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order of updatement and a few press releases. To read old Fforde News Fflashes click on the link. | ||
| 30th Jan 2012 USA One of Thursdays is Missing published today - COMPETITION!
 The paperback edition of One of our Thursdays is Missing. One of Our Thursdays is Missing is published in the USA on January 30th 2012, and is available through the following links:
Amazon Barnes and Noble (Nook edition also) Kindle edition Alternatively, they are also available in your local independent. There is a competition to win some books.. | ||
| German DTV TN6 preview 23rd Jan 2012  A preview of the DTV edition of TN6 'Wo Ist Thursday Next' slated for publication in August, 2012. | ||
| 5th Jan 2012 Jasper now loading pictures on to INSTAGRAM, if you are so equipped - under the username 'jasperfforde'.
App download link | ||
| TN-6 now in paperback (UK) 5th Dec 2011 
NEW NEW NEW 5th Jane 2012 One of our Thursdays is Missing is now available as a UK paperback. In addition to your local friendly bookshops, it can be found at : Amazon or Waterstone's or Foyles or if you have a Kindle, try: Amazon Kindle or an eReader: Foyles eReader | ||
| New Picture of the Week 19th Dec 2011  The Llywyn-On Reservoir, taken from the road to Neath, S Wales, early morning. Panasonic GF1, 150mm | ||
| New Picture of the Week 6th Dec 2011  On the Wye Valley Walk, just above Monnington, Herefordshire, UK. Nikon F100, 18mm, T-Max 400 | ||
| 28th Nov 2011 ATTN GERMAN READERS:
From Daniela at Lovely Books: "Shades of Grey" (Grau) wins Bronze in the German Reader's Choice Award!! 35 titles made it to the shortlist of each category and Grau reached the Top 3! You can find who else won prizes at the List of Winners. | ||
| New Picture of the Week 1st Dec 2011  This was on a commercial for Paul Arden that we shot in 1999, so although I took the snap, I cannot claim to be the author. The picture seems particular apt now that Etonians are back in power. The boys were actually using squeezy bottles for the wee effect, and at one point a policewoman marched up about to arrest us all, but then she saw it wasn't wee and we could, in fact, film quite legally here, she moved off, with a polite apology. Wouldn't happen now. This would be considered a 'demonstration' within a mile of parliament square and we'd all be down the nick. It wouldn't have stopped Paul Arden though. He'd still have filmed it. Marvellous character, sadly no longer with us. For the life of me, I can't remember what the commercial was for. Not for Eton, obviously. Nikon F90X, 35mm, Kodak BCN400 For more POTW, go to Picture of the Week Index. | ||
| New Picture of the Week 24th November 2011  Milly was a terrific dog - sadly no longer with us - and went everywhere with me, including flying. She used to look out of the window for a bit, yawn, then curl up for a nap. She was a fair co-pilot (I've had worse) but could never get the hang of banking in an aircraft. As any aviator will tell you, a banked turn in an aircraft is a balanced turn - the line of gravity remains vertically below the aircraft, irrespective of where the planet might be. If you've ever had a drink in your hand in a Jetliner which is banking, the liquid in the glass stays, yes, level to the aircraft. You can do a balanced turn and roll completely over and back to upright, still with the line of gravity pointing through the floor of the aircraft. A famed stunt pilot named Bob Hoover used to do precisely that, and could pour out a glass of iced tea as the aircraft rolled. It's a trick worth watching: Utube Bob Hoover Clip. In any event, Milly didn't really get the whole 'messing around with gravity thing', and when I banked left, she'd take a visual cue from the horizon, lean right to compensate, and fall over. This was probably why she simply yawned and went to sleep. This was taken about 2000' above Bronydd - that's a bend in the river Wye beyond, and Cabalva Farm. Contax G2, Summer 2006 For more POTW, go to Picture of the Week Index. | ||
| 20th Nov 2011 ATTN GERMAN READERS:
From Karla at Lovely Books: "Der Leserpreis - die besten Buecher 2011" is a big success in this year again. It is one of the biggest audience bookawards in the German-speaking area. Until yesterday readers could nominate their favourite books for the Leserpreis 2011. Hereby we heartly want to congratulate you: Your book "Shades of Grey" was chosen most often by the readers and therefore made it to the shortlist in the category "Fantasy". In each category there are now 35 books for choice. Since today you can see the shortlist at this website: Leserpreis Website Now the important phase starts. Here readers can vote for their favourite books until 27 November 2011. On Monday 28th November 2011 the Leserpreis in Gold, Silver and Bronze will be awarded. If you like to call your reader's attention to your nomination and the voting, please link to this website. | ||
| 15th Nov 2011 Song of the Quarkbeast Sleuthing Competition Extended until January due to many people getting their copies for Christmas, and not being able to enter. The competition now closes on the 30th January 2012
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| New Picture of the Week 15th November 2011  Winter beach amblers, Ventimiglia, Italy, February 2011 Olympus OM2, Kodak T-Max 400, 50mm For more POTW, go to Picture of the Week Index. | ||
| New Picture of the Week 15th November 2011  Lost cat sign and neatly discarded paper cup, London, 2006 Contax G2, 35mm lens For more POTW, go to Picture of the Week Index. | ||
 10th Nov 2011  The Song of the Quarkbeast - now for sale Published today, November 10th 2011, The Song of the Quarkbeast. For more details, have a look HERE. If you want to order, try your local bookshop or Amazon or Waterstones. | ||
| New Picture of the Week 2nd November 2011  Playing Scrabble with Maddy. I'm having a bit of trouble, and on this occasion, got thrashed. Olympus OM2SP, 400TMax, Christmas 2010 For more POTW, go to Picture of the Week Index. | ||
| New Picture of the Week 28th Oct 2011  My entry to the 'Grand Fromage de Photographie' competition at Cannes, 2007. Nikon F3, 105mm, Fuji Transparency For more POTW, go to Picture of the Week Index. | ||
| 12th Oct 2011 ++ News on the latest book. Despite assurances that I was working on a 'Super-Secret-Standalone' book to be published in Spring 2012, it now looks set to be TN7: Dark Reading Matter. This is due to the lack of time available to work on a new book, and properly develop the new characters, settings and tone. TN7 will be in draft form by December 2011, probably for publication in May 2012. DS-3, The Return of Shandar is still slated to be written in the first six months of 2012, with publication in November 2012. My standalone will thus be pushed back to being written in the latter part of 2012, with publication in 2013. This two book a year thing can be quite frustrating, especially with a new baby and the house being rebuilt, but we should be back on track soon. ++ | ||
| New Picture of the Week 11th Oct 2011  At the RAF reserve collection in Stafford, they have a whole host of bizarre items that are currently not on display at either Cosford or Hendon. We were shown around the hangar by the highly committed and encyclopedic curators, and saw not only T E Lawrence's rosary, Douglas Bader's 2nd best leg, but the singed pennant from the back of the R101. There was furniture, too - Goering's dining room chairs, and this is Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris' desk, from which he conducted the aerial bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the latter part of the war. And there it is, looking worn and chipped, untidly sitting on a pallette. Kind of surreal. Oh, and in case you're interested, Goering's taste in dining room furniture tended towards the grand. For more POTW, go to Picture of the Week Index. | ||
| New Picture of the Week 5th Oct 2011  On the Begwyns, Dec 2005. Low sun on an evening trot around the lake on the Begwyns, not far from us. Those dead trees have almost all disappered now, but the sky remains as glowery as ever. Fuji GS645W, with .6ND graduated filter held in place with fingers. For more POTW, go to Picture of the Week Index. | ||
| New Picture of the Week 3rd Oct 2011  Penguin pool, London Zoo, August 2011. The gorgeously realised concrete double-helixed cantilever penguin enclosure designed in the late thirties and wholly unsuited for Penguins. The rather lovely Casson Elephant House is the same - fantastic piece of design that won prizes, plaudits, and fame for Sir Hugh Casson. Absolutely no bloody good for elephants. Both protected buildings. The penguin pool is a fountain feature, the elephant house for smaller animals more suited to it - like wild pig, and humans fond of architectural design. For more POTW, go to Picture of the Week Index. | ||
| New Picture of the Week 30th Sept 2011  | ||
| 28th Sept 2011  Czech TN2 - Thursday kicks butt Published in the Czech Republic and available NOW - Ztracena V dobre Knize, or, if you prefer, Lost in a Good Book. You can order it HERE. I have two copies to give away, so please go to my Czech TN2 Giveaway Competition Page | ||
| 8th Sept 2011  Paperback edition of Last Dragonslayer - out soon! Published on the 15th September 2011, the paperback edition of The Last Dragonslayer. More about this book can be found at My DS-1 mini site and if you want to pre-order, you could try Amazon or Waterstone's. There is a COMPETITION, too, where you can win FREE copies! Go to my competition page or directly to the DS1 'Find a rhyme' competition. | ||
| 8th Sept 2011  German Language edition of 'Shades of Grey' - Grau Published September 2011, the German Language edition of Shades of Grey, known as 'Grau. This is published by Eichborn rather than DTV who do my Thursday Books. You can buy this from all good booksellers in Germany, or order it online at Amazon.de. There is a COMPETITION, too, where you can win FREE copies! Go to my competition page or directly to the German Shades of Grey Grau competition. | ||
| 8th Sept 2011 You saw it here first: Cover design of The Song of the Quarkbeast Published in November 2011, The Song of the Quarkbeast. For more details, have a look HERE. If you want to pre-order, try your local bookshop or Amazon or Waterstones. | ||
| 4th July 2011  The Italian edition of The Last Dragon This is the first published foreign language edition of The Last Dragonslayer anywhere, and I have been given two copies by my Italian publishers Mondadori, one of which I am giving away. For more details, please go to my Pasta Picture Competition If you want to know more this edition, please go to the Mondadori Website. | ||
| 4th July 2011  One of the entries to my Flipback Competition The results to my 'Win a Flipback' competition are in! Please mouse your way to Flipback competition page to see the results.. If you want to know more about Flipbacks which are launched on the 30th June, go to the Flipback Website where, amongst other things, you can download the Launch Brochure. | ||
| 18th June 2011  The 'Flipback' edition of Shades of Grey Flipback books are a new publishing idea - compact books (5" by 3") you can really fit into a pocket to take anywhere. They need no batteries, and no WiFi connection - staggering! For the first crop of Flipbacks published by Hodder, they have selected some of the best books from the finest writers ... and me. I've been sent two, so I am keeping one and offering the other as a glittering (yet diminutive) prize for the winner of the latest Fforde competition If you want to know more about Flipbacks which are launched on the 30th June, go to the Flipback Website where, amongst other things, you can download the Launch Brochure. | ||
| For older Fforde News Flashes please go to my Fforde News Fflash Archive pages. |
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