Notes by the author on his book of nonsense ‘The Amazing Adventures of Curd the Lion (and Us!) in the Land at the Back of Beyond’ (ISBN 9780955548611) and other matters. including new books, ‘The Flight of Birds’(ISBN 9780955548628) and ’AnaThema’ (ISBN 9780955548635) (by Alan Howard) now including book reviews: children’s and adult fantasy, horror, and mystery.
Friday, 12 June 2009
First Translation rights sale!
To a South Korean publisher who apparently normally goes for award-winning foreign books and has asked for all my future work to consider!
Library Information Show
This irregular blogger went there this week, exhibiting on the IPG (Independent Publishers Guild) stand in my first attempt to draw librarians into awareness of my book.
I hope that my cunning ploy of allowing them to read half the book on CD will engage them to the extent that they feel they really really must read the rest (and buy for their libraries!).
It seemed to generate a lot of interest and I was very pleased when a librarian from a London School came to tell me she had bought the book last week and had not been able to lay her hands on the book since putting it in the library because it was always being read together by a huddle of kids on the floor. Ace!
I would like to thank all those who have taken the trouble to send me reviews, but would love lots more.
Librarians please give your kids the chance to discover Curd and his friends? Come on, you Re-eads!
I hope that my cunning ploy of allowing them to read half the book on CD will engage them to the extent that they feel they really really must read the rest (and buy for their libraries!).
It seemed to generate a lot of interest and I was very pleased when a librarian from a London School came to tell me she had bought the book last week and had not been able to lay her hands on the book since putting it in the library because it was always being read together by a huddle of kids on the floor. Ace!
I would like to thank all those who have taken the trouble to send me reviews, but would love lots more.
Librarians please give your kids the chance to discover Curd and his friends? Come on, you Re-eads!