Painted Man High School Book Club
Posted by Meg
Tony Jones from, teacher at the Emanuel School in the U.K., hasn’t read a lot of fantasy in recent years. However, after reading The Painted Man, he was inspired to share with students at his school. These devoted book club members came up with a way to remain anonymous while exhibiting their excitement for The Painted Man!
While he wasn’t able to make the meeting, Peat sent some encouraging words to the young readers:
Hi Everyone! I’m thrilled you’ve chosen The Painted Man as your Psychotronic Book Club read this month. It’s a fantastic time to be a reader, with so many amazing authors to choose from, so it means a lot to me that you’re giving my work a chance. The Painted Man is a fantasy story, but I think you’ll find it has a lot to say about the real world, as well. I hope you enjoy it. I’ll be touring the UK in the coming February/March, and hope to meet some of you while I’m on your side of the pond!
The Daylight War will be released on February 11, 2013 in the U.K. and February 12 in the U.S. Click here for more information and to pre-order the book.
Check back to the blog soon for Peat’s upcoming book tour in 2013. And don’t forget to enter the current video contest to win your very own Daylight War ARC.
Hej,
I’m jealous. There has not been book clubs like that when I was in school some hundred years ago!!!!
Two questions:
Why is Daylight War published in the UK one day earlier? And are there any changes (e.g. spelling – harbor / harbour) in the British version?
Additional question: Why was the British title of Warded Man changed? The word “ward” itself exists in British English, too, doesn’t it?
Greetings from Germany
Cen
@cendriya: The Painted Man is the original title, and considering that the UK version was published half a year before the US one, you should be asking the question the other way around ^^
Anyway, Del Rey didn’t like the original title. They wanted to go with ‘Nightfall’ instead. Nighfall, however, is the title of a well-known science fiction story, so neither Peat nor his agent agreed to this title.
Peat sent them a list of alternative titles to choose from, and The Warded Man was simply one of them.
Awesome! As a high school English teacher, I am so excited to see that fantasy is making its way into schools across the globe. And what a perfect book to introduce first time readers to.!