Okay - all the covers are loaded up below! What do you think? Which is your favourite? If you want to let me know directly, I’ll be doing a live Facebook chat on my fan page today, from 18.00 hrs - 19.00 hrs, UK time. Join me here at http://on.fb.me/10bbukS. Or get in touch via Twitter, @JonathanAStroud.
And don’t forget, you can also read the first chapter of The Screaming Staircase now by visiting Entertainment Weekly’s site: http://bit.ly/18tEd80.
Here’s the German cover
And here are all three side by side!
Here’s the UK cover below…
Here’s the US Cover…
Okay! Here it is! We’ve got the first look at three of the major international editions of Lockwood & Co coming up shortly! First up, here’s a link to Entertainment Weekly’s site - http://bit.ly/18tEd80 - featuring a great Lockwood article, the US cover and an interview with me - plus an exclusive look at the first chapter of The Screaming Staircase! Hope you enjoy it…
BREAKING NEWS! Along with the three covers, there’ll be a sneak peek at the first chapter of The Screaming Staircase! Read it tomorrow!
BREAKING NEWS! I’ll be doing an exclusive cover reveal here tomorrow, showing three of the big international covers for Lockwood & Co! Tune in here to see the UK, US and German editions in all their glory.
And afterwards, I’ll be doing a LIVE FACEBOOK CHAT from 18.00 - 19.00 UK time, at http://on.fb.me/YrEjc8. Get in touch and tell me what you think about the Lockwood looks… It’ll be great to hear from you!
Here it is! The UK Lockwood logo! I think it’s terrific.
It’s been a busy, but fun, couple of weeks - for the first time I’ve had the chance to get out and about with The Screaming Staircase, talking about it first at the Random House Sales Conference in central London, then to a select group of bloggers at a Blogger’s Brunch one Saturday morning. Both times, I brought along with me a DIY ghost-hunting kit, modelled on the ones that Lockwood & Co carry around with them. The iron chains are a highlight, but my prototype rapier is somewhat bendy… I’ll have to track down a more heavy-duty sword as the year goes on.
Some beautiful PROOFS of the UK edition have come in: it’s an amazing feeling when a project - which for so long has basically been bits of paper scattered round my office - suddenly becomes a genuine book, with lovely covers and everything. We’ll be making the fab Lockwood logo public later this week - here, on Facebook and on Twitter… Stay tuned!
Signing copies of The Screaming Staircase proof for the Sales Conference crowd.
With my lovely publicists Harriet and Lisa (plus Dr Who’s TARDIS) at the Random House Sales Conference in London.
I spent a good day yesterday working on the structure for the Lockwood sequel. I reckon I’ve got a rough plot sorted now, though a lot of the details need to be figured out. Lots of new characters, dastardly happenings, close shaves and creepy locations… Should be fun to write! Seems a bit weird talking about this months before Lockwood #1 hits the shelves, but I need to get ahead of the game. This autumn I’ll be doing a LOT of travelling to promote the book, so I’ll need to have cracked Lockwood #2 by then…
Just seen some lovely interior art for The Screaming Staircase. We’re going to have black-and-white chapter-head illustrations, which should add another level of richness to the book.
On Monday 11th February, it’s offically going to be 200 days before the publication of Lockwood #1! To mark this historic occasion, I’ll be hosting a live chat on my Facebook fan page at 17.00hrs GMT. So if you want to find out a little more about the horrors of the Screaming Staircase, or have any questions about Bartimaeus or my other books… why not join me then?
Meanwhile, I’ve written my first official piece about Lockwood & Co. You can find it here, at the excellent Book Zone (for boys) blog…
http://bookzone4boys.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/coming-up-in-2013-7-lockwood-co-by.html
