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NEWS ARCHIVES 2007
OCTOBER 2007
Munich
Good news awaited me on my visit to Munich, Germany for a meeting with
my agent Ms Franka Zastrow and my editor at the German publishers
Droemer Knaur, Ms Christine Steffen-Reimann.
The German hard-back edition of In Search of Africa was featured on the
cover of Weltbild - a very large chain of book stores. You don't get
better publicitiy than that! This is one of the main reasons we are
enjoying such excellent sales in Germany so far.
SEPTEMBER 2007
The autumn weather in the university town
of Oxford was
perfect when I visited the Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies
at Rhodes House.
I spent a week in Oxford researching my next book, "The Last
Maasai Warrior" which will continue to explore the fascinating life of the Maasai
of East Africa.
JULY 2007
Speaking engagements in July included an address to a book reader's
group at the Mitchell Wing in the State Library of New South Wales and
an after-dinner engagement at the annual Officer's Mess dinner at HMAS
Waterhen on Sydney's north shore.
MAY 2007
Busy, busy
It's been a busy month.
Following up on very healthy sales figures in April, Roar of the Lion
rose to number 11 on Bookscan's best sellers list in May, making for a
busy round of radio interviews, literary events and press releases.
A highlight was an hour with Richard Margetson in the Guestroom (ABC Radio 891)
German Edition of In Search of Africa
My German publisher, Droemer, has once again licensed book club rights
to Weltbild for a hardcover premiere edition of In Search of Africa to
be released before their own trade paperback edition comes out.
APRIL 2007
Roaring Ahead
The launch of Roar of the Lion got off to a great start with free samplers handed out in the CBD areas of Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne shortly before Easter.
After just two weeks Roar of the Lion has roared up the best-seller's list to lucky number thirteen - even against heavy competition such as Wilbur Smith's latest.
| Emma and Alexus of Results Media handing out samplers of Roar of the Lion outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne: |
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| Here's Angela and Ruby distributing the Roar of the Lion Book Samplers in Brisbane on Thursday 5th April |
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| Elise and Genevieve in Pitt Street Mall, Sydney |
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Tears keeps coming
The third German edition of Tears of the Maasai landed in my mail box last week. That brings the tally to twelve editions of Tears of the Maasai in all.
Sales in Germany have simply soared.
Tanzania was a German colony many years ago which is probably one of the reasons they have such a passion for Africa. The other reason is that the Kenyan Indian Ocean coast has many delightful beach holiday resorts. There is always a strong German contingent in any of the resorts I have visited.
Beyond Mombasa in German
A few days after receiving my German copy of Tears of the Maasai, the hard copy German translation of Beyond Mombasa arrived.
It's very gratifying to find a readership in another country.
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