Fallen Star Stories

Today, the children of Galway (both in body and spirit) turned out in incredible force at Dubray Books on Shop Street in Galway to meet Derek Landy. They were trying to queue from about 12.00, but I had to send them away, promising them front positions. In retrospect, I should have gotten out the 'coat room' numbers, perhaps. In the end, inspite of there being over 200 people moving through the shop...and inspite of the extremely changeable weather, it all went off without a hitch. Derek arrived in good time and got straight to it! Throughout the entire event (we were there until 7.30pm...3 1/2 hours!), he was lively, engaging, gracious, smiling, funny...truly amazing as he took time with each and every child (and their parents). And even those who stood in that queue for over 3 hours...tired and cranky, though they may have been prior to reaching him....all of them left saying it was well worth the wait, with smiles on their faces, clutching their newly signed books. It was gr...

Just a quick word to remind everyone about two events that are closing fast upon us. It's all go this week in Galway! WhileI couldn't attend the Mountains to Sea Festival (not happy about that at all), I am delighted with the following: 1) Don't forget.... tomorrow, Tuesday, 14th September at 4pm, DEREK LANDY will be at Dubray Books, Galway to sign his new book (and the fifth in the series) 'Skulduggery Pleasant : Mortal Coil' !!!! This is Derek's first appearance in the West of Ireland since winning the Bord Gais Irish Book of the Decade earlier this year. The award was voted by you, his wonderful readers, for the first in the series, simply titled 'Skulduggery Pleasant' . And I'm sure Derek won't mind signing the earlier books, as well. It's looking like there will be a crowd...lots and lots of interest.... but don't worry, there will be the wonderful staff of Dubray Books (that means myself and my co-workers) to entertain you. And we ...

It is with great excitement that I take this moment to confirm that, yes, indeed...on Tuesday, 14th September at 4pm , Derek Landy will be at Dubray Books, Galway to celebrate his latest book and the fifth in the series, Skulduggery Pleasant : Mortal Coil , and to sign copies of this and all of his Skulduggery books. As we all know, Skulduggery Pleasant was the winner of the Bord Gais Irish Book of the Decade accolade, giving great validation to children's literature and it's young readers. This is Derek's first visit to the West of Ireland since winning this award. And at Dubray Books, we are completely over the moon to have him visit. (Skulduggery Pleasant : Mortal Coil is released into the world tomorrow, 2nd September.)