Today marks the eighth stop in the Snowy’s Christmas blog tour. This week I’m visiting Roby Opie at her Writing Children’s Books blog, where we are chatting about promotion. Drop by and, if you have a moment, leave us a comment so we know you’ve visited.

Blog Tour Week Seven

It’s Sunday, which means another stop on the Snowy’s Christmas blog tour. Today I’m breakfasting with my friend, talented WA illustrator Samantha Hughes. Drop by for some bacon and eggs at this link.

If you’ve missed the start of the tour, you can follow it at:
Week One: 4 October Deescribe Writing Blog
Week Two: 11 October Write and Read With Dale
Week three: 18 October Alphabet Soup Blog
Week Four: 25 October Let’s Have Words
Week Five: 1 November Sally Murphy’s Writing for Children Blog (you’re here)
Week Six: 8 November Aussiereviews Blog
Week Seven: 15 November Samantha Hughes’ Blog
Week Eight: 22 November Robyn Opie’s Writing Children’s Books Blog
Week Nine: 29 November Stories are Light
Week Ten: 6 December The Aussie Christmas Blog
Week Eleven: 13 December Tales I Tell

Blog Tour Week 6

Join us today for stop 6 in the Snowy’s Christmas blog tour at the Aussiereviews blog, where I’m talking about what is like to be reviewed, and sharing links to the first four reviews for Snowy’s Christmas.

See you there!

Blog Tour Stop 5

Another Sunday, another blog stop, and today the Snowy’s Christmas blog tours head over to my Writing for Children blog where David talks about the illustrative process and more.

Head over there and see what Dave has to say.

Blog Tour Week Four

The Snowy’s Christmas blog tour rolls on. Today I am over at Claire Saxby’s blog, talking about the difference between writing a Christmas book and a non-seasonal book. Drop by and, if you have time, leave a comment se we can see who’s visited.

In the meantime, David spotted Snowy for sale at Borders online. Hopefully this means it will also show up in their brick and mortar stores. Remember, if you see Snowy on sale anywhere, let us know, as it’s really interesting to hear where it shows up.

If you’ve missed the start of the tour, you can follow it at:
Week One: 4 October Deescribe Writing Blog
Week Two: 11 October Write and Read With Dale
Week three: 18 October Alphabet Soup Blog
Week Four: 25 October Let’s Have Words
Week Five: 1 November Sally Murphy’s Writing for children Blog
http://sallymurphy.blogspot.com/
Week Six: 8 November Aussiereviews Blog http://aussiereviews.blogspot.com/
Week Seven: 15 November Samantha Hughes’ Blog http://samantha-hughes.blogspot.com/
Week Eight: 22 November Robyn Opie’s Writing Children’s Books Blog
Week Nine: 29 November Stories are Light
Week Ten: 6 December The Aussie Christmas Blog
Week Eleven: 13 December Tales I Tell

Blog Tour Week Three

The blog tour to celebrate the release of Snowy’s Christmas continues today. If you’ve just tuned in, every Sunday for eleven weeks David, Snowy and I are visiting a different blog to talk about Snowy, about writing and about illustrating.

Today both David and I are visiting the Soup Blog to share five things you may not already know about Snowy’s Christmas. In actual fact it is ten things in total – because I shared five things about writing the story and Dave shared five things about illustrating. So, head over to the Soup Blog to learn more. And, while you are there, you can enter Rebecca’s competition to win yourself a copy of Snowy’s Christmas.

In the meantime, some more sightings of Snowy’s Christmas have been reported. It has been spotted on sale in two Kmart stores (in Cannington, WA and Kalgoorlie) and also in Myer and David Jones in Perth city. Am guessing this means it will be in more Kmart, Myer and David Jones.

If you see Snowy in a store, drop us a line and let us know.

Dave on the Radio

David has been out and about with Snowy, and he dropped into ABC Canberra’s Drive Time program to chat about the book, about illustration and about life. The broadcast is now available online – so have a listen for yourself.

And check out the photo of Dave, Snowy and the book.

Blog Tour Stop 2 – A Wonderful Review

Today is the second Sunday in our eleven-Sunday blog tour. Today’s stop is at Write and Read With Dale where Dale Harcombe has some lovely things to say about Snowy’s Christmas.

In part she says: “This is a cute Christmas picture book with a positive message,” going on to say ” It’s lovely to see an Aussie Christmas book that reflects the wildlife, colour and landscape of Australia.” To see the full review, though, you’ll need to visit Dale’s blog here.

Have a wonderful Sunday. I know I will.

On the Shelf

The release of a new book is always exciting – but equally exciting is when you actually get to see that book on the shelves of a real-life bookstore. The reality is that not every book makes it into every bookshop, and sometimes, for an author or illustrator, the thrill of actually seeing the book on a shelf can be a rare occurence.

So, it is with great delight that I present photographic evidence of Snowy’s Christmas sitting proudly on a real life bookshop display. David spotted it in Dymocks in George Street, Sydney, and snapped these shots.

Pretty cool, huh?

Have YOU seen Snowy instore anywhere? If so, drop us a line and let us know.

The virtual launch may be done and dusted, but the celebrations to mark the release of Snowy’s Christmas are still in full swing. Today marks the beginning of our eleven week blog tour. Each Sunday for the next eleven weeks we’ll be visiting a different blog to talk about Snowy, about the writing and illustrating life, about Christmas – in fact about whatever the blog owners ask us to talk about (and perhaps some things they don’t, lol).

To get started, today David and I are both visiting Dee at Deescribe Writing Blog. So hop on over and see us there. And, while you’re there, scroll down to read Dees’ lovely review of the book.

Want more? Well, here’s the schedule for the rest of the tour. And, while we’re not there yet, all of these blogs are wonderful places to visit at any time.

Week One: October 4
Deescribe Writing Blog www.deescribewriting.wordpress.com
Week Two: October 11
Write and Read With Dale http://livejournal.com/users/orangedale/
Week three: October 18
Alphabet Soup Blog www.soupblog.wordpress.com
Week Four: October 25
Let’s Have Words www.letshavewords.blogspot.com
Week Five: November 1
Sally Murphy’s Writing for children Blog http://sallymurphy.blogspot.com/
Week 6 November 8
Aussiereviews Blog http://aussiereviews.blogspot.com/
Week 7 November 15
Samantha Hughes’ Blog http://samantha-hughes.blogspot.com/
Week 8
Robyn Opie’s Writing Children’s Books Blog http://www.robynopie.blogspot.com
Week 9
Stories are Light http://sandyfussell.blogspot.com/
Week 10
The Aussie Christmas Blog http://aussiechristmas.wordpress.com/
Week 11
Tales I Tell http://belka37.blogspot.com

We’ll keep you updated with each new tour stop.