Lian Tanner's Blog, page 34

First, Delhi

I'm going to write about India in a couple of different posts, because it deserves it. Not that I saw anything or anywhere other than Delhi, but that is a country in itself, with a population as big as Australia. *gulp* First, I should tell you that I loved it. I have never been anywhere...

Early return from India

Well, they say that you should never count on your plans working out the way you think they are going to … I'll write about India and Bookaroo in the next few days, but just wanted to say that I didn't make it to the Himalayan foothills. I was just about to do my last...

Off to India!

I'm off to New Delhi the day after tomorrow, to the Bookaroo Children's Literature Festival. There is going to be an astonishing array of authors from India and around the world, and the workshops have wonderful titles like 'The Parable of the Lost Post Office' and 'Friends, Fish and Foul Smells'. The whole thing runs...

Update on City of Lies

I've just finished the copy-edit of City of Lies and sent it back to the publishers. Phew! I didn't think there was going to be much to do, but when I read it through I realised that I didn't like the beginning. I think I've known this for a while but have been trying to...

The Keepers trilogy

Welcome to my new website, and my new blog! It's called 'What's on my desk and on my mind', because I want to use it to put up news about the books (What's on my desk), as well as discuss stuff, like 'Why do people like brizzlehounds so much?' (What's on my mind). So let's...

Museum of Thieves – the game!

The Museum of Thieves game is up at last on the Keepers website and it looks wonderful. The paintings of the different rooms were done by US artist Jon Foster who also did the illustration for the cover of the US edition. He's done a fantastic job – you get a real sense of the...

Museum of Thieves launch

Hooray, it's publication day in Australia and the US, and at last the book is in the shops! Here in Tasmania we are building up to the official Australian launch on Sunday October 10th at 11 am. The launch will of course be held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. There's an old convict-built...

After the launch

My face aches from smiling so much and my hand aches from signing books but I am happy. What a launch! Tasmania loves to support its writers and I've had some terrific publicity over the last few weeks. As a result, people turned out in droves for the official Australian launch of Museum of Thieves...

Amazon Best Books for October

Amazon.com has listed Museum of Thieves as one of its Best Books for October. I am preening!

Launceston visit

I'm just back from a weekend in Launceston (Northern Tassie) where I spoke and signed books at Fullers Bookshop. Launceston is a city that has kept a lot of its old buildings, and Fullers fits right in. It has a small window and from the outside it looks like the sort of place that you...