I'll be at Coolidge Corners in Brookline tonight and tomorrow - stop by
We'll be screening Billy The Kid in Boston, and director Jenniffer Venditti and I will be discussing the film. We're doing this with our friends at the Asperger Association of New England.
Q&A is set up for after the 4:45PM 7:15PM and 9:30PM shows on both Friday and Saturday
Also . . .
I'm a finalist for the Books for a Better Life award, given out February 25 in New York City. I'll be attending the award ceremony and you're welcome to join me.
And in other news . . .
Look Me in the Eye has found an Indonesian publisher. Look for my book there in 2009. I'll also have editions for China, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy next year, plus the foreign editions that appear this summer.
Look Me in the Eye's British edition is on sale in just two more weeks.
And there's a separate mention for Australia, where I'm hanging on to #6 on Random House's non-fiction bestseller list, four months after publication
NON-FICTION TOP TEN
CHILDREN'S TOP TEN
1.
ERIC CLAPTON: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Eric Clapton
2.
THE GOD DELUSION by Richard Dawkins
3.
LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID by Bill Bryson
4.
THE 4- HOUR WORK WEEK by Timothy Feriss
5.
SALVATION CREEK by Susan Duncan
6.
LOOK ME IN THE EYE: MY LIFE WITH ASPERGER'S by John Elder Robison
7.
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING by Bill Bryson
8.
DOWN UNDER by Bill Bryson
9.
AWW: KITCHEN by Women's Weekly Australian
10.
TAKE 5 INGREDIENTS by 5 Magazine Take
And for all who complain about the cost of books in America . . . my Australian edition costs $35 (Aus) in paperback, which is $31 (US) at current exchange rates. And that's typical for books like mine. Despite that, Australia has more avid readers as a percentage of population than the USA and many other countries.
Q&A is set up for after the 4:45PM 7:15PM and 9:30PM shows on both Friday and Saturday
Also . . .
I'm a finalist for the Books for a Better Life award, given out February 25 in New York City. I'll be attending the award ceremony and you're welcome to join me.
And in other news . . .
Look Me in the Eye has found an Indonesian publisher. Look for my book there in 2009. I'll also have editions for China, Brazil, Portugal, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy next year, plus the foreign editions that appear this summer.
Look Me in the Eye's British edition is on sale in just two more weeks.
And there's a separate mention for Australia, where I'm hanging on to #6 on Random House's non-fiction bestseller list, four months after publication
NON-FICTION TOP TEN
CHILDREN'S TOP TEN
1.
ERIC CLAPTON: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Eric Clapton
2.
THE GOD DELUSION by Richard Dawkins
3.
LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID by Bill Bryson
4.
THE 4- HOUR WORK WEEK by Timothy Feriss
5.
SALVATION CREEK by Susan Duncan
6.
LOOK ME IN THE EYE: MY LIFE WITH ASPERGER'S by John Elder Robison
7.
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING by Bill Bryson
8.
DOWN UNDER by Bill Bryson
9.
AWW: KITCHEN by Women's Weekly Australian
10.
TAKE 5 INGREDIENTS by 5 Magazine Take
And for all who complain about the cost of books in America . . . my Australian edition costs $35 (Aus) in paperback, which is $31 (US) at current exchange rates. And that's typical for books like mine. Despite that, Australia has more avid readers as a percentage of population than the USA and many other countries.
Comments
CONGRATULATIONS on being a finalist for the Books for a Better Life award.
What I meant was this: Books in general cost more in Australia, yet a higher percentage of the popluation reads them. Why?
And thanks, Dana, for your support too
;)
They grow 'em smart down under.
These are important areas to open discussions for topics such as Aspergers.
Hopefully you'll be touring down under!!
:-)
I loved your book. I have an Aspie 4 1/2 year old daughter and she has made my life much better indeed.
Thanks for writing your book and being such an inspiration to others. And thanks for writing your blog, too.
I'm hoping that the public libraries will put your book on their "to buy" lists. If mine hasn't, I'll be sure to donate mine.
By the way, over on my blog, MelanieO. has written about the frustrations of trying to raise and find services for an adult son with mental illness.
Regarding the cost of books in Australia. That's why I'm a fan of Uncle Jeff Bezos. Long live the good ship Amazon.com and all who sail on her. Also Amazon is where I can cirumvent the Scientology imposed non-stocking of Tom Cruises unauthorised biography.