It’s true. I received a boxful of books today. The book comes out next week. Two weeks later in the U.S. A few weeks after that in other parts of the world. Something special is happening in Australia; more on that later. And now that I have a box of books, and dates are set […]
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Book Launch, Appearances and Readings
Here we go. I will add to this as new dates/events warrant. 2015 SEPTEMBER 11, MONTREAL: Lancement de traduction Attends-Moi 17h Café L’Ecarté, 2525 de Rouen There will be more. For sure. And I’ll keep posting them here.
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Montreal Book Launch
Is all set. Here’s the post from Drawn & Quarterly. More cities/dates will be announced soonish. And away we go!
The Real Book Trailer for Waiting for the Man
With special thanks to Jason Camlot for the music, and editing work by Aras Bukauskis. So there is the Slideshare version and now there’s this. Oh publicity! And there’s this. Same thing. On Vimeo. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE EVERYWHERE! Waiting for the Man from Arjun Basu on Vimeo.
Waiting for the Man on the Radio
No. That’s not a new hip band from Brooklyn. They talked about Waiting for the Man on CBC Ottawa’s All in a Day show. Saying some amazingly nice things. And one giant whopper: I DO NOT have 1,000,000 followers on Twitter. Not even close. Here’s the show. I’m the first book (lasts a little under […]
A Playlist for Waiting for the Man
Because, yes, in a novel kind of named after a song, each chapter is also, um, named after a song. And I made a playlist. Note that you will not discern meaning out of this playlist, or discover hidden messages in the juxtaposition of songs and/or styles. No. I chose these songs because the titles […]
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Also tagged ABBA, AC/DC, Ace of Base, Aerosmith, Al Green, B*Witched, Big Country, Boards of Canada, Broken Bells, China Crisis, David Bowie, Ella Fitzgerald, Franz Ferdinand, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Gorrilaz, Grandmaster Flash, Grooveshark, James Brown, John Denver, Lou Reed, Luba, Madonna, music, My Chemical Romance, Nina Simone, Paul Anka, playlist, Roger Waters, Roxy Music, Sleater-Kinney, Stone Temple Pilots, T. Mills, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dirty Heads, The Feelies, The National, The Smiths, Tom Waits, Velvet Underground, Willie Nelson
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And Now You Can Pre-Order Kindle Editions…
…of Waiting for the Man. At all regular Amazon outlets. US Canada UK Australia Germany You get the idea. More e-versions as they become available. Also, if you purchase the print version of the book, wherever you happen to be, you can receive an e-version of the book for free. (The print book can be […]
Flappin Flap Flaps
And on and on we go. The front flap is thus. An excerpt and a quick summary. The back flap is the standard author photo and bio. The back cover is blurbville. And then, you know, the spine, etc. This thing is almost done. The product. It’s going to go to a factory and become […]
Waiting for the Man Giveaway!
You can enter to win a copy of an ARC (advance reader copy) of my upcoming novel over at Goodreads. How fun is that? The contest is open December 4 to January 4 and is open to residents of the US and Canada (sorry everyone else in the world… for real). So go for it! […]
