Upcoming author event

I'll be attending Subiaco Library (Perth, Western Australia) at 6pm on Friday the 26th May for a live interview with Grant Stone of Faster-than-Light and Perth fandom fame. Afterwards you'll be able to buy both of my books and I'll even sign them if you insist. More details and a copy of the flyer on the Appearances page at the Hal Spacejock web site - all Spacejockers welcome! (Bookings are essential since they only have limited space)





There's also a PDF version of the flyer suitable for printing - family, friends, workmates, door-to-door salesmen and anyone else who might be interested. (2mb file).

Simon Haynes is the author of the Hal Spacejock and Hal Junior series (Amazon / Smashwords / other formats)

All Saints' Kids' Lit 2006

The festival* has come and gone for another year, and I've put a light-hearted report of my activities here. Kid's Lit is all about promoting and supporting the reading, studying, and use of children's literature - sounds a bit dry but it practice it meant telling anecdotes to groups of kids ranging from 20-200.

* From the official site: "For its fifth year, the All Saints’ College Festival of Children’s Literature welcomes a major line-up of local and national writers, authors, illustrators, journalists and storytellers to the Festival stage. With its most exciting programme yet, Kids’ Lit will communicate the wonderful world of literature to students from around Western Australia."

Simon Haynes is the author of the Hal Spacejock and Hal Junior series (Amazon / Smashwords / other formats)

Inside joke

They're talking about Conjure* on the Purple Zone** at the moment and the current plan is for people who frequent the con to wear a small purple dot on their id badge to show they're also part of the Voyager forum.

Alas, not all can go (me for one) so an enterprising PZ'er put together a badge for the rest of us:



I'll have to stick mine on the computer desk, if I can find room.

* This year's Australian National SF convention
** The HarperCollins Voyager Australia website/forum

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Simon Haynes is the author of the Hal Spacejock and Hal Junior series (Amazon / Smashwords / other formats)