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And Another Thing – The Theme Song!

Penguin Press Release: Full Release Follows

On 12th October 2009, the 30th anniversary of the first publication of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the late, great Douglas Adams, Penguin Books publish the sixth book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, And Another Thing . . . by bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series, Eoin Colfer.

To celebrate publication Ireland's multi-platinum selling band The Blizzards have recorded a single inspired by Eoin's book to be released in

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-24

Minerva would be a great villain but she is involved with a skier in the Alpes Maritime at the moment and only has eyes for him. #
I am going home to Oirland tomorrow- work begins in earnest. No more Mister Ice Guy (with some Rosé). #




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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-17

I cannot wait to see this movie. Looks like the best sci-fi pic since Spaceballs. #
That movie is District 9- probably a little more social commentary than Spaceballs #
Back in Wexford next week, then the H2G2 pre-publicity takes off. I need a thousand answers for the same question. #




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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-10

Just finished The Magicians by Lev Grossman. Absolutely wonderful. Honestly. Do yerself a favour: http://levgrossman.com/magicians.html #
There are pigeons on the restaurant patio and on the menu. Hmmm. #
My 6 year old son is sporting a false tattoo reading- The Shaman of Sexy. Not sure if I should be laughing. #




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Wexworlds Sci-Fi and Fantasy Festival 2009

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Wexworlds Festival

Get a chance to meet Eoin at the inaugural Wexworlds Sci-Fi and Fantasy Festival in November.

Full press release follows:

Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl), Darren Shan (The Saga of Darren Shan) and Oisin McGann (The Goblin of Tara and The Evil Eye) are amongst the many creators attending the first WexWorlds Festival.

WexWorlds is the first Sci Fi and Fantasy Fiction Festival in Wexford supported by Failte Ireland.

Over the course of the weekend a variety of activities will be taking pla

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-03

All done. Homeward bound on British airways from Toronto. Good tour. Knackered. #
Just watched Holes with the boys. Now for the book. #
Listening to the sublime Josh Fix- http://bit.ly/19aOCL

watch 3 times and love forever #
it sucks when you switch it on, if it's a vacuum cleaner. #
Don't panic says my t-shirt- easy for it to say. #
One the way to doctor in Vence-Sean has eye allergies and looks like a boxer every morning. Poor little guy. #
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-27

Hitchhiker proofs look great. Also had first review. Extremely positive. Thanks be to Zarquon. #In W Hotel in Union Square. Up since 3AM- bloody jet lag. Should exercise or something, but probably will eat all Snickers in mini-bar. #Had a gargle blaster or two at a reception in Hyperion- the second one was a bad idea. Some of my organs are applying for transfers. #Lovely breakfast with lovely Harper Collins people- forget what I said about everything. #At comic con- saw Alice in wonderland trail

Hitchhiker's Guide to Sequel Writing – Video Interview with Eoin from GalleyCat

Eoin share's his thoughts on writing the sixth book in the Hitchhikers trilogy with Jason Boog of MediaBistro's GalleyCat blog in this short video clip.

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Hitchhiker's Guide to Sequel Writing - Video Interview with Eoin from GalleyCat

Eoin share's his thoughts on writing the sixth book in the Hitchhikers trilogy with Jason Boog of MediaBistro's GalleyCat blog in this short video clip.

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Big News! "And Another Thing" Preview Proof Copies Available! (CLOSED)

Penguin have just announced that they are releasing a strictly limited run of proofs of the first half of Eoin's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy sixth instalment And Another Thing … These proofs are special in that they're printed in newspaper form, numbered and will almost certainly be collector's items. They've given me a few copies to pass on, so all you need to do is send an email with your FULL POSTAL ADDRESS (we can only send copies to UK and Ireland addresses) in it and the first few peo