How many of my books are on the shelves at Belfast Central Library?
A few days ago while in Belfast city centre for book shopping (what’s new!) I decided to pop into Belfast Central Library. Have you ever been there? It’s a gorgeous building, built in 1888.
With my promo novel samples
Five of my books are available at Libraries NI, so I thought I’d see how many were on the shelves in ‘Ulster and Irish Heritage’ on the second floor.
It was great to see that only two novels – The Blue Man and The Fairy Lights – were available, meaning that the other three books were being borrowed. Since my Belfast Ghosts trilogy novels happen to be my most popular, both in terms of sales as well as borrows, there are multiple copies of them available through Libraries NI, which is why there were still copies of those particular books on the shelf. I checked into the libraries NI website later and was glad to see that my books have made it to libraries around the country. Hurray.
Leilanie Stewart is an award-winning author and poet from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She writes ghost and psychological horror, as well as experimental poetry. Her writing confronts the nature of self; her novels feature main characters on a dark psychological journey who have a crisis and create a new sense of identity. She began writing for publication while working as an English teacher in Japan, a career pathway that has influenced themes in her writing. Her former career as an Archaeologist has also inspired her writing and she has incorporated elements of archaeology and mythology into both her fiction and poetry.
In addition to promoting her own work, Leilanie runs Bindweed Anthologies, a creative writing publication with her writer husband, Joseph Robert. Aside from publishing pursuits, Leilanie enjoys spending time with her husband and their lively literary lad, a voracious reader of sea monster books.
Leilanie Stewart 