Thanks Ciara. Loving the newsletters! 👌

Ah thanks Caitriona, you’re very good. Have a lovely Christmas and talk to you soon! 🙂

Thanks Deirdre, very kind of you. Looking forward to catching up once we’re back within the Cork boundary

Thanks Linda! 🙂

Thanks Martin, delighted to see all your hard work pay off this year 👍

Thanks Tadhg, a pleasure to work with you … although reading The Game was hardly work at all 😉

Thanks Ronan! Hope you have a great Christmas and all the best for 2024.

At the same time, I’m excited to be starting with @Gill_Books in the New Year and I’m really looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead. But right now … there are plenty of mince pies to be eaten and a few glasses to be drank 🍻 Merry Christmas!

After four great years, it’s with very mixed emotions that I leave my role with @MerrionPress. I’ve been so fortunate to work with a truly amazing list of authors and unbelievably talented colleagues/friends. I can’t thank Conor enough for letting me ride shotgun through it all!

Where I use my career as an excuse to talk about Alan Partridge

Congratulations Stephen! That’s brilliant news, delighted for you 👏

Brilliant news. Congratulations Gráinne! 👏

Hi, sorry the ticket is sold.

One spare ticket for Pulp tonight in Dublin, available for €30. #ticketfairy @welovepulp

Exactly Rebecca, and I look forward to a healthy debate with my niece on this very point tomorrow 😅

* Barry’s Tea scene * Anne: Ah Pa, sure that’s not what they wanted at all! Me: Santa’ll bring them what they want … they’re all getting a shitload of books from me, again

I’ll tell you one thing, Cookie and I are going to get to the bottom of this who-knocked-the-Christmas-tree mystery if it’s the last thing we do!