Ben Aaronovitch's Blog, page 33

I Woz Robbed by Jordan

Whispers Under Ground has made it into the Sunday Times Bestselling Hardback Fiction list at number 4.
I was beaten to 3rd Place by Katie Price by dint of her selling more books than me. I'm not sure how that works, perhaps she gets a head start. 
Anyway here is proof...

Character Songs: Beverley Brook

Beverley Brook

Off On Book Tour

I'm off to flog the book around the country (or at least those bits that Gollancz will stump up to send me to) so meanwhile here is a thoughtful piece on just how hard working your London author is.

'Hampstead wasn't good enough for you was it? You had to go poncing off to Barnsley!'

Charing Cross, London in 1 week's time

When? 30th of June - 2 PM
Where? Blackwell's Bookshop, Charing Cross Road
What? Me and Paul Cornell, 3 rounds - victory by fall or submission (or tea).Why? Top help preserve Charing Cross as a centre for specialist bookselling.Why? Because if we don't fight to maintain our cultural distinctiveness we will end up wearing ugly implants and talking with a strange reverb effect. Say no to assimilation by the Borg! Say yes to retail diversity in the high street.

Covent Garden in 1 Week

When: 29th June at 12:30
Where: Waterstones Covent Garden


Waterstones Garrick StreetLondonWC2E 9BAWhat: Signing, refreshment and cake!Why? You need a reason for cake?

Character Songs: Zach

Zachary Palmer

Brighton in 1 Week!

Then I rush down from Nottingham to the partake in the bathing opportunities of Sin City itself.

When? 7:30 PM  28th June
Where? Waterstones Brighton
Waterstones (Clock Tower)71-74 North StreetBrightonBN1 7ZAWhat? A Bit of Chat, a bit of signing...Why? Because it's there...

Nottingham in 1 Week!

In the final leg of my whirlwind tour of points north (alas no Scotland this year) I shall be heading for a town synonymous with injustice, tax avoidance and robbery with violence - although that was the 12th Century - Nottingham.


When? 7:00 PM June 27th
Where? Nottingham Waterstones

1-5 Bridlesmith GateNottinghamNG1 2GRWhat? Signing, chatting and generally making myself agreeable.Why? Because somebody has to do it.

Birmingham and Manchester in 1 week

At last Gollancz are letting me loose on the industrial powerhouses that made Britain great - Birmingham, so big and so round and full of joie de vivre and Manchester so solid, so real and so stuffed full of invention that it's a wonder that it's inhabitants don't explode.

When? 26th June at 12:30
Where? Waterstones New Street128 New StreetBirminghamB2 4DBWhat? Signing, chatting and schmoozing!
Why? Because these books ain't going to sell themselves!

And then as if that wasn't enough...

When? that very same day at 1900 hours!
Where? Waterstones Deansgate91 DeansgateManchesterM3 2BWWhat?  For talking, schmoozing and signing!Why? Because... Manchester.

Nancy Pearl Recomends Midnight Riot

Nancy Pearl, the only non simian Librarian to have her own action figure, has put Midnight Riot (aka Rivers of London) at the top of her summer reading list.

Although I'm willing concede that my pre-eminent position may have something to do with my fortuitous double A surname.

You can find her glowing recommendation here and, should you so wish, listen to her radio programme on the NPR website here.