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Blog Awards Week – The Book Event – Wednesday February 18th at 7pm

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

As part of the buildup to the Blog Awards, there will be a few events on the week of this. One of these is a talk with bloggers who are writers/writers who are bloggers.

Date and time: Wednesday February 18th, 7pm

Venue: Irish Writers’ Centre, Dublin

Guests: Sarah Rees Brennan, Twenty Major, Ivan O’Brien and Mags Walsh alongside some other special guests.

Spiel: A panel discussion on all things books and blogging, mixed with wine, water and the odd chocolate bar and finishing with an open-floor Q&A.

Books
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40 Fights Between Husband and Wife – Music vid to promote a book

Friday, February 6th, 2009

What a clever way to market this book. Colm Liddy emailed me today asking for a Fluffy link for this but it’s worthy of a full post.


About the book:

It’s a humourous account of married couples, all across the planet, throughout the course of history, having rows about everything that couples have rows about

Buy the book here.

Christmas present ideas? Buy some books by Irish bloggers

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Twenty Major’s first book.

Pre-order Grandad’s book.

Grab Kieran Murphy’s wonderful Ice Cream Book. Book of Sweet Things.

Declan Burke’s The Big O (I only half read my autographed copy before the bag it was in was nicked. Irony…) and also Eight-Ball Boogie.

Get the Mr. Amperduke Graphic Novel.

Get Paddy Brown’s The Ulster Cycle: Ness comic.

Any I’ve missed?

Update: Yup
Via a comment from Rosie Homepages the book. Available in the next few days. Book of stories/works from Irish Bloggers.

And another. Big D’oh!
Rowan’s essential book in today’s uncertain times: Where’s My Oasis?: The Essential Handbook for Everyone Wanting that Perfect Job

Not one that perhaps you should give your friends or siblings but still an Irish book by someone that blogs: Trying to Conceive: The Irish Couple’s Guide

Gingerbread Man 7
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