Ben Aaronovitch's Blog, page 22
February 27, 2014
Neon Lights!
I was recently told by Natalia Tena on twitter that Rivers of London was part of the inspiration behind one of the songs on Molotov Jukebox's upcoming album. It's always flattering when your own work inspires other artists - it's even more flattering when the result is as good as this song is.
So it gives me great pleasure to present to you - Neon Lights by Molotov Jukebox.
So it gives me great pleasure to present to you - Neon Lights by Molotov Jukebox.
February 22, 2014
A Chase Through Bloomsbury
Last year I met artist Wayne Reynolds at a convention in Belgium and he said he'd always wanted to do a cover for Rivers of London so I commissioned him to do a sort of alternative cover for an imaginary edition of the book. Here is a low res copy...
I believe limited edition prints may be available soon.
I believe limited edition prints may be available soon.
January 30, 2014
Broken Homes - North American Release
WHAT?My latest novel BROKEN HOMES will be released in North America.
WHEN?
Febuary 4th 2014
WHY?
Because soon the whole northern continent will be under my sway! Bwahahahaha!
January 23, 2014
December 9, 2013
December 3, 2013
Ein Wispern unter Baker Street Wins Award
Ein Wispern unter Baker Street has won second place in the fantasy catagory of the Leserpreis - Die Besten Bucher 2013.I'd like to thank all the people who voted for the book and more importantly handed over their hard earned cash for a copy in the first place.
December 2, 2013
Rivers of London Rap
You see my nephew Mikis is a composer and musician of some note(1) and he works with Doc Brown on their hugely successful 4 O'Clock Club for the BBC. Anyway Doc Brown read Rivers of London and asked if we could meet up. So we three sat down for a big lunch, very nice, and we decided that a Rivers of London rap would be a fine thing to have. You can listen to the result here.
Music and lyrics by Doc Brown and Mikis Michaelides.(1) he's got shiney metal coloured disks on his wall and everything - I've seen em.
November 28, 2013
Coming Soon: Broken Homes auf Deutsch
Der böse Ort Magische Architektur in Südlondon
Seltsame Dinge geschehen im Skygarden Tower, einem berüchtigten Sozialwohnblock in Südlondon. Dinge, die eine magische Anziehungskraft auf Police Constable und Zauberlehrling Peter Grant ausüben. Zunächst geht es nur um ein gestohlenes altes Buch über Magie, das aus der Weißen Bibliothek zu Weimar stammt. Doch dann weitet sich der Fall rasant aus. Denn der Erbauer des Tower, Erik Stromberg, ein brillanter, wenngleich leicht gestörter Architekt, hatte sich einst in seiner Zeit am Bauhaus offenbar nicht nur mit modernem Design, sondern auch mit Magie befasst. Was erklären könnte, warum der Skygarden Tower einen unablässigen Strom von begabten Künstlern, Politikern, Drogendealern, Serienmördern und Irren hervorgebracht hat. Und warum der unheimliche gesichtslose Magier, den Peter noch in schlechtester Erinnerung hat, ein so eingehendes Interesse daran an den Tag legt …
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November 19, 2013
PC Grant: Now In A Box
Worried about what to buy your loved ones for Christmas? Are they short of reading material perhaps?
Tired of the same old literary fiction?
Want to give genre a go?
Then look no further than the PC Grant boxset - containing not one, not two but three whole volumes of crunchy PC Grant goodness. Not only is each novel a police procedural but it also contains 90% of your recomended daily dose(1) of Fantasy.
Available November the 21st in all good book shops and some bad ones as well.
(1) The World Health Organisation's recomended minimum daily fantasy intake for adults is 300 milligandalfs (48.7 microdresdens). Chidren under the age of 14 may well require twice the adult dose to maintain a balanced childhood.
