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BLOG TOUR 2, THE CALAMITOUS QUEEN |
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Between late May and July 2011 Ian is blog touring for The Calamitous Queen, the fourth and final book of his humorous fantasy series for younger readers (and older ones still young at heart), Grim and Grimmer. It's published by Scholastic Australia, http://www.scholastic.com.au/ and http://onyabus.blogspot.com/ and you can read the first chapters here, calamitousqueen_ch1.html.
Emajicka is marching on Grimmery with an army of a million Fey. Can things possibly get worse?
Yes, they can, for Ike is all alone. Mellie has gone, attempting to pull off the perfect crime. Lord Monty is at war with his reattached head. The beautiful sprite Mothooliel wants to steal Ike's eyeballs, and Grogire the firewyrm plans to kill him in the most disgusting way.
Can Pook and Ike free the Collected children? Will Ike discover the secret of the Gate Guardians and clear his parents' names in time to save Grimmery? Or will Spleen and Nuckl finally feast on Ike's innards?
Brace yourselves for a wild ride.
- "Fast and furious and very funny." Reading Time
- "The funniest horror story you'll read in a long while." Good Reading
- "Very funny, as well as dangerous, gory and grotty." Aussiereviews.com
- "Funny and fast paced. Recommended." Bookseller and Publisher.
- "The fun explodes off every page." Richard Harland, international bestselling author of Worldshaker. www.richardharland.net
- "A wonderful tale. Delightfully dark and delicious." Jacq Ellem, www.hittheroadjacq.com
- "I gasped and laughed my way through these three books." Dee White, Kids' Book Capers.
http://fablecroft.com.au/miscellaneous/guest-blog-ian-irvine-writing-for-children-and-young-adults
http://ripping-ozzie-reads.com/2011/07/30/ian-irvines-adventures-using-facebook/
| DATE | HOST BLOG | URL | TOPIC |
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| May 27, 2011 | Gabrielle Wang's Blog | http://www.gabriellewang.com/archives/how-writers-work-ian-irvine-guest-post/#more-4295 | How writers work |
| May 30, 2011 | Onyabus, Omnibus Books | http://onyabus.blogspot.com/ | Interview |
| June 6, 2011 | Ian Irvine | http://bloggingwithianirvine.blogspot.com/ | Introducing the Calamitous Queen blog tour |
| June 7, 2011 | Nords Wharf Public School | http://bloggingwithianirvine.blogspot.com/ | Questions from students |
| June 8, 2011 | Susan Stephenson, The Book Chook | http://www.thebookchook.com | Literacy and writing |
| June 9, 2011 | Catriona Hoy | http://catrionahoy.blogspot.com/ | Humour and writing |
| June 10, 2011 | Kid's Book Capers – Dee White | http://content.boomerangbooks.com.au/kids-book-capers-blog/ | Review of book and interview |
| June 11, 2011 | Sally Murphy | http://www.sallymurphy.blogspot.com | The exciting (or otherwise) life of a writer |
| June 12, 2001 | Claire Saxby | http://www.letshavewords.blogspot.com | FFF(fun, fantasy, fiction): mix and stire (or how it all comes together) |
| June 13, 2011 | Alison Reynolds | http://www.alisonreynolds.com.au/ | Why Ian wrote this book |
| June 14, 2011 | Dee White (deescribewriting blog)Tuesday Writing Tips | http://deescribewriting.wordpress.com | Tips on how to finish a series |
| June 15, 2011 | St Joseph's Primary School | http://stjyear52011.blogspot.com | Questions from students |
| June 16, 2011 | Sheryl Gwyther | http://sherylgwyther4kids.wordpress.com | The 10 Best Things about writing 'Grim and Grimmer' + Things that Almost Drove You Nuts! |
| June 17, 2011 | Braemar College, Christine Wilson |
http://cawilsontl.edublogs.org/virtural-blog-tour/ | Questions from students |
| June 18, 2011 | Writing Children's Books with Robyn Opie | http://www.robynopie.blogspot.com | The How-to's of Writing a Series |
| June 19, 2011 | Angela Sunde | http://angelasunde.blogspot.com/ | Where Ian's ideas for the series came from and how he knew there would be four books in it |