Do come along if you can, we'd love to see you!

The Insider’s Guide to Publishing at the International Literature Festival Dublin is always a fantastic event, in partnership with writing.ie, so I am really looking forward to this year's seminar which is taking place May 19th

What’s hot, what’s not, and how to get your big break!

ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festi…

I'm delighted to be participating in this wonderful International Literature Festival Dublin YA event, with Ravena Guron, at Merrion Square Park on Sunday May 19th at 1pm.

This event will be chaired by Maggie Masterson.

For bookings: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festi…

Putting yourself out there is crucial to creating those opportunities that will take you forward

2 yrs ago Lynda Marron sat at the back of our publishing event with what she thought was a finished draft.

Roll on another year, and Last Chance in Paris is on the bookshelves 👏

It's always so lovely to receive such positive feedback!

This is one of my favourite events, the Cork World Book Fest's First Page Pitch

10 aspiring writers get to read their first page to an audience and agent (this year it was Literary Agent Polly Nolan)

Huge congratulations to everyone who read including Kate Durrant pictured here!

I had a fabulous morning last Friday chatting to the girls from Scoil Mhuire in Cork

These girls had the best questions, I could have talked to them for ages! They even endured my PowerPoint with smiles (thank you!)

Thanks to Clare Keogh for capturing these wonderful photos 🙏

Come and join me for Afternoon Tea!

I'll be having a chat about books of all sorts with the fabulous Nadine Matheson on Thursday 2 May, 2.30pm -3.15pm

Book here! www2.societyofauthors.org/event/afternoo…

This event is free but a donation to the Authors Contingency Fund is very much appreciated.

Only 1 month to go until SOMETHING'S ABOUT TO BLOW UP explodes into the world💣💥

Keeping my readers guessing is always a goal so it's great to hear fellow YA author Triona Campbell say that I have achieved just that 🙏

Pre-orders ❤️at:
samblakebooks.com/books/somethin…

Gill Books

.Cork World Book Fest is this coming weekend - it's always such a wonderful few days!!

We kick off our series of Get Published events at 10am, Saturday April 27th, in the Cork City Library.

It's a packed day with FREE entry, so do come along if you can!

corkworldbookfest.com/events/

.Cork World Book Fest is this coming weekend - it's always such a wonderful few days!!

We kick off our series of Get Published events at 10am, Saturday April 27th, in the Cork City Library.

It's a packed day with FREE entry, so do come along if you can!

corkworldbookfest.com/events/

If someone wrote a novel about a president on trial for paying off a porn star and the first witness was named 'Pecker,' you'd hand that back for a rewrite.

Myself and my team of fantastic judges have been busy reading a LOT of debut crime to arrive at this incredible longlist for the The Crime Writers’ Association ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Longlist

Congrats to everyone who entered, it was a tough category to judge this year 👏

#BookTwitter

Look at this suave and shady character ... If you'd like to witness the thwarted thespian talents of Abir Mukherjee jakekerridge Mark Billingham Lucie Whitehouse & Elly Griffiths join us (in-person or online) for St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend in August

In today’s beautiful The Irish Times Mag, Nicola Coughlan, Nuala O'Connor, #RecordStoreDay2024 faves, reviews and columns from Corinna Hardgrave Paul Howard SeánMoncrieff Finn McRedmond, fashion, recipes, travel and so much more. In shops today 📰🗞️🏃‍♀️

Tune in to 'What’s The Story?' hosted by
TaraLynneONeill on Virgin Media Television, #Sunday 21 st April at 1:00 pm. If you miss it , catch the repeat on Virgin Media Three at 5:00 pm or stream on Virgin Media Player!

Miriam Mulcahy Jan Carson Anthony Horowitz
Sinead Moriarty

✨A Deadly Good Time with Sam Blake & Ravena Guron International Literature Festival Dublin May 19th

'Killer gossip, shocking confessions and sinister plots abound in two crime thrillers sure to send a shiver down your spine'

#ilfd2024

Grab your seat today at: ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festi…

The countdown is on 🗓️

5 weeks to go (May 23rd) to the release of #SomethingsAboutToBlowUp when things get REALLY dramatic for the girls at Raven's Hill.

A devastating explosion
Six girls in hospital
And the clock is ticking!

Pre-order & more:
samblakebooks.com/books/somethin…

#yabooks

So lovely to see Méabh McDonnell (& a whole gang of children's authors) at Halfway up the Stairs last Saturday celebrating her debut Into the Witchwood

Here we all are squinting into the🌞

Also check out this amazing subscription service for children's books - halfwayupthestairs.ie/the-gift-of-bo…