Comments on: Double Bubble Thursday – 2 book giveaway!

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:36:12 +0000

Interesting – she is terrified of digital publishing

By: Emma Kingston

Emma Kingston — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:14:55 +0000

That she changed her name to Lionel because she was a tomboy…when I first heard of her I thought it was a man!

Fingers crossed for winning the books! xx

By: Alison

Alison — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:12:53 +0000

That she is actually a girl called Lionel Good reason to change your name though

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:14:17 +0000

That, in effect, she gave up her family for the sake of art…

By: SarahP

SarahP — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:39:35 +0000

Glad you like the prize Maggiee – only 5 and a half hours to wait and see if you’re the lucky bunny!

By: SarahP

SarahP — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:37:26 +0000

As if by magic you’ll find it’s changed to ‘jazz drummer’ – we too thought it was a special jazz thing – but no, jazz folk apparently have drummers, just like the rest of us mere musical mortals.

By: Maggie M

Maggie M — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:36:58 +0000

Hi. ‘We need to talkabout Kevin’ was selected for the ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ television book club. This surprised Lionel as her other books were only moderately received…… Fab prize by the way!

By: LizSara

LizSara — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:28:22 +0000

most interesting thin in the interview…jazz drummist. not a drummer then, is it a special jazz thing?

Oh and also i didn’t know she was a she until i read it

By: Karen Sykes

Karen Sykes — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:50:08 +0000

I liked her replies to the Q&A, she comes across as a regular person whose job it is to write books and I like that about an author. In particular I liked her response to the question regarding writing rituals – very down to earth and no nonsense. “Get on with it” is a great mantra for all of us who are inclined to dither at times!

By: Alessandra

Alessandra — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:36:13 +0000

Ahem… I was a bit surprised that she was a woman… because I thought Lionel was only a male name! Hehehe. I’ve never read one of her books, so it’s not like I could’ve checked out her picture on the book jacket or anything.

Anyway, the most interesting thing I learned that she considers Nick Hornby a guilty pleasure read… I do wonder why?

By: Jackie (Farm Lane Books)

Jackie (Farm Lane Books) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:43:00 +0000

I was surprised that she said authors “download failed software and cry a lot”

We Need to Talk About Kevin is one of my favourite books – I would love to win a signed copy of it!

By: Mar Dixon

Mar Dixon — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:57:21 +0000

This interested me:
Do you have a guilty pleasure read?

Cookbooks. And Nick Hornby.

Never thought to see cookbook as a guilty pleasure reading. How do you get pleasure from cooking (or am I be too honest here??

By: Mar Dixon

Mar Dixon — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:55:06 +0000

Am I allowed to entry or would that be greedy?

By: Dave H

Dave H — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:28:07 +0000

Here’s a few that caught my attention…

“I’m naturally perverse!”

“[I] plan to will whatever assets remain … to the … Library”

But most touching, on discussing A Perfectly Good Family:

“Accustomed to trying to win the approval of my parents, I underappreciated how much parents yearn for the approval of their children, too.”

By: SarahP

SarahP — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:28:05 +0000

Great! Tell us something about Lionel that interests you and we’ll throw you in the mix

By: sarah broadhurst

sarah broadhurst — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:21:10 +0000

i would love to win the books too please

By: Dawn W

Dawn W — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:08:58 +0000

That her favourite childhood book was The Little Princess. It is my daughters current bed time fave.

By: SarahP

SarahP — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:51:03 +0000

What the hell, we’re feeling generous – you can have the banana as well. The banana depicted may not be the banana you receive, no bananas have been hurt in the making of this competition…

By: Yagiz

Yagiz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:48:30 +0000

She changed her name at the age of 15… My first reaction was that it’s very young to take such a decision, but I like the reason .

By: BetweenTwoBooks

BetweenTwoBooks — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:42:52 +0000

Do we get the banana as well or only the books?