| Happy New Year! I hope this finds you all well.
Christmas
My family and I spent
Christmas in Tamworth, near Birmingham. My
partner’s mum and dad live here and we had a
lovely relaxing time. Thanks to Bob and Janet for
doing all the work! It even snowed a little -
what more could you ask for?
Christmas Presents
Amy-Rose received the best
presents of course - well she is only tiny after
all and it was her very first Christmas! A little
pink house that makes noises, a huge edition of
one of my favourite children’s books,
‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, complete
with cuddly green caterpillar, a brick truck and
lots of adorable clothes. I was well pleased with
a lovely black jumper and lots and lots of book
tokens (I’ve finally persuaded my friends
and family - so I’m looking forward to
indulging myself over the next few months.
Irish Girls’
Christmas Dinner
In December we held the
second Irish Girls’ Christmas Dinner in one
of the yacht clubs in Dun Laoghaire. It was very
well attended and everyone had a great night. The
Irish Girls is a network of Irish women writers
who meet regularly for dinners, lunches and other
events. We have an event coming up on
Valentine’s Day, but more about that in a
moment.
The New Year
Amy-Rose
My little daughter is now
nearly ten months old. She’s crawling really
well now and has just started to take steps while
holding onto her brick truck. She’s
currently very interested in everything,
especially the remote control for the DVD (which
lights up when you press it) and the kitchen
tiles for some reason. This is one of my
favourite pictures of her - and in case
you’re wondering, yes, it’s black and
white.
Recent Reads
A Perfect Life by
Kate Thompson
I finished this over the
Christmas break and it was the perfect escapist
read. It’s very glam and stylish - one of
the main characters, called Calypso O’Kelly
no less, is a casting director and leads a very
pampered life. If you’re looking for a good
holiday read this book is a good choice.
A Special
Relationship by Douglas Kennedy
A little disappointing after
‘The Pursuit of Happiness’, which I
loved, but a good read all the same. Sally
Goodchild’s life is turned upside down when
she meets the dashing journalist, Tony Hobbs and
gets pregnant. A bit slow in the middle, but
picks up thankfully. Cracking ending!
I’m currently reading
‘Eats, Shoots and Leaves’, fascinating
for anyone interested in the English language,
and also ‘Middlesex’, brilliant but
very long, so it’s going to take me a while!
Book News
Spring is busy for me - with
four books out in total!
1)
March
‘Travelling Light’
- a book of true-life travel stories which I
edited (see Book Shelf for details)
2)
April
‘Some Kind of
Wonderful’ in paperback in Ireland and the
UK
3)
Also March
‘Irish Girls are Back
in Town’ - collection of short stories -
mine is called ‘How Emily Got Promoted’
4)
April - US edition of ‘Always the
Bridesmaid’
I’m currently working
on novel number six - with the working title of
‘Take a Chance on Mia’ - about three
sisters who are in a band. And I’m also
working on several children’s books and
another charity book for 2006!
Romancing the Book -
Reader’s Day
On 14th February
there will be a special reader’s day in
Deansgrange library, Co Dublin. Among the
speakers at the event (which I’m helping
organise) will be Lesley Pearse, Cathy Kelly,
Martina Devlin, Clare Dowling and Julie Parsons.
It should be a great day. For more details or
tickets e mail me - sarah@sarahwebb.info.
My Favourite Reads
I’ve just finished the
‘My Favourite Reads’ page on my site -
which was great fun to do - check it out and do
email me your own favourite books - sarah@sarahwebb.info.
That’s it for now -
more news in March!
Best wishes,
Sarah XXX
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