News Of Treasure On The Horizon.
Public Events.
Wolverhampton Children's Book Group
Thursday 25th February 2010 at 7.00pm
Colton Hills Community School Theatre
Admission is free. Tickets are available from Waterstones bookshop and Central Children's Library Wolverhampton.
Please see www.vampirates.co.uk/events/EventDates
Jewish Book Week
Sunday 7th March 2010 at 4.30pm to 6.30pm
The Stuff of Legend. Join award-winning writers Inbali Iserles and Justin Somper who will be talking about their worlds of adventure beyond the familiar time and spaces. Board Somper’s ship of Vampirates (Vampires and pirates in one) and be the first to hear about his new book, Empire of the Night, or be drawn into Iserles’ modern day myths which bring exotic worlds to North London and even reveal the secret passages which can lead you there. Recommended Age 8-12. Royal National Hotel, London, WC1 0DG - £5 in advance.
Please See www.jewishbookweek.com/2010/the-stuff-of-legend.php for more details.
Liverpool Tour Date Is Not Confirmed By Vampirates Central Yet
Tuesday 23th March 2010
Justin Somper will be visiting Prichards in Formby on Tuesday, March 23 to sign copies of his latest book.
Please see www.formbytimes.co.uk/formby-entertainment/news-reviews/2010/02/10/formby-visit-for-bestselling-author-justin-somper-66401-25799508/
Lancashire Tour Date Is Not Confirmed By Vampirates Central Yet
Wednesday 24th March 2010
Justin Somper will be at Silverdell Bookshop, Poulton Street, Kirkham. The event is being held for the launch of Justin's latest book, Empire Of Night.
Please see www.lep.co.uk/news/Story-shorts--080210.6051296.jp
Book Five - Empire Of Night
Future Publication Dates
Book Five - Empire Of Night
From the Vampirates Blog "EON should be finished well ahead of April 2010 but won’t be published any earlier than that in the US. "
England - Provisional publish date of 4th March 2010 in paperback (Amazon.co.uk)
Canada - Provisional publish date of 1st August 2010 in hardback
Canada - Provisional publish date of 1st August 2011 in paperback
US - August 1st 2010 (Vampirates blog)
Future Books
From the Vampirates Blog "I’m not sure when exactly CROSSING STORIES will come out. I elected to write EMPIRE OF NIGHT first. It’s up in the air while I work on this, but I’ll be sure to keep you updated as and when this gets decided."
United Kingdom - A collection of the Crossing Stories, compiled by Grace will be published in 2009 (may be not now!)
Canada - Book 6 will be published on the 1st April 2011 in hardback (Amazon.ca)
Canada - Book 6 will be published on the 1st April 2012 in paperback (Amazon.ca)
(I love the first of April as a provisional date in Canada - SM)
The News Treasure Box
Justin Somper attended the Cheltenham Festival of Literature. "Breaking the Rules: Vampires vs Werewolves: Justin Somper & Maggie Stiefvater
Join Justin Somper, bestselling author of Vampirates, and Maggie Stiefvater, author of the exciting new wolf novel Shiver, as they discuss the good, the terrifying and the compellingly attractive sides to their characters. Which would you rather meet on a dark night — vampires or werewolves?"
Thursday 1st October 2009
Justin Somper attended the Appledore Book Festival. "Justin Somper is the best-selling author of the internationally acclaimed Vampirates sequence, now published in over 25 countries. The idea to fuse pirate adventure and vampire myth came to Somper in a ‘Eureka!’ moment. In the words of Darren Shan, ‘an intriguing mix of piracy and vampirism… bravo!’ The latest title in the sequence is Black Heart."
Saturday 26th September 2009
Justin Somper attended the Bath Festival of Children's Literature. "The bestselling and blood-curdling Vampirates sequence fuses pirate history and vampire myth into page-turning, award-winning, genre-busting fiction. In the words of Darren Shan, “an intriguing mix of piracy and vampirism... bravo!” Justin returns to Bath to talk about how he creates his unique books, including his latest bestseller, Black Heart, and answer questions from all attending FanPirates!"
Sunday 13th September 2009 Justin Somper attended the Hampstead Literary Festival. "Voyage of the Vampirates"
Saturday 12th September 2009
Justin Somper attended the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Libraries and County Council Literary Festival, Dublin. "Come and meet the bestselling children's writer, creator of rollicking tales of piracy and vampirism."
Friday 22nd August 2009
Justin Somper attended the Edinburgh International Book Festival. "The seafaring nightwalkers return! Swashbuckling author Justin Somper reveals his newest plans for the bloodsucking sailors and reads from the latest Vampirates instalment: Black Heart. A thrilling piratical party awaits you, if you dare to join in."
The Vampirates US tour visited Philadelphia, Texas. For the highlights see http://www.vampirates.co.uk/vip-page/blog/Howdyguys/
The Vampirates US tour visited Houston. For the highlights see http://www.vampirates.co.uk/vip-page/blog/justinsustourhighlights/
Saturday 4th April to Tuesday 7th April
The Vampirates US tour visited Chicago. For the highlights see http://www.vampirates.co.uk/vip-page/blog/justinsustourhighlights2/
Thursday 9th April
The Vampirates US tour visited Cleveland Highlights. For the highlights see http://www.vampirates.co.uk/vip-page/blog/JustinsUSTourHighlights3/
In Dublin, Justin Somper joined Derek Landy (Skulduggery Pleasant) and Sarah Rees Brennan (The Demon’s Lexicon), for the launch of Eason's Darkside promotion. See http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=6657&locID=1.65.74&page=1 for the TV interniw just before hand.
Justin appeared on Going 4 It on Radio 4. He give a lesson in writing a horror story.
Justin Somper appeared at the Beverley Literature Festival.
Ahoy Vampirates! At the Edinburgh International Book Festival the Vampirate fans battened down the hatches and prepared for a hurricane of fun in this swashbuckling adventure at sea. They learned about the hidden secrets of your favourite nightwalking pirates with Justin Somper, who also gave a top secret sneak preview of Black Heart – not out until 2009! See http://www.vampirates.co.uk
As part of Norfolk's Monster Festival of Children's Books, Justin Somper was at Waterstones in Castle Street.
The winners of the Tempest Twins competition, I managed to win another copy of Dead Deep so four winners.
As before I asked my pinkie Swabbie Calico Bess Flint for help.
First prize a signed copy of Blood Captain and a postcard of Lorcan Furey
- Won by Notorious Black Barts Daughter (Dirty Dolphin Page)
Second prize a signed Dead Deep
- Won by Magie The Vampirate (Film or TV Page)
Third prize a signed Dead Deep
- Won by Sarah The Vampire (News/Praise Page)
The website is from Pirate Bay Studios.
On The Nocturn's Message Forum there was a note left by an Unknown Guest.
"Brand new Vampirates fan website, forum and media project coming inbound, 7th December. 2007."
Our signed Vampirates book competition winner is Sailor Black Anne Read, Well done. Thank you everyone who contributed. I tried to do it as randomly as possible, all entries were on the same size paper, folded in the same way and then my youngest pinkie, Swabbie Calico Bess Flint, mixed them up, put them in the tankard and then picked one out.
The sword fighting lessons with Justin Somper competition has now closed. If you were one of the lucky ones please send us a mail and tell us all about it in February. If you did not win the opportunity to learn some swasbuckling swordsmanship, alongside Vampirates author, Justin Somper, I have added a page in Cutlass Cate's words.
Justin Somper was in Norwich Waterstones signing books and meeting his fans after school in the children's department.
Justin Somper appeared at the annual Windsor Festival. He read parts of Blood Captain, answered questions and signed books in between everyone having some pirate fun. Well done to those who got into the spirit of things and dressed up. Go to www.windsorfestival.com/ for more information and http://www.maureenmclean.co.uk/ for photos.
Justin Somper appeared at the first Bath Festival of Children's Literature. Justin said, "I'm really excited about the new festival. An incredible line-up of authors are taking part and as well as doing my own event, I'm looking forward to seeing some of my own favourites in action.
On Radio 5 Live, Justin Somper is appeared on the Simon Mayo's Show. He was one of the star guests on the weekly books panel to talk about Blood Captain. It is available to download via http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/mayo.shtml.
Tempest Twins Website goes live. For emails of praise please the picture.
Blood Captain is released.
Justin Somper's UK publishers (Simon & Schuster) throw a party to celebrate 'Demons of the Ocean' selling 100,000 copies in the UK and to "reveal" 'Blood Captain' to the world at large.
http://www.freewebs.com/thenocturn/ the Nocturn Website goes live.
Deed Deep is released as part of World Book Day.
Tide Of Terror is released.
http://www.vampirates.co.uk/ the Vampirate website goes live.
Vampirates, Demons Of The Ocean is released.
London Launch Party for Vampirates.