THOMPSON
Hello!
April for me began in County Mayo, on Clew Bay,
in my favourite place in the world - and ended in County Wicklow. I am in
Wicklow because of a stable girl’s broken ankle – but the story is too long
and too complicated to go into. Suffice to say, I am stuck here at the
bottom of the Sugarloaf Mountain for three weeks with no car, and a visit to
the local service station to pick up basics and the Irish Times is about as
exciting as it gets. So clearly, with absolutely no news to impart, this
newsletter will be very short. However, the upside of living in the sticks
is that I'm getting lots of work done.
(To make up for the paucity of news, I’ve decided to hold a competition this month.
The prize is an audio book worth £45.95. For details, see below.)
OPEN DOOR
I’m working hard on the
edit of a novel I wrote last year for the Open Door series. Open Door is the
brain child of New Island books -
who published my first novel in Ireland - and bestselling author Patricia
Scanlon. Patricia is a great champion of adult literacy, and she’s had huge
success with this project, having persuaded authors as diverse as Roddy
Doyle and Marian Keyes to come up with short, readable novels for people
with reading difficulties. The Open Door series is, in effect, a labour of
love, since all the writers who have contributed have waived their Irish
copyright fee – and I'm very chuffed to be included.
QUIET QUARTERS
Some months ago I wrote and recorded five short pieces for the Lyric FM daily Quiet Quarter series, about letters written by my grandmother in the aftermath of the First World War. Because the readings needed two separate narrative voices, I roped my daughter, Clara, in to help me – I thought it was a rather nice conceit to have her ‘play’ her own great grandmother on the radio. Check out Lyric FM for the podcast. It should be added to the webpage soon.
COMPETITION!
OK. The competition.
The prize is an unabridged audio book of my last novel but one, Sex, Lies and Fairytales, narrated by your truly.
To listen to a sample on audible.com click here
The audio book will go to the first person out of the hat who can quote me the opening sentence of Chapter 26 of my latest novel, Love Lies Bleeding, and the winner will be announced in my next newsletter at the beginning of June.
Please send your answers to:
*For details on how to order Love Lies Bleeding, please go to:* www.loveliesbleedingthebook.com
THANK YOU
As ever, heartfelt thanks go to all of you who have written in the recent past. I religiously answer all the letters that come in to kate@kate-thompson.com, but sometimes my replies get mailer-daemoned. So apologies to anyone who hasn’t heard back from me – especially to TD, with thanks for the lovely compliment! ☺
♥♥♥
from
Kate
PS: ORDERING BOOKS
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By the way, while Sex, Lies and Fairytales is available to buy or to order in all good bookshops in Ireland, the UK and the Commonwealth, its companion piece Hard to Choos is available to buy direct from booksellers only in Ireland at present. Should you wish to buy the book from Amazon, clicking here will take you straight to the sales point. You can also order Hard to Choos from Pixie's site. Lots of you are wondering where my backlist can be purchased. Amazon is good, of course, but my Transworld titles are also available - with free P&P in the UK - at Bookpost. (Just key in the title name in inverted commas - ie: "More Mischief")
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