers.

The next morning we headed to Dubray Books, Hodges Figgis, Chapters Bookstore and back to Eason's to sign stock. I got to chat to some very nice bookstore people, with book recommendations that resulted in the inevitable book acquisitions.

We had the rest of the Saturday afternoon to ourselves, and spent it doing touristy things. Then on Sunday afternoon we headed back to London, ready to resume the UK part of the Tour.

Next: Waterstones Woking here we come!