The publishers who publish the Dragonkeeper series in other countries don’t always let me know when the books will be available. So I am grateful when overseas readers let me know. Tamina tells me Dragon Moon will be out in Germany in February 2008, and Ryanne has let me know that it will be out … Continued
It is now only three weeks till my next book comes out. It’s called The Dragon Companion: an Encyclopedia. I am very proud of it. It is a beautiful hardback book with fabulous illustrations by Dean Jones. Here is the cover. (Click on the image to see a larger version.) It isn’t something I’ve whipped … Continued
Someone just sent me a picture of the UK Dragon Moon cover. (Thanks, Ryan.) Here it is. It’s lovely isn’t it? It’s always exciting to see new covers. It’s the one part of the production of a novel that the author has little to do with…and in the case of overseas covers, nothing to do … Continued
I have a short story in a new collection called Top Stories 1 published by Heinemann. There are great stories by Australian writers such as Isobelle Carmody, Margo Lanagan and Garth Nix. I feel privileged to be alongside such famous authors! Australian students might find it in their school library.
I haven’t mentioned this before, but black dog books have created a special “mini” website for the Dragonkeeper series. There is information about Chinese places and things that feature in Dragon Moon. You can download Dragonkeeper wallpaper for your computer or you can try and solve the puzzle that Ping has to solve in the … Continued
I got a bit of a shock when I received a copy of the French version of Dragonkeeper in the post yesterday. It took me a moment to realise what it was. That’s because the title is Liu et le Vieux Dragon or Liu and the Old Dragon. At first I thought it was someone … Continued
I’m in Mooloolaba. I’ve just finished my final talk at the Voices on the Coast Literature Festival here. The University of the Sunshine Coast was a great location, a very modern campus with lots of space and some wildlife. It’s been a very busy couple of days talking to hundreds of school kids, with a … Continued
Next week I will be up in Queensland. It’s cold and raining here in Melbourne at the moment, so Queensland seems like a good place to be heading to. I hope to meet lots of readers up there. First I will be at the Voices on the Coast Youth Literature Festival speaking to heaps of … Continued
I’ve had some emails and blog comments from readers who are disappointed there won’t be another Dragonkeeper book. I think that three is a good number for a series, and I’m looking forward to writing something completely different. Lydia asked me if I could recommend any other books for her to read. I don’t read … Continued
The launch of Dragon Moon went very well. Lots of people came, friends and family and readers who I hadn’t met before. Everyone seemed to think that the Chinese Museum was a great place to have the launch. There were some prizes and Lachlan, who comments on this blog, won one of them. The Chinese … Continued