Andrew Losowsky

New things, shiny

18 April 2009. Inspired by movements.

What you've missed:

• Colophon2 was even better than last time, and the book is now available. See inside and then order a copy.

• The Doorbells of Florence now has its own microsite! Visit it here, then US-based fabnoses can buy a copy here, while UK-based darlings can pre-order here. Then add your thoughts on Amazon please, nobody's reviewed it yet, and that makes me sad.

• London-based people! Start marking your diaries. The Doorbells of Florence is hitting the London stage! It's on between 12-31st May, directed by the incomparably talented Tom Wright. You can read about the show here, gather your friends for the group discount and then buy your tickets now! Do spread the word and come along as often as you can bear. The proceeds from this will go towards the cost of making something else special happen in the autumn, that you'll hear about in due course...

• For those in Providence or anywhere near it, I'll be giving a talk about The Future Of Reading at the Providence Athaeneum on Friday 24th April. Come along! There's free wine, to help numb the pain.

The blurb readeth thusly: "The digi-vangelists are ready to burn down the libraries and put everything online - or so the story goes. In fact, digital has an extremely complex relationship with the physical world, and a book is a lot more than just words on a page. Andrew Losowsky, Providence-based author, media expert, and journalist (The Guardian,The Wall Street Journal, The Times of London), will explain how technology has changed the purpose of books, reveal how to keep print relevant, and talk about the future of storytelling. Technophobes and technophiles alike will find plenty to talk about!"

• If you were looking for a reason to come and visit me, Punchdrunk are coming.

• Future travels are in the offing. Anyone with any recommendations of unusual public spaces in LA, media contacts in Washington DC or must-sees in Ghana and Nigeria should speak now...

Guess what's back?

22 January 2009. Inspired by the countdown to launch day.

I've been keeping this fairly under-hat, but I can now reveal that the all-new, real-life published book The Doorbells of Florence is now on its merry way from printer to warehouse, from whence it will fly, fly my pretties, to your local bookshop / online retailer. Thank you a thousand times to Chronicle Books, who picked it from the slush pile and are now pushing it harder than Superman vs the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

In the buildup to launch, I'm going to blog the story of how it all came about, and tell a few tales about this strange publishing world that I recently entered, all clueless and newborn and stumbling like baby Bambi.

For marketing reasons, the blogging will be done via Amazon Connect (scroll to the bottom) but I'll cross-post over here for thems that wants it.

Here's post number one. Do, please, go over to Amazon and respond there, and tell any friends who want to be writers to go and follow it too, it should be mighty fun. Oh and the book is now available for pre-order, don't you know.

Book tour, anyone?

More...

The wait is over

20 January 2009. Inspired by physical metaphors.

In today's mail, I finally received my long-awaited employment authorisation card, confirming I can work in the USA.

The administration of President Obama: big on symbolism, big on the causes of symbolism.

And the world holds its breath

19 January 2009. Inspired by the merchandise of hope.

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I took this photo in Washington DC, exactly three weeks after the election. And yes, that is "Yes We Can" bottled water. He's the new Princess Di, I tells ya.

Black and white truthiness

16 October 2008. Inspired by tinkering and showing off.

I've updated my portfolio and overhauled its design, thanks to the wonder that is Indexhibit. This blog (and the other one) will eventually migrate over there, but for now, clicky clicky.