Archive | February, 2010

SBT Launch Event

18 February 2010

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As promised, here are some more snaps from my Invisible Fiends launch event at the Scottish Book Trust in Edinburgh. A big thanks to Chris Newton at SBT for sending me the photos.

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Happy (belated) Birthday, blog!

16 February 2010

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I realised this morning that BarryHutchison.com was born exactly two years yesterday. On 15th February 2008 I was on a train, heading to Glasgow, where I was due to meet up with Kathryn Ross, who I hoped would become my agent. We spoke about the work I had been doing for Egmont, about some ideas [...]

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Launch events & a new review

13 February 2010

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Well, despite the mild panic demonstrated in my last video blog, I’m happy to report that the launch events for Mr Mumbles went brilliantly. There were four events – two around the Glasgow area, and another two in and around Edinburgh. On Tuesday I visited St Bernard’s Primary in Glasgow, where I spoke to the [...]

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Video Blog #6

8 February 2010

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Some random thoughts on the night before the Mr Mumbles launch events.

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Free book giveaway competition

8 February 2010

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Just getting organised for my two days of launch events, but just realised I’d forgotten to let everyone know that you could win one of fifty copies of Invisible Fiends: Mr Mumbles just by being my friend on Bebo. All you have to do is zoom over to Bebo.com/invisible_fiends and add me as a friend. [...]

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Reviews and launch events

7 February 2010

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First up, two outstanding reviews of Mr Mumbles have appeared online. You can view them here and here. I haven’t stopped smiling since I read them. This coming week is going to be a biggie. Tomorrow I hop on a train to Glasgow, ready for two events I’m running in schools on Tuesday. Once those [...]

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Your letters

6 February 2010

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Just a quick post to say a big THANK YOU to all those who are reading, or have read Mr Mumbles and have sent me emails about it. I love hearing what you thought of the book, so please do keep ‘em coming. While I may not be able to reply right away, I make [...]

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Publication Day video blog

4 February 2010

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It’s a new video blog. Will wonders never cease?!

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Publication day!

4 February 2010

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It’s finally here! Today, February 4th 2010, is the official publication day for Invisible Fiends: Mr Mumbles. Back when I started this blog – 4 days short of 2 years ago – I had no idea if the series was ever going to be published. I wrote the first post sitting on a train, on [...]

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My first proper fan mail!

3 February 2010

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I have just replied to my first piece of fan mail. How insane is that?! The email came from a lovely woman called Sandra Markovic in Germany, who is currently reading the German edition of the book. It’s a fantastic feeling – if a very strange one – that someone in another country is reading [...]

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