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."

15 comments :

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

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  2. Love him! Thanks for this Candy.

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

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Thanks for posting this, Candy - he's such a pleasure to listen to!

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  8. Thank you so much for these videos!

    I love Eoin Colfer! * swoons *

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

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

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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. He is so funny! What a pleasure to listen to him - thanks, Candy!

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