GIVEAWAY - PUBLICATION DAY - JOYRIDE TO JUPITER

It's publication day for my new short story collection Joyride to Jupiter, whoop! It's already had two stellar reviews in The Sunday Times and Irish Times, and I have two launches this week, in Dublin the 14th and in Galway on Bloomsday, the 16th. ALL WELCOME for books, readings, wine, space-themed buns and chats!

To celebrate publication day I am giving away one copy of the book to a reader of this blog with a bonus gift of this cute little purse decorated with spacy joyriders to jupiter:

To enter, just leave a comment with your name (no anons, please) and a link to your blog, Twitter or Facebook, or your email address, so I can contact you if you win. I won't be chasing people to the ends of the earth (or Jupiter...) so please make yourself contactable when you enter :)

I will post to anywhere in the world. Draw will take place on Tuesday 20th June. Check back then to see if you've won and to send me your address. Good luck!

UK PUBLICATION DAY - MISS EMILY

Miss Emily comes out today from dynamic Scottish publisher Sandstone Press. I have personal links with Scotland, as evidenced in The Closet of Savage Mementos, so I'm delighted to be with Highlands-based Sandstone.

I have an essay in The Irish Times today about the writing of the novel and I'll be talking to Seán Moncrieff at 2.30pm on Newstalk. Happy day :)

PUBLICATION DAY GIVEAWAY

It's publication day today for Miss Emily. It's mad to think I signed the contract eighteen months ago with Penguin (having finished writing the book two years ago) and here it is today, finally released into the world (or part of it, at least!). The audio book also appears today, for those who prefer to listen rather than read.

Audio book of Miss Emily

The pre-publicity in North America has been enormous and heartening. And my webmaster has fashioned a Miss Emily page on my website to report on some of it. (Watch out also for the novel's UK/Irl release from Sandstone on 20th August.)

In the meantime my lovely team at Penguin sent me flowers and my webmaster/husband gave me my fave champagne (and brekkie in bed). Spoilt, happy excited woman here!

To celebrate I am doing a Miss Emily giveaway with various prizes: a copy of the US edition of the book, a St Brigid's cross (features in the book), an Emily Dickinson fridge magnet, Emily cards etc. I will have three separate draws and you'll win what you win. Just leave a comment to enter. Simple as :)