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Daily Links 06/05/2010

May 6, 2010 – 5:02 pm

A gripping story but not the last chapter for traditional book shops
This piece in the Indo is a very good overview of where we are right now.
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Kildare Readers’ Festival
Sounds like there will be good goings on here!
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Short story by numbers?
Interesting
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Bord Gais Community Energy Fund and Public Libraries
This is also an interesting one!
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Book launch: The Summer Campaign in Kerry
Excellent author and, having commissioned most of it, I think it is a great series.
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Sean Moylan:Rebel Leader to be launched by An Taoiseach Brian Cowen
Hoping to attend the Dublin one myself!
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Lord Sugar warns book trade not to fight digital revolution
And we should always listen to suralan
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I Believe In Harvey
Chicago is such a great city, books based there are almost always worth a read!
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Poets you should check out – Roger McGough
I like this, I really rather do!
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Bring your Book Club to Bookworms
Clever campaign!
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Salt Publishing Launch Salt Kids Imprint
I wonder on this, I really do. Wasn’t it just a short time ago that Salt was on its last legs?
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Roe Valley Tales Re-told.
Lovely cover this!
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Write Up My Street Competition 2010
Nice competition for young aspiring writers here!
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Irish Top Ten

Irish Top Ten Week Ending 1/05/2010

May 6, 2010 – 8:37 am

John Connolly's The WhisperersIt has been an interesting year so far. The top ten slots are looking by my estimation (and I’d need to do some research to prove it) to be almost the preserve of genre fiction writers.

With Larsson of course leading the pack with three still in the top ten, it is nice to see John Connolly selling so well, he has after all been working the publicity circuit in Ireland very well.

It is also well worth noting the persistence of Mary O’Sullivan in the Top Ten and the arrival of Darren Shan which shows that we have produced more than one best-selling children’s and young adult fiction writer in these last few years!

1: Whisperers,The, John Connolly, 1,591
2: Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest,The, Stieg Larsson, 1,404
3: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,The, Stieg Larsson, 1,252
4: Girl Who Played with Fire,The, Stieg Larsson, 1,010
5: Hard Girls, Martina Cole, 928
6: House Rules, Jodi Picoult, 740
7: Burned:House of Night, P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast, 735
8: Genesis, Karin Slaughter, 660
9: Thin Executioner,The, Darren Shan , 620
10: Under the Rainbow, Mary O’Sullivan, 586

Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 1st May 2010

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