Eoin talks to Newsweek’s Karen Springen about Airman, influences and the future of Artemis Fowl.
Archive for January, 2008
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“For Conor Broekhart, the only way out… is up…”
The words are still dancing in my ears after hearing the enthusiastic Eoin Colfer spin them into a story named “Airman”. Yr 6 were ecstatic to be part of this brilliant book’s launch. We barged excitedly into the spacey hanger of the Duxford Air Museum, ready for an incredible day of “Airman” adventures. The museums huge collection of planes and helicopters transfixed our amazed faces. We were so excited we couldn’t stop talking! I felt like I was bubbling all over with anticipation and amazement so much that when we sat down in a stuffy, crowded talk room I couldn’t stop quivering!
Amanda Craig of The Times reviews Airman: I could almost hear 11-year-old boys retching into their school-bags over this account of a mere boy brilliant at fencing, a budding inventor, adored by pretty Princess Isabella and made a knight. Mercifully, though, everything in Conor’s charmed life goes wrong. Save your book tokens and fasten your seat-belts, because in Chapter 4 Airman takes off into a blast of a tale. Read the full review.
Check the calendar for Eoin’s February UK tour dates. Tickets are required for some events and in all cases please confirm the event with the venue before travelling. Eoin’s UK Tour Dates
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Event: Eoin Colfer flies vintage Tiger Moth and officially launches his new book for children Airman (published by Puffin Books 4th January 08), speaking to two hundred local school children about Airman followed by a book signing.
Venue: Duxford Imperial War Museum, Cambridge, CB22 4QR
Date: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Time: 10.30am
Eoin Colfer is one of the UK’s best-selling children’s authors. Best known for his phenomenally successful Artemis Fowl series, dubbed ‘Die Hard with Fairies’, his UK sales top 2.7 million copies and over 9 million copies worldwide. He is ranked alongside Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson and Anthony Horowitz as one of the UK’s most popular and best-selling authors. Eoin’s books are published in 41 countries, including the US where they regularly top the New York Times bestseller charts and his explosive blend of action, comedy and fast-paced adventure has won the former primary school teacher millions of adoring fans the world over.
Airman is Eoin’s most recent novel and is a story of high adventure, romance and betrayal set in the 1880s at the time of the invention of flight. When Airman’s hero, Conor Broekhart, suffers the darkest of betrayals and finds himself incarcerated on the island of Great Saltee, he must win the race for flight to save his family and right a terrible wrong. A swashbuckling Count of Monte Cristo style adventure, Airman is a complete departure for Eoin who has previously written hi-tech, futuristic adventures best described as Hans Christian Anderson meets Miami Vice.
Airman is one of Amazon’s “Deal of the Week” offers and is being sold with a 55% discount for one week only. So you can get it for the bargain price of £4.95!
Eoin launches Airman from the comfort of a Tiger Moth vintage aircraft at Duxford Imperial War Museum.
Airman is a good old-fashioned romp: swashbuckling high adventure in the mould of Kidnapped or The Count of Monte Cristo, packed with derring-do and gallant deeds, with no toilet humour or postmodern japery whatsoever. And it’s his strongest work yet.Read the Guardian review by SF Said
Eoin will be doing a tour of the USA from the 10th of January. So if you live in or near New York, Dallas, Skokie, Seattle, Alameda, Petaluma, San Jose, St. Louis, Houston or Dallas you can meet the man himself.
Check out the calendar page for full details.
In all cases please make sure to contact the venue in advance to confirm the event prior to travelling.
