Now that Book Festival 2011 is over, it’s time for a leisurely look back, and this is how it went for me:

• Number of events – 20
• Number of Counties visited – 6
• Kilometres travelled – 1900 +
• Times I got lost (on my journeys, not during my presentations) – 3
• Times I asked for directions – 3, thus proving that my brain is 100% female
• Cups of tea served – 20
• Cups of tea I actually had time to finish – 0
• Biscuits eaten – that’s a secret, but I will point out that chocolate goldgrain seem to be the biscuit of choice for the librarians of Ireland
• Teachers who chatted amongst themselves for the entire duration of my talk – 2 (!!!)
• Amazing questions asked – 100’s. But the best has to be this- ‘since films are rarely as good as books, if someone offered to film one of your books, would you respect your characters or sell out and take the money? (if anyone’s interested, I answered that the chance to find out would be a fine thing!)
• Days left to Book Festival 2012 – 334 – looking forward to it already!