Patrick Ness dinner in One Pico, Dublin

When: Thursday 14th May
Who was there? Everyone, darling! Robert Dunbar, Tom and Mags from Children’s Books Ireland, Niall McMonagle, David O’Callaghan from Eason, Bob from Hughes and Hughes, Edwina from Eason, Conor, JO and Denise from Walker, uber teacher, Liz Morris, and lots of other lovely kiddi lit lads and lassies.
Food: I was a wee bit late as I had an Irish Pen meeting, so I missed the starters – and went straight to cod on a bed of mash, with creamy sauce. Delicious! Ice cream to follow.
Goss on the night: We chatted about the upcoming CBI summer school – Patrick is one of the speakers. Can’t wait to hear him.
Also about how excited we all are about Shaun Tan’s arrival in Dublin from Oz. Tom had just collected him from the airport and deposited him in his hotel to sleep off the jet lag. I can’t contain myself. Roll on Saturday!
Patrick’s editor, Denise gave a lovely speech and so did Patrick – thanking everyone for all their support.
It was a truly wonderful evening.

Next week – dinner with the Fonz – it’s true! I’ll tell you all about it, don’t worry. I’ll even bring my camera, promise!

SarahX