Tag: translations (Page 5 of 7)

Yesterday, my author’s copies of the Polish edition of Songs of the Earth arrived, courtesy of my publisher over there, Amber.

I am running out of space for all these books – if the Health & Safety Executive saw the size of the pile in my office, I think they’d shut me down.

I apologise for the not-very-good photo – my tame photographer a.k.a my husband Rob was out. At work. I mean, how dare he?

So yes, that is my foot in the bottom right hand corner, and yes, I am wearing stripy socks. I *like* stripy socks.

I don’t think I will ever get over that feeling of utter childlike delight when a parcel arrives from my publisher containing copies of my books. There is jumping up and down like a little girl, and there is grinning, and there is The Squee.

I make no apology for it: the day I become blasé about these things, the day being a writer stops being the most insane amount of fun I can have without the aid of a bucket of chocolate custard, you have my permission to shoot me.

Today’s parcel contained my author’s copies of the Spanish edition of Songs of the Earth: Bajo la Hiedra, or Under the Ivy, as they chose to title it.

Really attractive glossy cover, gold embossed – and it has flaps front and back like a hardback. Never seen that before.

Hats off to Minotauro; they’ve made me fall in love with the book all over again.