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IPG Ratings North America!

LAST KISS at Number 1 with RED RIBBONS at Number 5 and THE DOLL'S HOUSE at Number 12 in IPG Ratings North America! 

Do Women Write Better than Men??

Grammarly (grammar checker) conducted a study with 3,000+ participants to settle an existential question that has been plaguing mankind for centuries: “Which gender has the better writers?” And here are the results!!

Queens of Crime Irish Style!!

A FREE EVENT is happening on Saturday 18th OCTOBER at the Riverbank Arts Centre, as part of the  Kildare Readers Festival.BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL….but you can book by calling the  box office at 045 448327 or online  HERE

#2014 Readwomen - Red Line Festival Civic Theatre Tallaght Friday 17th October

Are literary women writers undersold and undervalued by the current literary universe?
In 2014 a small American literary journal vowed to cover women writers for a full year. Then, artist Joanna Walsh’s #readwomen2014 project became a popular meme on social media.
As part of the RED LINE festival, you can join three Hennessy award winning writers, Valerie Sirr, Geraldine Mills and Eileen Casey in this lively debate as they assess and redress male writers’ dominance in the literary world. 
The event is facilitated by local writer Sue Hassett.
BOOK TICKETS HERE

A quarter of a million is a big number!!!

A great celebration will happen in a few weeks!! 
This blog will reach 250,000 hits...an achievement I didn't think possible a couple of years ago. 
I will be putting my thinking cap on as to ways to celebrate, but you can be sure, they will include YOU!!
Thanks to everyone who has visited - it wouldn't have been the same without you!!!

Book Club Meeting at Kilteel!!

A fantastic book club meeting last night, and such an interesting and questioning group of readers!! 

The couple of hours simply flew by and a great time was had. The meeting place (in the SNUG), was really atmospheric, with an open fire and lots of interesting items on the walls. I love places like this, hidden down dark country roads, only for you to finally arrive at an oasis of character and place!!

Anyhow, here is a pic from the night with everybody smiling - always a good sign!! Thank you so much for the lovely gift girls and for making the night one to remember!






It's one of my aims this year to meet more readers like this, so if you have a book club and would like to arrange something similar, send me a mail to - phillips.louisem0@gmail.com

Book Club Meeting!!

So I'm off to a secret (I do write crime/mystery stories) location in Kildare this evening to meet with a number of book clubs to chat about LAST KISS....

I really enjoy this aspect of writing stories, so get in touch if this is something you would like to set up for your Book Club - all you have to do is email me @ phillips.louisem0@gmail.com

Nearly 4,000 Book Trailer Views on YouTube!

Nearly 4,000 book trailer views....thanks to everyone who stopped by HERE !

Write a Bestseller - Full Day Seminar Tara Towers Hotel

Write about what you know. It's advice you'll often hear when you go to write a book. But what about crime writing? How do we research without murdering someone!! A question I will be discussing as part of the following seminar:






'Write A Bestseller' at the Tara Towers Hotel this Sat 11th Oct 9.30- 4.30pm. 

Join myself and International bestseller author Marisa Mackle, as well as bestselling authors Caroline Finnerty and Caroline Grace-Cassidy for the day!

Cost is 99 euro including refreshments. (Hotel is opposite Booterstown DART station. Parking for the day costs 5 euro.)

All notes will be emailed to attendees the day after the workshop - no need to bring lap top. Just relax and enjoy the day. 

LIMITED PLACES!

You can email me at phillips.louisem0@gmail.com

Artyfacts - Kildare FM!

Tune into Kildare FM Thursday 9th Oct at 7.30 - I'll be chatting with Brenda Drumm of Artyfacts  about LAST KISS!!