The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth Blog Tour
The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth blog tour starts today!
With the help of our fantastic contributing bloggers, Dr. Stuart Clark will be making seven stops – with a new post uploaded each day from December 12-16th.
THE SKY’S DARK LABYRINTH is the first of a trilogy of novels inspired by the dramatic struggles, personal and professional, and key historical events in man’s quest to understand the Universe.
At the dawn of the seventeenth century everyone believed that the sun revolved around the earth. Yet some men knew that the heavens did not move as they should. And some men began to suspect that this heresy was in fact the truth. As Europe convulsed in conflict between Catholic and Protestant, these men prepared to die for that truth. This is the story of Kepler and Galileo, two men whose struggle with themselves, with the evidence and with the forces of reaction changed not simply themselves but our world.
Be sure not to miss any reviews or guest posts, including Q&As with Dr. Stuart Clark and signed copies for giveaway.
BLOG TOUR DATES:
Monday December 12
Book Gaga www.bookgaga.ca
Tuesday December 13
Book Discovery http://bookdiscovery-jeanne.blogspot.com/
Wednesday December 14
A Winding Road nvalcius.tumblr.com
Keeping the Passion for Writing Alive www.krissybrady.com
Thursday December 15
404 blog404.org
Book Discovery http://bookdiscovery-jeanne.blogspot.com/
Friday December 16
Space Couture www.space-couture.blogspot.com
Misfits & Mascara misfitsandmascara.com
Globe and Mail Top 100 for 2011
We are pleased to announce that two of our books have been listed on The Globe and Mail‘s annual Top 100 list: Nancy Huston’s Infrared and Dermot Healy’s Long Time, No See.
Infrared by Nancy Huston
Rena, a 45-year-old photographer in Paris, visits Florence with her elderly father and her stepmother, even though she can’t bear to be away from her lover and resents her stepmother. We come to see that her relationship with her father is problematic too. Huston shows her mastery of complicated structure, wide cultural knowledge and brilliant, assured portraiture. – Michel Basilières, The Globe and Mail [read the full review]
Infrared is not for those who enjoy a simple narrative… It’s a more ruminative and sensual read, for those who prefer to move through a story on several different paths, exploring the plot from various angles and discovering meaning in the rhythms therein.” — National Post
Long Time, No See by Dermot Healy
Roddy Doyle calls Healy Ireland’s greatest writer. He’s is definitely in the pantheon; his prose is impressive. This novel covers several months in Ireland’s northwest and features an adolescent protagonist nicknamed Mister Psyche. There is little plot, but Healy makes up for this with strange dry humour, affectionate satire and a sharp eye for minutiae. – Mark Anthony Jarman
The novel Long Time, No See has made me into a huge Dermot Healy fan . . . I immediately became excited reading this book, excited to sense the nuance and weird wit and sheer power of his talent. – Mark Anthony Jarman, The Globe and Mail [read the full review]
Check out the full list of the Top 100 Books from The Globe and Mail.
Calling all Bloggers: The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth
The first novel in an eye-opening, new, historical fiction trilogy exploring the Great Age of Cosmic Discovery.
Join us on the blog tour of THE SKY’S DARK LABYRINTH, an exciting account of the turbulent lives of astronomers Galileo and Kepler, from world-renowned astronomy journalist Stuart Clark. It’s the perfect blend of gripping historical fiction and popular science!
For more info about the book, click here
When?
December 12-16, 2011
Why?
As a participating blogger , you will be given a copy of THE SKY’S DARK LABYRINTH to read and we’ll put you in touch with author Stuart Clark. On your scheduled posting date we ask that you post your review of the book for tour followers to read. However, if you would rather do an author interview, book trailer or have Stuart Clark write a guest post for your blog, that’s great too!
How do I get involved?
If you’d like to join us (and we hope you will), please send an email to devon@mcarthur-co.com with your name, your mailing address and the name of your blog. The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth is also available as a digital galley from Netgalley.com.
Click here to watch a video introduction with Stuart Clark. And here to read Stuart Clark’s discussion with Open Book Ontario about what conditions help produce his best writing.
Video: Meet Prue Leith
Prue Leith is well known as a cook, restauranteur, food writer and businesswoman in London, England, where she’s been transforming Britain’s eating habits since the sixties. After publishing twelve cookbooks, she gave up writing about food to concentrate on fiction. Choral Society and A Serving of Scandal are now available in Canada.
Prue is in Toronto at the International Festival of Authors, in a roundtable discussion on fact vs. fiction on October 29 at 2pm and reading from A Serving of Scandal on October 30 at 2pm. If you can’t meet her in Toronto, please visit her online at prue-leith.com
Video: Meet Louise Patten
Louise Patten is the author of Bad Money, a financial thriller, and Good as Gold, a novel which shares a long-kept family secret about the sinking of the Titanic. She is in Toronto for the International Festival of Authors.
