THE END

Well, I finished the final proof read of THE HIDING GAME today.....it was a bit of a marathon run since Saturday morning, but fulfilling all the same.

It got a bit emotional towards the end, as this one has pulled at my heart strings quite a lot over the last while.

Anyhow, here is a little bit about the story. Now I can finally type the words THE END!

Before there was Love Hate there was Emerald Noir!!

Strangely, this came up in my news feed today...

RTE Interview for Crime Novel of the Year ...

Apologies in advance for my ridiculous attempt to cover my braces, and the subsequent lack of clarity at times....

Before there was Love Hate there was Emerald Noir - Watch HERE

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Emerald Noir - Louise Phillips & Paul Perry chat with Nessa O' Mahony!!

Put on the kettle, make a cuppa and tune into this interview with myself, Paul Perry and the wonderful Nessa O'Mahony, where two crime fiction authors chat about all things writing, especially crime fiction writing. Plus, you get a sneak preview of 'Girl Unknown' by Karen Perry (writing duo Karen Gillece and Paul Perry) and 'After I was Killed' my latest novel. I hope you enjoy it!

Click on link here to view....HERE

Irish Book Awards 2015!

Thanks to everyone who voted for THE GAME CHANGER in the Irish Book Awards. 

It was a terrific night last Wednesday, and the fabulous Jane Casey who has been nominated 5 times, is a very worthy winner of the category. 

And I got a photo with this fall gentleman! 

You can watch ‪#‎BGEIBA‬ highlights on RTÉ One Saturday night from 11.15p.m. 

http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/irishbookawards.html

Ireland AM - Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards....

In case you missed it and fancy watching.... here's the Ireland AM interview about The Game Changer and the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards

Click HERE to view...

And thanks everyone for your good wishes...

Louise

A Massive THANK YOU!!

Ahead of the Bord Gais Energy IRISH BOOK AWARDS ceremony this Wednesday...I want to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who voted...stories need readers and I really appreciate all your kind words and support!!!  

TV 3 Ireland AM Interview - Last Kiss Irish Book Awards

Click on image below to watch clip!!

Mark Cagney Ireland AM "Final line of prologue utterly chilling..."

New Look Cover of THE DOLL'S HOUSE

The mass paperback version of THE DOLL'S HOUSE will be published on the 6th of March, and here is the new look cover!!

Want to win a FREE copy of The Doll's House - Winner of Best Irish Crime Novel 2013

As The Doll's House paperback has been out of stock on Amazon for nearly 2 weeks now, here's a nice competition for you!!

Anyone who orders it or Red Ribbons on Kindle from Amazon in the next few days, please let me know and I'll put your name into a draw for a signed free copy of the 1st Edition 'THE DOLL'S HOUSE' paperback!!!

I have a couple hidden in the attic!!

Here a lovely picture of me winning the award with State Pathologist, Marie Cassidy!! I think I look like I'm still in a daze, but receiving it from this wonderful lady was the icing on a very delicious cake!!

Photograph by Patrick Bolget

Number Crunching!

I must be on the mend from this flu virus as I've started to read again, and do some useless number crunching stuff.

Last month was the highest recorded visits to the blog so far, nearly 10,000. I'm sure it was due in part to The Doll's House winning the Best Irish Crime Novel of the Year Award 2013 at the Irish Book Awards, but it also brings my blog hits to over the 150,000 mark.

Anyhow, here are some useless blog states for you for last month. United States looking good!!

Blog Visits last month

United States                    5,403

Ireland                              1,207

China                                   826

Germany                              770

United Kingdom                   437

France                                  206

Others                              1,105

Total                                9,954

Voting is now open for Overall Irish Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards!

THE DOLL'S HOUSE is up for BEST BOOK of the YEAR 2013 - if you fancy giving it a vote  - you can do so by clicking the pic below!!

Voting closes the 5th December!!! 

Irish Book Awards 2013

For anyone who missed the Ireland AM coverage of the Irish Book Awards 2013 - Click on the link below! 

Most Wanted!

"Irish crime fiction is enjoying something of a golden age, and this year’s most wanted is Louise Phillips for her second book, The Doll’s House. The award was presented by the State pathologist Marie Cassidy." The Irish Times

I was utterly thrilled to receive the award for the Best Irish Crime Novel 2013, sponsored by Ireland AM, in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards on Tuesday evening. 

I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to everyone who helped make this happen, and in particular everyone who has visited and supported this blog. 

If there was even more icing to be found on the cake, it was the fact that the award was presented by the wonderful Marie Cassidy, a women whom I greatly admire. 

Thank You

Voting Link - Irish Book Awards

Click on Image below to vote- Closing MidnightThursday 21st November!!!

Only 7 DAYS LEFT!!!

The countdown is on...Only 7 days left to vote in the Irish Book Awards!!!! If you fancy giving The Doll's House a vote, scroll down to the Ireland AM Best Crime Fiction Award and cast your vote...it couldn't be easier!!

Spread the word if you can - every vote counts  L

Link HERE: http://www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

IRELAND AM TV 3 Interview

For anyone who may have missed the interview with Ireland AM about THE DOLL'S HOUSE Nomination in the Irish Book Awards - you can watch it  HERE

If you want to cast your vote for THE DOLL'S HOUSE or any of the other nominated books, remember the voting closes on 21st November. You can VOTE HERE !!

Talking The Doll's House and Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards on RTE Television!!!

For anyone who missed the Morning Edition last Friday, you can catch it here on Real Player

http://buff.ly/1cHb0Yi (its the last quarter of the programme!!)

And as it was my first time on RTE television, I took this riveting image!!!

THE DOLL'S HOUSE Nominated for Best Irish Crime Novel of 2013!!

If you would like to give THE DOLL'S HOUSE your vote  

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 Click HERE and scroll down to Ireland AM Crime Fiction Award!!!

 

I am thrilled to let you know that THE DOLL'S HOUSE has been nominated for Best Irish Crime Novel of 2013 in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards!!!

Second year in a row to be nominated, and I'm utterly over the moon.

The announcements were made this morning at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre. The Awards Night Gala Dinner will take place on the 26th November, but I'll keep you posted.

Thanks everyone for all your support!!!

This Year's Nominees are....

The Twelfth Department by William Ryan

The Convictions Of John Delahunt by Andrew Hughes

The Doll’s House by Louise Phillips

Inquest by Paul Carson 

The Stranger You Know by Jane Casey

Irregulars by Kevin McCarthy

Short Stories get their rightful place in the Irish Book Awards!!

It's brilliant news that www.writing.ie, the brainchild of Vanessa O'Loughlin, is behind the creation of this New Irish Book Award for Short Story of the Year .....

See details below

Writing.ie is very excited to announce a new category in the Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards – a much anticipated recognition of a form that Irish writers excel at – the Writing.ie Short Story of the Year Award.

The Irish short story has a distinctive place in the modern Irish literary tradition. Many of Ireland’s most celebrated writers, both in English and Irish, have been practitioners of the genre, its roots without doubt, in our ancient tradition of story-telling. Indeed, many award winning novelists have launched their careers with short stories, gaining recognition through a form that the internet has breathed new life into, by providing writers with new places to publish, making their work accessible to millions of potential readers with the click of a mouse.

From Conan Doyle’s adventures of Sherlock Holmes to James Joyce’s “epiphanies”, as Flannery O’Connor put it, in Writing Short Stories. “A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is. You tell a story because a statement would be inadequate. When anybody asks what a story is about, the only proper thing is to tell him to read the story. The meaning of fiction is not abstract meaning but experience meaning, and the purpose of making statements about the meaning of a story is only to help you to experience that meaning more fully.”

This new category in the prestigious Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Awards, the Writing.ie Short Story of the Year Award, is open to short stories of up to 7000 words published between 1st Nov 2012 and 31st October 2013 in any of the following contexts: a collection of short stories by a single author; an anthology of short stories; or an established journal or magazine, digital or print, that has been in existence for at least six months within the period of eligibility.

READ MORE HERE

Chilling, mesmerising. Gets under your skin and stays with you...

RELEASE DATE AUGUST 1ST

PEOPLE SAY THAT THE TRUTH

CAN SET YOU FREE. BUT WHAT IF THE TRUTH IS

NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO HEAR?

Thirty-five years ago Adrian Hamilton drowned. At the time his death was

reported as a tragic accident but the exact circumstances remained a mystery.

Now his daughter Clodagh, trying to come to terms with her past, visits

a hypnotherapist who unleashes disturbing childhood memories of her father's

death. And as Clodagh delves deeper into her subconscious, memories of

another tragedy come to light - the death of her baby sister.

Meanwhile criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson is called in to help in the

investigation of a murder after a body is found in a Dublin canal. When Kate

digs beneath the surface of the killing, she discovers a sinister connection 

to the Hamilton family.

What terrible events took place in the Hamilton house all those years ago?

And what connect them to the recent murder?

Time is running out for Clodagh and Kate.

And the killer has already chosen his next victim...