A sneak peek …

Here’s a link to the US/Canadian cover for “The Dead In Their Vaulted Arches”:

http://flaviafanclub.ning.com/forum/topics/a-sneak-peek?xg_source=activity

“Speaking From Among the Bones” in the UK

Today, March 28th, is publication day in the UK for “Speaking From Among the Bones”, from Orion Books.
Collectors will note that this marks the first appearance, on the hardcover editions, of the new dust jacket designs which had formerly been seen only on the trade paperback and export editions.
Lovely, what?
Alan

Alan Bradley on “The Next Chapter” – CBC Radio

Flavia fans with 45 minutes on their hands might be interested in listening to this recent chat I had with CBC Radio’s Shelah Rogers.
We cover everything from nose-oil to the origins of Flavia de Luce. I hope it’s as much fun to listen to as it was to do.
Thanks to Shelagh – one of Flavia’s godmothers – for the opportunity to talk about my favourite things.
Alan

http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/nextchapter_20130325_40412.mp3

p.s. You can download and save this for later listening.

In which I talk to Canadian Living …

Years ago I taught myself to cook from the easy-to-follow instructions in Canadian Living Magazine, and still treasure a set of the CL cookbooks.

Which is why it was like meeting old friends again when I talked to Canadian Living recently about the Flavia mysteries. The article will appear in the February issue, but you can have a sneak peek here:

http://www.canadianliving.com/blogs/life/2013/01/05/saturday-afternoon-book-club-january-2013-speaking-from-among-the-bones/

Thanks to Austen Gilliland and Donna Paris for a chance to appear in those hallowed pages!

Alan

Flavia shortlisted for prestigious Der Leserpreis Award!

Flavia’s fans – and especially those in Germany – will be delighted to
hear that the audiobook version of the fourth Flavia novel, “Vorhang auf für eine Leiche”, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Der Leserpreis Award.

Der Leiserpreis has the largest audience of any book award in the German speaking area.

You may vote for Flavia, if you wish, at:

http://www.lovelybooks.de/leserpreis/2012/

Flavia in Croatia

For Flavia’s fans in Croatia, I will be signing books at the Ljevak Bookstore in Zagreb, at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12.
The bookshop is located in front of the Hotel Dubrovnik, in the main square.
Come out and say hello!
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For Flavia’s fans in Croatia, I will be signing books at the Ljevak Bookstore in Zagreb, at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12.
The bookshop is located in front of the Hotel Dubrovnik, in the main square.
Come out and say hello!

Flavia Books optioned by Sam Mendes for TV series

I’m more than ecstatic to share the news that the Flavia de Luce mysteries have been optioned by director Sam Mendes of Neal Street Productions.

Details can be read here in Variety:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118053847.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNews%7CLatestNews

More details as they become available.

Flavia shortlisted for an Arthur Ellis Award!

As a proud member of the Crime Writers of Canada, I’m thrilled to be able to announce that “I Am Half-Sick of Shadows” the fourth Flavia de Luce mystery, has been shortlisted for a prestigious Arthur Ellis Award.

The winners will be announced in Toronto on May 31st, 2012.

Here’s the complete list of nominees (some mighty big names here!):

Best Crime Novel
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny, St. Martin’s Press
Before the Poison by Peter Robinson, McClelland and Stewart
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley, Doubleday Canada
I’ll See you in My Dreams by William Deverell, McClelland and Stewart
The Guilty Plea by Robert Rotenberg, Simon&Schuster

Best First Novel
The Man Who Killed by Fraser Nixon, Douglas & McIntrye
The Survivor by Sean Slater, Simon&Schuster
The Water Rat of Wanchai by Ian Hamilton, House of Anansi Press Inc.
Tight Corner by Roger White, BPS Books
Watching Jeopardy by Norm Foster, XLibris

Best Crime Book in French
La chorale du diable by Martin Michaud, Les Editions Guélette
Pwazon by Diane Vincent, Editors Triptyque
Pour Ne Pas Mourir ce soir by Guillaume Lapierre-Desnoyers, Lévesque Éditeur

Best Juvenile or Young Adult Crime Book
Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones, Candlewick Press
Charlie’s Key by Rob Mills, Orca Book Publishers
Empire of Ruins by Arthur Slade, HarperCollins Publishers
Held by Edeet Ravel, Annick Press
Missing by Becky Citra, Orca Book Publishers

Best Crime Nonfiction
A Season in Hell by Robert Fowler, Harper Collins
Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art by Joshua Knelman, Douglas& McIntyre
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Steven Laffoley, Pottersfield
The Pirates of Somalia by Jay Bahader, Harper Collins
The Weasel: A Double Life in the Mob by Adrian Humphreys, Wiley

Best Crime Short Story
A New Pair of Pants by Jas. R. Petrin, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Beer Money by Shane Nelson, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
The Girl with the Golden Hair by Scott Mackay, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
The Perfect Mark by Melodie Campbell, Flash Fiction Magazine
What Kelly Did by Catherine Astolfo, North Word Magazine

Best Unpublished First Novel – “Unhanged Arthur”
Gunning for Bear by Madeleine Harris-Callway
Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe
Snake in the Snow by William Bonnell
The Rhymester by Valerie A. Drego
Too Far to Fall by Shane Sawyer

Wish us all luck!

“A Red Herring Without Mustard” nominated for Bloody Words Light Mystery Award

I couldn’t be happier to share the news that the third Flavia de Luce novel, “A Red Herring Without Mustard” has been shortlisted for the first-ever Bloody Words Light Mystery Award.

The award, whose winner is to be announced at the Bloody Words Mystery Conference, in Toronto, in June, 2012, is given for “a book that makes us smile”.

The complete list of nominees – a drumroll, if you please:

Janet Bolin, Dire Threads (Berkley Prime Crime)
Alan Bradley, A Red Herring without Mustard (Doubleday Canada)
Gloria Ferris, Cheat the Hangman (Imajin Books)
Mary Jane Maffini, The Busy Woman’s Guide to Murder (Berkley Prime Crime)
Phyllis Smallman, Champagne for Buzzards (McArthur & Company)

The Guest of Honour at the conference is to be Linwood Barclay, and the International Guest, Gayle Lynds.

More details at the Bloody Words webpage:

http://www.bloodywords2012.com/

9 Mysteries Every Thinking Woman Should Read – Flavia on Oprah?

Flavia on Oprah? You bet!

“The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag”, the third book in the Flavia de Luce series, has been named as one of “9 Mysteries Every Thinking Woman Should Read” on Oprah’s website.

Read about it here:

http://www.oprah.com/book/The-Weed-That-Strings-the-Hangmans-Bag-The-Flavia-de-Luce-Mysteries

Yaroo!