Thomas Bloor
Thursday, August 16, 2007
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HOME FROM IRELAND AND A VISIT TO EDINBURGH
We have just returned from a holiday in Ireland. We visited Rostellen Woods again, after a ten year absence. These woods, in East Cork, were the influence behind one of the Irish settings in Beast Beneath The Skin (when Sam flees the mob after his disastrous visit to the Cullithin village fete, he seeks sanctuary in a forest based on Rostellen Woods.) The ruined stone buildings are still there, but they are now fenced off, with DANGER – KEEP OUT- signs all over them. But the woods around are as atmospheric as ever, with the tree-trunks covered in ivy and a dense canopy of leaves high above, blocking out the light of day.
I shall be in Edinburgh on Monday, giving a talk on my WORM IN THE BLOOD trilogy as part of the Edinburgh Book Festival’s Schools’ Week. To anyone who’s going along, firstly, commiserations on your return to school (in Scotland, autumn term starts in mid-August) and secondly, I look forward to seeing you at the Book Festival event.
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