There is no word on a revised release date for the audio book.
The unexpected death of Sir Laurence Olivier on July 11, 24 years ago, has delayed the release of the audio version of What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World. The audio book, which, according to Amazon, was slated for release on July 16, 2013, would probably have been read by Lord Olivier in the same voice he used for Richard III. Upon learning of Sir Larry’s death (those of us who knew of him felt privileged to call him Larry) the producers of the audio book scrambled to secure the services of the real Richard III, who had been found in a British car park earlier this year, thereby setting themselves up for yet another disappointment.
There is no word on a revised release date for the audio book.
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My first book-signing will forever be my best book-signing, because of the unexpected turn out of friends, family, and former co-workers. Thank you all for being there. It meant a lot to me.
Since Thursday’s book signing at the Carle Place Barnes & Noble is for kids, and I tend to tower over most kids, and they insist on invading my personal space and looking up, I’ve adjusted my nose-hair clippers to the machete setting and spent a productive hour grooming myself. No point in me grossing them out. I’ve got a book to do that. (The results of the grooming, possibly mixed with a little alpaca wool, will make a nice sweater.)
(The last time I was in New Zealand, I was lost for two weeks in the Waitomo Glow Worm Cave. The glow worms kept banding together to create fake EXIT signs and I kept cracking my head against the walls. This was almost as bad as going to the Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and discovering it wasn't a restaurant.)
Jeremy Holmes has kindly sent me original art from What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World, to celebrate the book's publication this week! It's the illustration from the beginning of Chapter Four, GORLAB vs. Alecto, and shows the creepy mailbox in the creepy gatepost of the creepy Underhill mansion. This is the kind of art that speaks to me, and it demonstrates Jeremy's terrific talent. Or possibly my psychiatrist's utter incompetence. No, no, the voices are perfectly normal. Except for the one that sounds like Yosemite Sam on helium. Where was I? The artwork. It's wonderful.
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Henry ClarkPictured here on the day he sold What We Found in the Sofa. His mood is cautiously optimistic. Archives
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