2010 TOUR SCHEDULE

MARCH
DUBAI
Thursday 11 - 10.45a.m. - Schools event for 1000 students in the main auditorium in the Scientific & Cultural Association.
Friday 12 - 11.00a.m. - Public event at Al Baraha 3, Intercontinental Hotel. Several hundred people, signing for 5 hours.

HONG KONG
Monday 15 - 9.30a.m. - Schools event, Central Library Lecture Theatre.
Monday 15 - 11.00a.m. - Schools event, Central Library Lecture Theatre.
Monday 15 - 4.30p.m. - Public event, Visual Arts Centre Lecture Theatre. 70 people.
Tuesday 16 - 9.30a.m. - Schools event, Science Museum Lecture Theatre.
Tuesday 16 - 11.00a.m. - Schools event, Science Museum Lecture Theatre.
Tuesday 16 - p.m. - informal signing at Hong Kong International School.

APRIL
IRELAND
Thursday 29 - 11.30am - Schools event, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co Laois. 250 students. signing for 2 hours.
Thursday 29 - 4.00pm - Public signing, Easons, White Water shopping centre, Newbridge, Co Kildare. signing for 4 hours.
Friday 30 - 10.30am - school event, Draiocht Arts Cetre, Blanchardstown, Dublin. 280 students. signing for 1 hr 15 mins.
Friday 30 - 4.30pm - public signing, Easons, O'Connell Street, Dublin. signing for 2 hrs 30 mins.

MAY
UK
Saturday 1 - 11.00am - public signing, Waterstones Picadilly, London. signing for 2 hrs 15 mins.
Saturday 1 - 5.00pm - public event, Wanstead Hall, Redbridge, London. 130 fans. signing for 1 hr 30 mins.
Sunday 2 - 12.00pm - public signing, Waterstones Milton Keynes. signing for 4 hrs 30 mins.
Monday 3 - 11.30am - public signing, Waterstones Southampton West Quay. signing for 2 hrs 45 mins.
Monday 3 - 3.00pm - public signing, WHSmith Bournemouth. signing for 45 mins.
Tuesday 4 - 10.00am - schools event, Surrey Libraries, Dorking Hall, Surrey. 300 students. signing for 2 hrs.
Tuesday 4 - 6.30pm - public event, Waterstones, Worcester. 160 fans. signing for 2 hrs.
Wednesday 5 - 10.00am - schools event, Sheffield United Football Club. 400 students. signing for 2 hrs.
Wednesday 5 - 5.00pm - public signing, Waterstones Liverpool. signing for 3 hrs 30 mins.
Thursday 6 - 12.30pm - public signing Waterstones Nottingham. signing for 1 hr 30 mins.
Thursday 6 - 6.30pm - fan event, Waterstones Boston, Lincolnshire. 150 fans, signing for 2 hrs 30 mins.
Friday 7 - 12.00pm - schools event, Linton Village College. 200 students. signing for 1 hr.
Friday 7 - 6.00pm - public signing, Waterstones Bury St Edmunds. signing for 1 hr 15 mins.
Saturday 8 - 11.30am - public signing, WHSmith Chelmsford, Essex. signing for 2 hrs 30 mins.
Saturday 8 - 4.00pm - public event, via Tales On Moon Lane, Alleyn's School, Dulwich. 50 fans.
Sunday 9 - 2.00pm - public signing, Foyles Westfield, London. signing for 1 hr 30 mins.
Sunday 9 - 8.00pm - talkk at the Oxford Union Society. 25 people.
Monday 10 - 11.30am - schools event, Leicester Libraries, St Paul's Catholic School. 200 students.
Monday 10 - 4.30pm - public signing, Waterstones Birmingham. signing for 2 hrs 15mins.

JUNE
IRELAND
Sunday 6 - 11.00am - public event, Listowel Literary Festival, Co Kerry.

AUGUST
UK
Saturday 14 - 1.30pm - Edinburgh Book Festival, Scotland. 500 people.

SEPTEMBER
IRELAND
Thursday 30 - 11.30am - Schools Event, Castlebar Library, County Mayo. 200 students.
Thursday 30 - 4.00pm - Public Signing - Easons, 33 Shop Street, Galway. 2 hrs 30 mins.

OCTOBER
Friday 1 - 10.15am - Schools Event, Glor Arts Centre, Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. 500 students.
Friday 1 - 4.00pm - Public Signing - Ennis Bookshop, 13 Abbey Street, Ennis, County Clare. signing for 2 hrs 20 mins.
UK
Saturday 2 - 11.30am - Public Event - Windsor Festival, Windsor. 150 fans.
Saturday 2 - 4.00pm - Public Signing - WHSmith Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Hendon, London. signing for 1 hr 45 mins.
Sunday 3 - 12.00pm - Public Signing - Waterstones, Aberdeen, 3-7 Union Bridge, Aberdeen AB11 6BG, Scotland. signing for 1 hr 40 mins.
Monday 4 - 10.30am - Schools Event, North Inch Community Campus Theatre, Perth & Kinross, Scotland. 330 students.
Monday 4 - 4.00pm - Public Signing - Waterstones Perth, St John'sCentre, Perth PH1 5UX, Scotland. signing for 1 hr 20 mins.
Tuesday 5 - 10.00am - Multi Schools Event, The Magnum Leisure Centre, The Harbour, Irvine KA12 8PP, Scotland.310 students.
Tuesday 5 - 4.00pm - Public Signing - Waterstones, 38a The Plaza, East Kilbride G74 1LW, Scotland. signing for 2 hrs 20 mins.
Wednesday 6 - 1.45pm - Multi Schools Event at Cockermouth School. 200 students.
Wednesday 6 - 6.30pm - Public Fan Event - Eco-Centre, Cockermouth. 140 fans.
Thursday 7 - 1.00pm - Multi-schools event, Carr Hill, Kirkham, Lancashire. 160 students.
Thursday 7 - 6.00pm - Public Fan Event - Millfield High School, Thornton, Preston. 150 fans.
Friday 8 - 1.45pm - Schools Event with Bolton Libraries, Central Library Lecture Theatre, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton. 220 students.
Friday 8 - 7.00pm - Public Fan Event - Victoria Hall, Knowsley Street, Bolton. 200 fans.
Saturday 9 - 2.30pm - Public Fan Event, Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham Festival. 200 fans.
Sunday 10 - 11.00am - Public Signing, Waterstones, 4-5 Milsom Street, Bath BA1 1DA. signing for 2 hrs 30 mins.
Saturday 30 - 1.00pm -- Public Signing, Easons, Limerick, Ireland. signing for 3 hrs 15 mins.

NOVEMBER
USA
Friday 12 - 10.19am - Two school events at Urban Assembly New York Harbor School. spoke to 90 fans in total.
Friday 12 - 5.00pm - Public event at New York Public Library, Jefferson Market LIbrary, 425 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY. 50 fans.
Saturday 13 - 2.00pm - Public event at Watchung Booksellers, 54 Fairfield Street, Montclair, NJ. 40 fans.
Saturday 13 - 6.30pm - Public event at Barnes & Noble #2288, 911 Haddonfield Road, Cherry Hill, NJ. 40 fans.
Sunday 14 - 2.00pm - Public event at Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St, Boston, MA. 30 fans.
Monday 15 - 11.45am - Two school events at Granby Jr/Sr High School, MA. 200 students.
Tuesday 16 - 9.30am - School event at Mountain View High School, Fredericksburg, VA. 100 students.
Tuesday 16 - 12.40pm - School event at AG Wright Middle School, VA. 250 students.
Tuesday 16 - 7.00pm - Public event at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 1 Town Center Boulevard, Suite 5800, Fredericksburg, VA. 30 fans.
Wedensday 17 - 08.30 - School event at Robious Middle School, Midlothian, VA. 400 students.
Wednesday 17 - 10.00am - School event at Brookland Middle School, 9200 Lydell Drive, Henrico, VA. 100 students.
Wednesday 17 - 2.00pm - School event at Rolfe Middle School, 6901 Messer Road, Henrico, VA. 70 students.
Wednesday 17 - 6.30pm -- Public talk and signing at Fountain Bookstore, 1312 E Cary St, Richmond, VA. 25 fans.
Thursday 18 - 9.00am -- School event at Hopewell High School, 11530 Beatties Ford Road, Huntersville, NC. 100 student.
Thursday 18 - 12.45pm - School event at South Mecklenburg High School, 8900 Park Road, Charlotte, NC. 160 students.
Thursday 18 - 5.30pm -- Public event at Park Road Books, 4139 Park Road, Charlotte, NC. 20 fans.
Friday 19 - 09.30 - Schools event at Student Literary Encounters, Miami, FL. 700 students.
Saturday 20 - 1.30pm - Public panel event with Scott Westerfeld and Ellen Hopkins at Miami Book fair International, Miami, FL. 130 fans.
Sunday 21 - 10.00am - One-on-one event at Universal Studios, Orlando, FL, arranged by the Make A Wish Foundation.
Monday 22 - 08.30am -- 30 minutes talk at the NCTE Annual Convention, Orlando FL, called "Finding Myself Among Friends And Freaks". 350 people.

DECEMBER
IRELAND
Wednesday 8 - 4.30pm - read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" at a Christmas event in the Hunt Museuem, Limerick.
Tuesday 21 - 1.00pm - opened a library at Youthreach Centre, Hospital, Co Limerick.

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Another busy year, with trips to Dubai, Hong Kong and the USA, in addition to my regular UK & Ireland tours. I covered a lot of ground this year!!!