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 We're very pleased to report that Minette's latest book, The Devil's Feather, has been enjoying termendous success, both with the critics and the readers. Many of you have been kind enough to send us your comments, but we always have room for more!
To celebrate the release of the book, Minete has been very busy, making a number of UK radio and TV appearances (she's pictured, right, signing copies of the new book at the Murder One bookshop in London). She also conducted a number of illuminating interviews that offered insight into the origins of the new book, her writing style, and her personal life. Read on to see where Minette will be in the next couple of months...
Minette is heading to Canada
 To continue promoting The Devil's Feather, Minette will be heading to Toronto, Canada on 26 October 2005 to take part in the International Festival of Authors.
Minette will be joined by authors Karin Fossum and Juris Jurjevics. Following the reading, Peter Robinson will interview Minette about her body of work. Minette will also be signing books at the festival.
Tickets for most International Festival of Authors events are $15 Canadian ($10 for members or free for students with valid ID) and are now available.
For more information, please visit www.readings.org
Have lunch with Minette
Minette will be appearing with David Attenborough at the Daily Mail Literary Lunch on 21 November, 2005 at The Savoy Hotel in London. Tickets cost £60 per head for a three-course lunch with wine. Both authors will be signing copies of their new books before and after lunch. Lunch is at 1.00 p.m. in the Lancaster Room, but there is a bar in the River Room for drinks before lunch; the most convenient entrance, therefore, will be the River Entrance.
To apply for tickets, please enclose a cheque for the full amount made payable to "Daily Mail Literary Lunch" and send it to:
Caroline Hamilton-Fleming
27 Baalbec Road
London N5 1QN
Please include a list of the guests' names for the seating plan. Tickets are sent out on a first-come, first-served basis; no cheques will be cashed until after the lunch, and cheques will be returned to unsuccessful applicants.
Minette
answers your questions
Q:
Hi, I am a student at a teaching institution in New Zealand. I am currently doing a paper called "Voices of Women"...we look at the themes behind the novels, and make an opinion on whether we think the author has written as a voice for women, and do they reflect any social issues of the time? I have read all your books and I think they are brilliant. I especially enjoyed The Sculptress. I found the character of Olive Martin fascinating. Could you please tell me what some of the themes are in your stories, do you think you write as a voice for women, and were there any social issues that have impacted on any of your stories at the time you wrote them?
-- Amie, in New Zealand
A:
Dear Amie: It sounds an interesting paper! I write about and explore the different forms of prejudice in modern society. This has led me to use real social issues as a backdrop to some of the stories – e.g. the Stephen Lawrence murder in The Shape of Snakes and, more recently, the war in Iraq in Disordered Minds. I hope I'm a voice for women, principally in the strength that I give to my female characters and in the issues that I write about. My new book, The Devil's Feather, centres entirely on the dangers women face when the moral bases of society are destroyed by war.
Minette answers more readers' questions in the Q& A section > >
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