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Dragon Games (The Books of Umber 2):
In bookstores now.
"Catanese dazzles in the first of the
Books of Umber… An auspicious start to the series." -
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Read
more reviews and visit the new
booksofumber.com.
Where can you buy them? Ask your local bookstore. Or
here's a full list of sites
like Amazon where you can get the books, eBooks and audio
books.
Read the beginning of
Dragon Games and get a story preview.
The official Books of Umber web
site has been updated, with all of chapter one and a look at some of the
chapter heading illustrations.
Look here!

Put a gorgeous Dragon Games
wallpaper on your computer.
Courtesy of cover artist David Ho and the
Simon and Schuster publicity department.
Two
wallpapers and an Avatar, right here.
On Facebook? Visit the P.W. Catanese
fan page.
Become a fan, get updates on upcoming books and join the conversation at the
P.W. Catanese Facebook fan page.
Happenstance Found - now on
audio at audible.com
Check it out here, and listen to an
excerpt. School
Library Journal's audio book review says "...a compelling cast of
characters...Narrator Richard Poe does an excellent job voicing all the
nuances of a caring, bewildered boy...An excellent first title in the
projected series."
An interview on audio.
In an interview with WritersCast,
we talked about where the idea
for The Books of Umber came from, the writing process, and more. If that stuff interests you, or if you want to know
what I sound like,
check it out here.
Meet "Casualidad."
That's what Happenstance will
be called in the Spanish translation of The Books of Umber.
The new series is getting foreign translations in Spanish and Catalan,
German and Turkish.
Happenstance Found
named to
ALAN's Picks and the Indie Next list.
Along
with all the other great
reviews, The
Books of Umber: Happenstance Found
has been named to ALAN’s Picks, April 2009. ALAN’s
Picks is a monthly book review column from the Assembly on Literature
for Adolescents that highlights the latest and greatest in YA Lit.
Happenstance Found was also named to the Indie Next
list ("Inspired recommendations for kids from Indie booksellers").
Look for it at your local independent bookstore.
More audio book news.
The entire Books of Umber series will be available as audio books
from Recorded Books. The reader is Richard Poe, the actor who has read
Dan Brown's Angels and Demons and Cormac McCarthy's
Blood Meridian, among other great titles. The rest of my books --
every one of them, from The Thief and the Beanstalk on -- will
follow at a date to be determined. Stay tuned.
Author visits.
I've been to schools in
Connecticut, Nevada, Virginia, New York, Florida, Michigan and
Kentucky... where to next?
Click here to
learn more.
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