2011 TOUR SCHEDULE

FEBRUARY
UK
Friday 25 - 11.30am - public event, Bourne Hall, Spring Street, Ewell, Surrey. Sold out event. Signing for 2 hours 30 minutes.

APRIL
AUSTRALIA
Friday 1 - Melbourne - 4.30pm - public event, Dymocks Camberwell, Victoria 3124.
Monday 11 - Sydney - 3.30pm - public event, The Children's Bookshop Beecroft, NSW 2119.
Thursday 14 - Adelaide - 3.30pm - public signing, Dymocks, Adelaide. signing for 1 hour 30 minutes.

MAY
UK/IRELAND
Wednesday 4 - 11.50am - multi-schools events, Stratford High School, Stratford-Upon-Avon. 200 students.
Wednesday 4 - 4.30pm - public signing, WH Smith Welwyn Garden City. 1 hour 50 minutes.
Thursday 5 - 10.30am -- multi-schools event, Norwich. 200 students.
Thursday 5 - afternoon - intimate public event (in a small shop), Norfolk Children's Books centre. 30 people.
Thursday 5 - 6.00pm - public event, Jarrolds Department Store, Norwich. 180 people. Signing 2 hrs 15mins.
Friday 6 - 10.00am -- multi-schools event, Copleston High School, Ipswich. 400 students.
Friday 6 - 3.00pm -- public signing, Waterstones Ipswich. 2 hours.
Friday 6 - 6.00pm -- public event, Shire Hall, Chelmsford, 80 people.
Saturday 7 - 10.30am -- public event, Haileybury College, Hertford. 200 people,
Sunday 8 - 11.00am -- public signing at Waterstones Bromley, Kent. 3 hours.
Saturday 14 - 10.00am -- public signing, O'Mahony's Tralee, Co. Kerry. 40 minutes.
Saturday 14 - 3.00pm -- public signing, The Crescent Bookshop, Dooradoyle, Limerick. 3 hours.
Sunday 1 - 12.30pm -- public signing, Waterstones Cork. 4 hrs 30 mins.
Wednesday 18 - 2.30pm -- public signing, Easons Newbridge, County Kildare.
Thursday 19 - 2.00pm -- intimate schools event (small store), Waterstones Belfast. 20 students.
Thursday 19 - 4.00pm -- public signing, Waterstones Belfast. 1 hr 30 mins.
Sunday 29 - 6.00pm -- public signing at Waterstones Cardiff. 2 hrs 15 mins.
Monday 30 - 11.00am -- public signing, Waterstones Swansea. 2 hrs 45 mins.
Monday 30 - 4.00pm -- public event with Charlie Higson, Hay-On-Wye Literary Festival. 400 people.
Tuesday 31 - 10.30am -- multi-schools event, Liberty Hall, Dublin. 350 students.
Tuesday 31 - 2.30pm -- intimiate event (small venue) with Fighting Words, Dublin. 30 children.

JUNE
Sunday 26 - 10.30am -- public event, Ayot Festival, Ayot Green.

AUGUST
Saturday 20 - 1.30pm - Edinburgh Book Festival - panel event with Barry Hutchison and Alexander Gordon Smith. 500 people.
Sunday 21 - 10.30am - Edinburgh Book Festival - solo event. I did a special two hour event in which I read out condensed versions of the plots of all 12 books of The Saga Of Darren Shan to celebrate my 12th year at the festival! 500 people.

SEPTEMBER
Sunday 4 - 3.00pm - public event at the Mountains To Sea festival, Dun Laoighre.
Thursday 29 - 10.00am -- schools events, Library Theatre, Central Library, Birmingham. 300 students.
Thursday 29 - 1.45pm -- schools events, Library Theatre, Central Library, Birmingham. 300 students.
Thursday 29 - 7.00pm -- public event, Waterstones Worcester. 80 people.
Friday 30 - 11.00am -- schools event, Ralph Allen School, Bath. 200 students.
Friday 30 - 2.00pm - school event, Writhlington Secondary School, Radstock. 250 students.
Friday 30 - 7.00pm - public event with Charlie Higson, Guildhall, Bath.

OCTOBER
Saturday 1 - 11.00am -- public signing, Waterstones Bluewater. 3 hrs 15 mins.
Sunday 2 - 10.30am -- public signing, Waterstones Newport, Isle of Wight. 2 hrs 15 mins.
Sunday 2 - 3.00pm - public event, Highlight Comedy Club, Portsmouth. 100+ people.
Monday 3 - 10.00am - schools event, Bay House School, Gosport, Hampshire. 400 students.
Monday 3 - 5.00pm - public signing, Waterstones Southampton. 2 hrs 15 mins.
Tuesday 4 - 10.00am - schools event, The Trafalgar School at Downton, Salisbury. 350 students.
Tuesday 4 - 4.30pm - public signing, WHSmith Exeter. 1 hr 10 mins.
Wednesday 5 - 9.50am - schools event, King's School, Barrack Road, Ottery St Mary, Exeter. 350 students.
Wednesday 5 - 2.00pm - schools event, Honiton Community College, Devon. 150 students.
Wednesday 5 - 6.00pm - public event, Waterstones Drake Circus, Plymouth. 200 people.
Thursday 6 - 09.00am - schools event, Stoke Damerel Community College, Plymouth. 200 students.
Thursday 6 - 12.40pm - lunchtime school event, Devonport High for Boys, Plymouth. 60 students.
Thursday 6 - 4.00pm - public signing, Falmouth Bookseller. 2 hrs.
Friday 7 - 11.00am - schools event, The Library, Tallaght, Dublin. 250 students.
Friday 7 - 4.30pm - public signing, Easons, The Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords, Dublin. 2 hrs.
Saturday 8 - 11.00am -- public signing, Easons, Dundrum Shopping Centre, Dublin. 1 hr 30 mins.
Saturday 8 - 3.00pm - public signing, Easons, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, Clondalkin, Dublin. 2 hrs.
Sunday 9 - 1.00pm - public signing, The Book Centre, Kilkenny. 1 hr 20 mins.
Sunday 9 - 3.00pm - public signing, The Book Centre, Waterford. 2 hrs 10 mins.