Sam Blake reading from her new YA novel Something's About to Blow Up

About this event 

A YA reading from the No. 1 best-selling author of the Cat Conelly series and Three Little Birds. 

When an explosion rips through the chemistry lab at Raven’s Hill School and six girls are injured, it is suspected at first that an experiment has gone pear-shaped. But the guards start investigating, and soon suspect a bomb. If they're right, then who has been targeted, and why? Ella, Becky, Maeve and Mackenzie are rushed to hospital, along with the injured Frankie and Sorcha, who then team up with Jess to try to get to the bottom of this disturbing mystery. What they uncover proves sinister beyond their wildest speculations. From the best-selling author of Something Terrible Happened Last Night and Three Little Birds, Something's About to Blow Up is an intense and expertly crafted thriller, guaranteed to delight and invigorate YA readers, who now have an opportunity to hear Sam Blake read at Listowel Writer's Week, and ask her about her fictional worlds and the imaginative processes behind her hugely popular books! 

More about Sam Blake  

Sam Blake is the No 1 bestselling author of the Cat Connelly series and numerous psychological thrillers, including Three Little Birds. Her YA debut Something Terrible Happened Last Night was shortlisted for the Great Reads Award and the Teen/YA Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Her second YA novel Something's About to Blow Up was published by Gill in May 2024. Originally from St. Albans in Hertfordshire, Sam has lived at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains for many years. Married to a retired member of An Garda Siochana she has two children, two cats and at one point had at one point sole responsibility for an ant farm while her eldest studied rocket science to become a Space Master. 

Praise for Something Terrible Happened Last Night: 

‘... a must-read for teens’ – Sunday Independent 

‘ ... a fun murder-mystery … with smarts and a lot of heart’ – Independent 

Listowel Writer's Week: where readers celebrate, and writers find their flow 

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