BERTIE'S BOOK BLITZ.. Ex Taoiseach's media tour to promote autobiography.Byline: SENAN HOGAN FORMER Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is mounting a major media blitz across Ireland and Britain in the coming weeks to promote his new book. The Fianna Fail TD will appear on top TV and radio shows, signing copies in several bookstores and even rubbing shoulders with other authors at a UK literary festival. Bertie Ahern The Autobiography, is published on October 8. It was co-written with head of history and archives at UCD UCD University College Dublin UCD User-Centered Design UCD University of California at Davis UCD University of Colorado at Denver (Denver, CO) UCD University of Colorado at Denver UCD Unicode Character Database Richard Aldous, who has spent several months taping interviews with Mr Ahern in his St Luke's St Luke's is an area in the London Borough of Islington in Greater London, close to the borders with the London Borough of Hackney and the City of London, near the Barbican and Shoreditch. The closest tube station is Old Street. constituency office in Dromcondra. A spokesman for publishers Random House said: "There is considerable advance interest in the book already. "There will be signing sessions in Dublin and Belfast to begin with as well as other cities. I'm sure Mr Ahern will also be appearing in all the right slots on TV and radio in Ireland Licensed radio in Ireland is one element of the wider media in Ireland, with 85% of the population listening to a licenced service on any given day.[1] This article deals with the legal radio stations of the Republic of Ireland. and Britain." Mr Ahern will attend the famous Cheltenham Literary Festival on October 11 where he will be interviewed by former Downing Street Downing Street, Westminster, London, England. On the street are the British Foreign Office and, at No. 10, the residence of the first lord of the Treasury, who is usually (although not necessarily) the prime minister of Great Britain. spin doctor Alastair Campbell. A blurb blurb n. A brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket. [Coined by Gelett Burgess (1866-1951), American humorist.] blurb v. on the event's website said: "The career of former Taoiseach of Ireland Bertie Ahern saw him start out as his country's youngest ever head of government, witness the Celtic Tiger roar and take part in the negotiations of the Good Friday Agreement to establish peace in the North." Other VIPs at the 10-day festival include former British Prime Minister's wife Cherie Blair, presenter Jeremy Paxman, Monty Python comedian Michael Palin, and actor Stephen Fry. Closer to home, Mr Ahern will be signing copies in Dublin's Eason store on O'Connell Street on October 10 followed by an appearance in the book chain's Cork branch five days later. He will travel to Eason in Galway city on October 19 and the Pavillion Shopping Centre in Swords in his beloved northside Dublin on November 12. Publishers Random House said Mr Ahern's much-awaited 400-page autobiography is "a very human and compelling book". A statement added: "It reveals what it was like to be Irish Taoiseach for more than 10 tumultuous years during which the whole country and Europe was transformed." Mr Ahern's daughter, bestselling author Cecelia, is also launching her latest offering The Book Of Tomorrow in coming weeks. CAPTION(S): HIS STORY Bertie Ahern |
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