Eoin’s talks to Matthew Peterson for The Author Hour. The programme also features Sir Terry Pratchett, Jody Lynn Nye and Piers Anthony.
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“Author Eoin Colfer has picked up were Douglas Adams left off and has written the sixth book in the Hitchhikers series and joins Ryan Tubridy along with The Blizzards frontman Niall Breslin who has released a song called And Another Thing for the launch of the book which is also called And Another Thing (Penguin/Michael Joseph)”
from the Ryan Tubridy Show. RTE Radio 1. October 16, 2009.
An interview at Comic-Con with Eoin Colfer, bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series, about And Another Thing… the forthcoming sixth book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Video by Hyperion Books.
Eoin Colfer über Artemis Fowl
Eoin Colfer und Peter Lohmeyer nehmen alle Artemis-Fowl-Leser mit auf eine turbulente und spannende Reise durch einen Zeittunnel. Eine Veranstaltung im Theater für Kinder in Hamburg-Altona.
Big thanks to The Bookwitch and Charlie for sharing this excellent interview with us.
“Which thing do you love or hate the most about writing, and why?”
“I love being alone.” Very loud and disbelieving laughs. “No, it’s a great luxury for any person to have a couple of hours on their own, in their own office, to put on their own music. Like most Dads…, when you’re older and you’re a Dad Charlie, you will realise that you are the only person in the world that likes the music you like. For some reason when I put on good music in our house, that I paid for, everyone starts screaming that you’re an idiot. Even in the car now, as soon as I get in the car, my son is at the dial to change the radio station. So, when I’m in my office I can put on 1970s David Bowie,” loud laughs, “Led Zeppelin, and nobody says anything, and it’s fantastic. I’ve downloaded all my old CDs to iTunes and I just sit there and I listen to this music. It’s a huge luxury to do that, which most people do not have. When you’ve got kids you do not have two hours in the day to have your music going as you work, so I appreciate that. It’s really nice.
What I hate about it is, erm, I don’t think I hate anything about it. I don’t like the time when you send in a book and you’re waiting for your editor to get back to you, because you don’t know if it’s any good. You’ve been in your room for a year and a half and you’re too close to it. You’ve re-read it a hundred times, and you’ve forgotten what excited you about it, and what were the funny bits, and so you’re waiting for two weeks for the phone call from the editor. Luckily so far it’s been pretty good. I’ve had two editors killed.” Very loud laughs. “Only in my mind.” More laughing. “They’re still alive.”
Read the full interview here:
Eoin posts a video response to a range of questions posted by AFC members. Hear more about Eoin’s reactions to the Hitchhikers sequel and much more including the next Artemis Fowl book and a possible Airman movie. Nice one Matt!
Matt over at AFC has kindly sent us the link to the exclusive interview he conducted with Eoin towards the end of the UK tour. So celebrate Artemis’ birthday by popping over to AFC for an interview no fan can afford to miss!
Here’s a link from a couple of months ago when Eoin and some other author’s were interviewed at the Hay Festival.
“The mere fact that author Eoin Colfer is on a national book tour called the Fairies, Fiends & Flatulence tour should tell you something. What exactly can be left up to you, but please take away from the name that he writes in the realm of the fantastic — with plenty of funny thrown in. Colfer, who lives in Ireland with his wife and two sons, recently released Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox, the sixth book in his best-selling series about a super-genius boy who happens to be a criminal mastermind. He’s announced that it will be his last Artemis Fowl adventure for a while, though he says he will return to the character. Fast-paced, action-packed, and often hilarious, the Artemis Fowl books are just part of Colfer’s extensive bibliography: The former school teacher has 16 books to his name, among them Half-Moon Investigations and Airman, two spectacular books for young boys (and, yes, girls so long as they like action and excitement)” .
Iva-Marie Palmer interview’s Eoin during his recent US Tour.
Eoin Colfer talks with Bloomberg’s Mike Schneider about “Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox,” the sixth installment of his book series, the creation of the characters in the stories, his career as an author, and the potential for a movie series based on the books.
The interview is available directly from the Bloomberg site as a downloadable podcast.