Brian Gallagher

ONE MYSTERY, ONE TOWN

I was delighted to have my novel The Case of the Vanishing painting chosen by Edgeworthstown Library for their One Mystery, One Town project, whereby the whole town read the same book over the course of several weeks

This was a highly imaginative undertaking, lead by librarian Kim Taylor, and teacher Enda Ward.

Students from St Mary’s National School created artwork and book covers inspired by the novel as well as creating fictitious newspaper pages dealing with incidents in the book, while some inventive students even created a board game based on The Case of the Vanishing Painting.

The project was covered by RTE News both on TV and radio on World Book Day and was really successful in making reading into a fun-filled activity.