Louise Phillips's Blog, page 19

THANK YOU x 45,000 Library Readers!!!

It took me a while to register my novels with the UK Public Library System, but to readers in UK libraries, and here, a MASSIVE THANK YOU to the 45,000 library readers who borrowed books since registration - YOU ARE ALL AWESOME!!! :-)

100 Reviews on Audible.com - RED RIBBONS!!!

I was so excited to see RED RIBBONS as an Audio download, and of course, especially thrilled to have it narrated by the fabulous Caroline Morahan.Two months after US publication, amazingly, it is still in the Top Hot New Releases on Amazon #policeprocedurals. And, today it hit 100 REVIEWS on Audible.com!!!THANK YOU EVERYONE

Places are booking up fast! - Begin your Novel!

Places are booking up fast for my 'Begin Your Novel' course in February.If you're interested in doing this course at the Irish Writers Centre, either book online HERE , or contact the centre at (01) 872 1302, or alternatively, email, info@writerscentre.ie I will be doing a taster course this coming Saturday which is already fully booked, and this may result in additional pressure on places!!! So get booking, or express your interest via the centre, if you're interested.

Edgar Nominees 2017!!

MWA Announces the 2017 Edgar Nominations

January 19, 2017, New York, NY – Mystery Writers of America announce the Nominees for the 2017 Edgar Allan Poe Awards.
The Edgar Awards will be presented to the winners at our 71st Gala Banquet, April 27, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
Huge congrats to fellow author Patricia Abbot of Polis Books, and of course, Adrian McKinty too!
And here are the nominees:
BEST NOVELThe Ex by Alafair Burke (HarperCollins Publishers – Harper)
Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHORUnder the Harrow by Flynn Berry (Penguin Random House – Penguin Books)
Dodgers by Bill Beverly (Crown Publishing Group)
IQ by Joe Ide (Little, Brown & Company – Mulholland Books)
The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie (Penguin Random House – G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
Dancing with the Tiger by Lili Wright (Penguin Random House – Marian Wood Book/Putnam)
The Lost Girls by Heather Young (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINALShot in Detroit by Patricia Abbott (Polis Books)
Come Twilight by Tyler Dilts (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
The 7th Canon by Robert Dugoni (Amazon Publishing – Thomas & Mercer)
Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
A Brilliant Death by Robin Yocum (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)
Heart of Stone by James W. Ziskin (Prometheus Books – Seventh Street Books)BEST FACT CRIMEMorgue: A Life in Death by Dr. Vincent DiMaio & Ron Franscell (St. Martin’s Press)
The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle that Brought Down the Klan by Laurence Leamer (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow)
Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder That Shocked Victorian England by Paul Thomas Murphy (Pegasus Books)
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man’s Descent into Madness by Eli Sanders (Penguin Random House – Viking Books)
The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale (Penguin Random House – Penguin Press)BEST CRITICAL/BIOGRAPHICALAlfred Hitchcock: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd (Penguin Random House – Nan A. Talese)
Encyclopedia of Nordic Crime: Works and Authors of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Since 1967
by Mitzi M. Brunsdale (McFarland & Company)
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (W.W. Norton – Liveright)
Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula by David J. Skal (W.W. Norton – Liveright)BEST SHORT STORY“Oxford Girl” – Mississippi Noir by Megan Abbott (Akashic Books)
“A Paler Shade of Death” – St. Louis Noir by Laura Benedict (Akashic Books)
“Autumn at the Automat” – In Sunlight or in Shadow by Lawrence Block (Pegasus Books)
“The Music Room” – In Sunlight or in Shadow  by Stephen King (Pegasus Books)
“The Crawl Space” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Joyce Carol Oates (Dell Magazines)BEST JUVENILESummerlost by Ally Condie (Penguin Young Readers Group – Dutton BFYR)
OCDaniel by Wesley King (Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)
The Bad Kid by Sarah Lariviere by  (Simon & Schuster – Simon & Schuster BFYR)
Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand  (Simon & Schuster – Simon & Schuster BFYR)
Framed! by James Ponti (Simon & Schuster – Aladdin)
Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry by Susan Vaught (Simon & Schuster – Paula Wiseman Books)BEST YOUNG ADULTThree Truths and a Lie by Brent Hartinger (Simon & Schuster – Simon Pulse)
The Girl I Used to Be by April Henry (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group – Henry Holt BFYR)
Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown BFYR)
My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier (Soho Press – Soho Teen)
Thieving Weasels by Billy Taylor (Penguin Random House – Penguin Young Readers – Dial Books)For details of other nominations visit  HERE

A time to remember....

As the seeds of my current work in progress began in Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat over a year ago, being in the final stages of the script, it's a good time to remember. Image with fellow artists, Andrea Carter, Catherine Dunne,Lia Mills, Maria McManus Valerie Bistany, Sean Hardie, and Anthony Glavin(Day 8 of remaining 40 to finish novel :-))Daily word count complete...Time for cuppa and a walk!!!#writing #books #wordcount

Reading Material this month!!

So here are the books I'll be reading over the next few weeks!! :-)

Begin Your Novel - FREE Taster!!

I'll be doing  a FREE 'Begin your Novel' taster on the 28th January at the Irish Writers Centre. 

Attendees are invited to sign up to this free course in advance via EVENTBRITE !
*** BE WARNED...Previous events like this resulted in a Waiting List far in excess of the course participants. 
So Book Today, to avoid disappointment.

Recommended for Collectors - First Mysteries, first editions.....

I am totally charmed to see RED RIBBONS included in The Mysterious Bookshop's recommended first Mysteries for collectors.....Visit  here   for full list of titles.

ONLY Hours left to download RED RIBBONS at 99p!!!

Irish & UK readers....only 48 hours left to download RED RIBBON at the ultra keen price of 99p! Offer Ends January 15th....download HERE

I've got that Friday feeling!!

Yippie, and yippee again...Word count complete for today, so target for the week achieved!! Yay! (Day 5 of 40) #writing #target #books #wordcount