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Keith Martin

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Humor and Comedy, Philosophy, Spirituality

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Keith Martin is a librarian in his hometown of Westport, Ireland.

He has enjoyed writer residencies at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre and the Heinrich Boll cottage. His main hobby is writing film screenplays no-one wants to produce.

He served as a Councillor on Westport Town Council from 2004 until 2014, when the council was abolished. He accepts no responsibility whatsoever for its abolition.

He lives alone, by choice, but would like to point out that it was someone else's choice, not his.

The Little Book of Sham is his first book.It is also, very probably, his last. Keith is on Facebook and Twitter and you can learn more about him on www.about.me/thekeithmartin ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 28 ratings · 9 reviews · 2 distinct works

	The Little Book of Sham: More secrets than "The Secret" Funnier than "The Tibetan Book of the dead" More urgent than the "Power of Now" 3.89 avg rating — 28 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm Not Retired I'm A Professional Pop Pop: Funny Gift For grandpa Appreciation Birthday Fathers Day & Retirement 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Book news at Westport Library

On the outside Westport Library has not changed much since it was first constructed in St Mary’s Crescent 40 years ago but there have been massive changes to the range and scope of services available inside and online.
The latest improvement has been the introduction of a new computer system and delivery system which now allows borrowers to request books from 11 additional county library services a Read more of this blog post »

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Keith is Currently Reading

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A Foreboding of Petrels: Birder Murder Mysteries

by Steve Burrows

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The Scarlet Papers

by Matthew Richardson

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Void (The Far Reaches, #2)

by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)

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A good yarn. Holiday read stuff Twists and turns, snow and ice, good page turning fun. Great holiday read. Fans of page turning action and mystery will enjoy it.
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Brilliant Loved this book when I was 15 and it's still a great thriller. As good as Girly Park, maybe better. ...more
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Keith Martin rated a book it was amazing Dark Winter by William Dietrich (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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There are bodies! Great fun. Well written and the best in the series so far. Really enjoyable read with a good mystery to solve. Recommend highly.
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DI FROST on the case I liked this, not as good as the James Henry books but this was still good fun but it over explained the references to the 80s. I suppose younger readers need it. I lived it. This was a good crime novel that never slowed in pace, ...more
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