Marita with ‘The Rock’ School Mount Mellick Library

What a busy few weeks, as I have been all around the country visiting libraries and meeting lots of brilliant young readers! Libraries are one of my favourite places as I spent so much time when I was a kid in my local library and school library. I used to think that I might be a librarian… Even now I just love walking into a library and getting the feel of having so many beautiful books all around you. I still use libraries a lot to research and borrow books.

It was great to see so many classes are reading my new book ‘Fairy Hill’ and loving it!  It was such a special book to write and I am so pleased that you all are enjoying Anna’s big adventure as she tries to protect her litle brother Jack. 

 I had great fun in Portlaoise and Mount Mellick, and in Dublin’s Pearse Street Library at the Special ‘Dublin Festival of History’ where I got to meet their amazing ‘History Book Club’ and  also the ‘Bookworms Book Club’  and lots of amazing passionate readers.

Then down to Cork for a few days to Cork Central Library with St Finbar’s School and Bishopstown where I talked to Gael Scoil Ui Riada,  then to the amazing Cobh Library which is over an archway and is one of my favourite places, with the girls from St Marys, the school up on the hill .

The next day I was off to Carrigaline Library where I met the boys from Crosshaven School.   I was back on the road again this week to visit Leilxlip and meet Scoil Brid, and then on to Celbridge Library and Scoil Naomh Brid.  I’ve met so many readers and signed so many books that I have hurt my hand and wrist … So sadly no book signing for me at the moment.

Gael Scoil Ui Riada in Bishopstown, Crosshaven Boys School in Carraigaline, St Finbars School in Cork City Library, The Bookworms Book Club, Pearse Street and St Mary’s School in Cobh Library .