The Death Bringer Tour

Here you are, my Minions, all of the Ireland and UK public events are listed below. In between all these, I’ll be doing a lot of school events, but these are the ones where anyone will be able to attend.

As usual, whole sections will be missed out, because every year I try to visit different regions. So if I’m not going to be anywhere near you this year, I’ll probably be there in 2012. Maybe.

Sept 3^rd

10 AM, WHS Brent Cross, London- public signing.

3 PM, Waterstones Bromley- signing.

Sept 4^th

1 PM, Glenearn Community Campus Hall, Perth, Scotland –event.

6 PM, Waterstones, Stirling, Scotland - event.

Sept 5^th

5:30 PM, Waterstones, Sauciehall St, Scotland – event.

Sept 7^th

1 PM, Seven Stories, Newcastle – event.

4 PM, Waterstones, Blackett Street, Newcastle – signing.

Sept 8^th

3:30 PM, Waterstones, Meadowhall Centre, Sheffield – signing.

7 PM, Waterstones, Pescod Square, Lincolnshire – event.

Sept 9^th,

3:30 PM, Waterstones Cambridge – signing.

7 PM, University of Hertfordshite, Hatfield – event.

Sept 10^th,

10:30 PM, Muswell Hill Children;s Bookshop, London – signing.

3 PM, Waterstones, Bluewater, London – signing.

Sept 11^th,

4 PM, Mountains to the Sea Festival, Dublin, Ireland – event.

Sept 15^th,

11:30 AM, Tallaght County Library, Dublin – event.

4 PM, Easons, Newbridge – signing.

Sept 16^th,

10:30 AM, Liberty Hall, Dublin – event.

4:30 PM, Easons, Swords, Dublin – signing.

There'll probably be two more signings around Ireland on the 17th, but I don't know where yet.


Oh, and on the 15th and 16th of October I'll be at the Frankfurt Book Fair!

You can bring whatever you have and I'll do my best to sign everything. Naturally, if the queue is huge and time is running out, I may only be able to sign one thing per person, but I'll try my best. If you're lucky, only half a dozen people will actually turn up and then we'll have LOADS of time to chat! Oh, and if this "one book per person" rule comes into effect, try not to take it personally.

When I was over in Australia I'd been signing for two or three hours and I was seriously running out of time, so we announced that I'd only be able to sign one book per person in order to get through everyone. Now, all the people standing in the queue were very cool and understanding about it, they didn't mind one little bit...

... apart from this one particular boy.

I'm sure he regrets it now, but he started to stamp his feet when his mother told him that no, Derek couldn't sign everything. And then he started whining. And then he started crying. And his face was all red and blubbery and I was trying to explain, as quickly and as kindly as possible, that I just didn't have the time, but he kept stamping his feet in front of EVERYBODY and I was trying my best not to break out laughing. The poor little lad. So I said fine, okay, and I scrawled my name on his books and his mother took him away, hanging her head in shame. 

It was, and I really don't want to be mean here, hysterically funny, and even remembering it now has me laughing...

So, beware of this rule! As more and more people read the books, and as more and more books are released, I obviously don't have the time I used to. But if everything goes according to plan I should have plenty of time to sign, doodle and- most importantly for me- chat to you guys while I'm sitting there. 

Oh, and hugs are encouraged (time-permitting).