Dad's Red Dress launch: What a blast!

So, the wonderful comic actress Julie Lockey read about a piranha called Ponchinello who never makes friends, a handbag full of small but very beautiful sheep and feeding her irritating kid sister to lions, even if she knows it has to be wrong at some level...

Julie Lockey has everyone in stitches

reading from Dad's Red Dress

... and Dad's Red Dress was officially launched.

I introduce the book, my dubious 

past record with publishing 

and try not to wave my hands

toooooo much.

My book and I were flanked by friends and readers from all over Ireland (not to mention the UK, France, Germany,Croatia, America and Australia!), ably assisted by many bottles of wine (now deceased, but they emptied happily) and a small glass of jelly babies. (What's a launch without jelly babies? Seriously!)

Aoife Henkes, who designed the

cover n me. 

YAY! My first signing. 

Huge thanks to everyone who came, who brought my book home and to Filmbase for all their help and support. We had over 60 people there and the atmosphere was wonderful.

I want to do it again -- but I'll have to publish another book. That won't be until the end of the Summer - but what an incentive!!


 Some pics from the night...

Annemarie, Deirdre & Julie

Libby, Anna Olson Nugent and Paul
Nugent, with Leo photo-bombing, peacefully.

Nuala, Philip & Marie

Since Jessie does get a bit fragile
in the book,. Filmbase arranged a
fragile window...

With artist Annemarie Mockler & Deirdre
McGivney

Tracy: I have mine!

And more signing, overlooked

by wine.

John Hanamy, Philip Mullen and
the distinguished backs of artist
Anne-Marie Mockler and author
Susan Knight

Author Caroline Farrell, Aaron 

Hunter of Maynooth Uni and 

my school friend Jean Rafferty 

Actress Julie Lockey and marathon 

legend, Kris Ryan in front of more work

by Aoife Henkes, graphic artist.

Before I was dragged away 

running the bar.