Painting It Red: AU/NZ Launch of “The Heir of Night” Thursday 7
Last week my world turned blue for the USA launch of The Heir of Night (the blue cover version) but this week I’m “painting it red” for the red cover launch of Heir into Australia and New Zealand.
So again I’m celebratin’, right here on the blog and Downunder style with a mix of jandals, eskis and … No, I mean GIVEAWAYS!
As part of the celebrations, I’ll also be launching a series of guest posts by fellow F-SF authors, either from Australia/New Zealand or with a connection to Australia/New Zealand, on the topic of why F-SF rocks their world. (Pause for wild cheers—but definitely check back Wednesday for more on this!)
Oh, the GIVEAWAYS, I hear you cry! You want to know what they are? OK here goes:
1. Firstly, my AU/NZ publisher Orbit has put up a fantastic gift set of 5 books:
The Heir of Night (of course!)—plus books from 4 other Orbit authors
Death Most Definite – Trent Jamieson
Feed – Mira Grant
Soulless – Gail Carriger
Surface Detail – Iain M. Banks
2. Secondly, there are 3 xย Helen Lowe gift sets of:
The Heir of Night
Thornspell
3. As well as Heir of Night (red cover) posters and signed bookplates (designed by Peter Fitzpatrick who drew The Wall of Night series map featured in Heir) to giveaway
4. AND—Last But Not Least—enter the draw to give your name to a character in The Wall of Night, Book Two (Note: this comeptiton may run through the guest series, but I’ll confirm that on Thursday. Otherwise—)
All you have to do to be up for a giveaway or enter the name competition is post a comment on my blog on Thursday 7 (that’s Wednesday 6 for Northern Hemisphere folk)—Australia/New Zealand launch day!
I’m looking forward to seeing you there.
It’s a good thing i’m checking your blog today as I ha it firmly planted in my head the launch of the Australian version was this friday.
I’ll be here on thursday!
These time zones can definitely be tricky, I find—but I’ll look forward to seeing you Thursday 7. ๐
Wow! Can’t wait to read these books. Always love new epic fantasies. ๐
Epic is first, best and greatest—unless of course, it’s another fabulous FSF genre! May you enjoy The Heir of Night!
What a fantastic give away set, I can’t wait to receive The Heir of Night from Orbit in the coming days… To win the rest would be most excellent with my upcoming knee reconstruction.
Knee reconstrcution: oh, no! But Sam, you need to post on today’s blog, 7 October, to be in to win the giveaways … just “hi again” will do and I’ll post it!
Hi Helen,
I am a fan of fantasies myself but my girlfriend is a huge fan of yours, would love to be able to give her one of your books as a surprise present.
Hi JasonJ—now I am intrigued, trying to work out who your girlfriend is! ๐ But thanks for posting!
I hope that I’m still on time. Your books sound really interesting and I’m attracted to the glorious redness of the cover.
I have to bow out of the first prize though – I own three of the five books (Soulless, Feed, Surface Detail) and I want others to enjoy them as much as I did.
I am absorbed with nanowrimo at the moment but will still be rushing out on pay day to buy this book.
Perhaps a reward for completing Nanwrimo?
Cool, this is so unbelieveable, I’ve just finished work, got onto Orbit via Facebook and what do I find a new (well new to me) author to read. This is so cool. Met some of the Orbit staff at Aussiecon 4 and got home to discover I had some of the books they’ve published without even realising it so now I’m looking at other authors to read so hope you don’t mind me writing here as I’d like to be the first one to write here on Thursday 07 October and wish everyone “top of the morning to you all”.
I’m a day late. That’s what shift work does to you LOL.
Julia, How could I possiibly mind … ๐ Thank you for your wonderful comment.
We had a member reccomend Mira Grant’s Feed at our book club tonight. This is a wonderful competition! I am so used to competitions being open to Americans only. I kind of feel like doing an aussie aussie aussie chant lol
Perhaps it should be: ANZAC, ANZAC, ANZAC for Heir … ๐
I was thinking that when I wrote it LOL I just could’t think of a ANZAC cheer that we share LOL
Thank you for the short version* of your book, received it today and have yet to read it but looks good ๐
*Had a mental blank of what to put in but thanks ๐