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Tag-Archive for ◊ Blue Skies ◊

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• Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

German publishing house Blanvalet (a division of Random House) has now published translations of Fleur’s Red Dust (as Wilder Eukalyptus), and Bronwyn’s As Darkness Falls (Schwarze Dornen), with Fleur’s second book, translated as Unter den Sternen des Südens, due out in February next year.

Bronwyn Parry - Schwarze Dornen

Aren’t those covers wonderful? They’re very different to the Australian editions, but just as eye-catching!

The Blanvalet website is great, and includes previews of the first chapters of each book for download. The relevant links are:

Wilder Eukalyptus (translated by Claudia Geng) – Download Leseprobe

Unter den Sternen des Südens (translated by Claudia Geng) – preview not yet available, but check the Blanvalet book page later in the year

Schwarze Dornen (translated by Carsten Mayer) – Download Leseprobe

So, a big welcome to our German readers, and huge thanks to Claudia Geng and Carsten Mayer, the awesome translators!

Fiona’s and Helene’s books aren’t yet available in translation, but we’ll let you know when they are.

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• Monday, April 19th, 2010

Readers in southern NSW will have a chance this month to meet Fleur McDonald, author of ‘Red Dust’ and the newly released ‘Blue Skies’, as she visits Wagga, Goulburn, and Dalgety:

  • On 27 April, from 1-2pm, Fleur will be signing Blue Skies at Book City in Wagga Wagga;
  • Also on 27 April, from 6.00 – 8.00pm, she will be giving a talk and signing Blue Skies at Angus & Robertson in Goulburn;
  • Then on 28 April, she’ll be giving a talk, signing and conducting a writing workshop at the Dalgety Women’s Day.

So, if you’re near one of those areas, do take the chance to say hello to Fleur and get your copy of Blue Skies signed :-) (I’ve read it, and can recommend it!) And Fleur, I hope you enjoy visiting this side of the country, and the southern bit of my state!