Wednesday 21 April 2010

The London Book Fair Day Three: Eoin Colfer


My photos of Eoin Colfer at the event

No amount of note-taking can capture Eoin Colfer in good form. So I shot a video (you can hear me laughing in the background)!

"If you're feeling really down on yourself go to a website that hates you. There is one for all of us." On writing the sequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams:


"Irish men mostly communicate through headlocks and casual violence"


How to bug your kids and why I am not a comedian:


The Artemis Fowl books are the first to go on the iPad. "You're not going to stop technology so you've got to embrace it."
Posted by Candy Gourlay
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15 comments :

  1. Sarah21 April 2010 at 23:40

    Cool! I had no idea he was so fun to listen to, thanks for posting!

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  2. John Shelley22 April 2010 at 00:11

    Excellent Candy!

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  3. JaneyV22 April 2010 at 08:13

    Love him! Thanks for this Candy.

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  4. Kathryn Evans22 April 2010 at 09:20

    Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to record and post this Candy - a joy to listen to, funny, funny man

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  5. Anonymous22 April 2010 at 10:03

    What a funny man. I reckon he's an amiable despite the casual violence.

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  6. Heather Kilgour22 April 2010 at 10:11

    The only problem I have with Eoin Colfer is that he doesn't write fast enough. Thanks Candy it was great.

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  7. Tracy22 April 2010 at 10:27

    Brilliant, thank you, Candy, for filming and posting. He is so funny and I think I might try some of his writing methods and see if they'll work for me.

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  8. Linda22 April 2010 at 11:28

    Thanks for posting this, Candy - he's such a pleasure to listen to!

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  9. Tarie Sabido22 April 2010 at 19:08

    Thank you so much for these videos!

    I love Eoin Colfer! * swoons *

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  10. Bo22 April 2010 at 23:06

    Thanks for that Candy! I was especially gutted about missing Eoin's talk and now I've seen it :-)

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  11. Candy Gourlay23 April 2010 at 00:04

    thanks all! during the Q&A my hand began to shake! you can actually see the picture tremble! i wouldn't have done the video if the sound hadn't been so clear - i was standing in front of the speakers!

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  12. Anonymous25 April 2010 at 12:29

    Thanks Candy! Really appreciated this as I couldn't get there this year. X

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  13. Emerging Writer1 May 2010 at 00:05

    Thanks very much for filming and posting. He's v. witty.. I'll have to go and red and another thing now

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  14. Helen Bonney1 May 2010 at 22:07

    Fantastic to relive that amazing interview. Didn't we laugh 'til we cried?! Certainly the highlight of the day for me and of course bumping in to SCBWIers.
    Thanks Candy - as always.
    Helen x

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  15. Unknown3 May 2010 at 19:40

    He is so funny! What a pleasure to listen to him - thanks, Candy!

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