The Plan

A few years ago, my son Tom met Catherine Hamlin, a most remarkable Australian doctor working in Addis Ababa. He gave me a copy of her biography Hospital by the River, and I was deeply moved both by her work and the terrible suffering of the women she served.

I’d been writing Quid and Harmony for some time, and decided to complete the novel and dedicate all the proceeds to furthering her work... [read more]

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Two tons of books


Well, the truck arrived a day or two ago, weighed down by three pallets of books. 130 boxes of books, each containing 32. We unloaded them in a very manly fashion and they're now stowed safe and sound in the shed.

Now comes the daunting task of selling them, and it's really quite exciting. Always good to have an adventure. I'm sniffing round the internet seeking for any opportunities. I've written a spiel for the local paper. Sent off thingys to some schools. Spoken to the presidents of some local service clubs. And this weekend, if all goes well, Esther and I will toddle off to a community market in Brisbane, which will be lots of fun. (Not so sure about getting up at 4:30am, but hey. You're only young once.

14 comments:

Steve Isham said...

Whaoo . . . the adventure begins. :-)

Allan Smith said...

Hi Steve,

It's all quite exciting. I've just got a call from the local paper wanting to do a 'profile' on me. Sounds very impressive. Before you know it, I'll be more famous than Haris Pilton. Can't wait...

Steve Isham said...

Dear Mr Smith of the Pilton profile,
Your petrol money books were posted on Monday, but the post lady was skeptical about a Friday arrival. Here's hoping. :-)

Allan Smith said...

Hi Ish,

The books arrived safe and sound.

Have a look at this thread in a friend's forum. The first reader of the actual book has pronounced judgment...

http://europeforum.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=4871&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Cheers!

Steve Isham said...

How was your Saturday?

HowGreatADebtor said...

Hey, Allan! We drove, we listened, we enjoyed! The podcast is great--read as only the author could read it. I hope to put my thoughts together for a short review, but for now I will say that the book is deliciously delightful for fantasy-lovers.

In grace,
Colleen

BSJ-rom said...

Hey that's all fantastic. I'm going to have to get along to the launch. I'm looking forward to a good read.

Jerome

Michael said...

Hey there, glad to see it's finally arrived!

My sister can't wait to see it in it's final form. I haven't read any of the various stages of composition, so I'm holding out for it too.

See you there

Michael V

Jonny said...

I have only completed a couple of books since "the Pearl" in English class (1987) and not many of them were novels. But I will give this one a go, for a good cause and all that...

Anonymous said...

Thanks for nothing Allan. I'm already strugglinh to find time to wade through (in some sort of meaningful) a stack of philosophy papers for a research paper due far too soon. I deliberately avoided your launch for fear that it would provide too easy a diversion from what I ought to be doing. But alas, mother dear arrives home with not one, but TWO copies. Thoughful isn't she.

Q&H: Horribly engaging and poisonously distracting.

Tim Traill

Allan Smith said...

Hey Tim,

There's lots of philosophy in QandH as well. Seen this way, you can justify spending a few hours reading it. What's more, with all the misty-moisty weather, a glass or two of wine and a warm fire, what could be nicer?

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