The big news- the news we announced at Balticon- is now out there.
Coming in summer 2011 the project Tee Morris and I wrote and talked about many, many times whose working title is Books and Braun, will be published by Eos Books.
Diana Gil will be working with us to whip this steampunk romp into taunt, terrific shape, and both of us are very excited about that. Eos is an imprint of HarperCollins, so you will be able to find this book on your shelves. This is a two book deal, so the title of the book will most likely be the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Phoenix Rising.
The second book is being written, and once again I am having a blast being in this universe. These characters have snappy dialogue, fabulous fashion and tend to make things go BOOM!
There will be a complimentary short story podcast planned- where many backstory threads will be explored- including why exactly Eliza got exiled from New Zealand, and what sort of childhood made Wellington into an Archivist.
Keep an eye on the website ministryofpeculiaroccurrences.com where these things will appear, and an introduction to the Ministry and its Agents can be found.
Eliza and Welly are also continuing their sparring on Twitter- and also sharing a daily news story in the world of steampunk. Follow them on BooksandBraun
This is big news- especially after my recent move of leaving my librarian day job, and to say this is a thrill is an understatement. As Super Agent Laurie McLean says so often ‘ONWARD!’
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Fantastic news!
First Geist, and now this. how wonderful to be able to walk into my local bookstore, and find these on the shelves. Of course reading regular print books is very difficult because of my poor vision, but maybe there’s a chance for an audio book? Even so, I do love my dead tree versions.
Anyway, I’m very happy for you. I’ve greatly enjoyed the podcasts of Chasing the Bard, and Weather Child, and look forward to finishing Digital Magic.
I am sooooo proud of you Pip (oh and Tee) for getting your book deal! Keep following your dreams my dear friend, there a good things ahead for you! Arohanui, Cath
Brilliant news. Of course I knew you could pull it off…
I can’t wait to see the new books in print! Congratulations!
Yay, Print book deals! Hopefully they will all sell out multiple editions.
I’m sure it’ll be a jolly good read.
Congratulations! This is VERY big news; you must be so excited! I just discovered you and Tee this year, and I’ve been having a blast listening to your work. Congratulations once again from all your fans in Canada!