Flavia de Luce http://www.flaviadeluce.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:24:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Globe & Mail article http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2010/03/09/globe-mail-article/ http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2010/03/09/globe-mail-article/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:21:39 +0000 admin http://www.flaviadeluce.com/?p=184 Even though Flavia doesn’t make an appearance, her fans might be interested

in this piece that appeared in today’s Globe & Mail:
Alan
]]> http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2010/03/09/globe-mail-article/feed/ 0 “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” nominated for an Agatha Award! http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2010/02/19/the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-nominated-for-an-agatha-award/ http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2010/02/19/the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-nominated-for-an-agatha-award/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:40:00 +0000 admin http://www.flaviadeluce.com/?p=182 I couldn’t be happier to announce that “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” has been nominated for a 2009 Agatha Award in the ‘Best First Novel’ category.

The Agathas – named in honour of Agatha Christie – are awarded annually by Malice Domestic.
Last year, the Agatha for ‘Best Novel’ went to fellow Canadian, Louise Penny, for “The Cruellest Month”, and Louise is nominated again this year for her novel “The Brutal Telling”.
More details at:
http://www.malicedomestic.org/agathaawards.html
Alan
]]> http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2010/02/19/the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-nominated-for-an-agatha-award/feed/ 0 “Sweetness” nominated for Dilys Award http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2010/01/19/sweetness-nominated-for-dilys-award/ http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2010/01/19/sweetness-nominated-for-dilys-award/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:47:27 +0000 admin http://www.flaviadeluce.com/?p=180 I’m thrilled to announce that “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” has been nominated for the prestigious

Dilys Award. The Dilys Wynn Award is presented annually by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (IMBA)

to the book its members most enjoyed selling during the year, and is named for Dilys Winn, who founded the first specialty

mystery book store in the U.S.  Readers will remember with pleasure her wonderful books, Murder, Ink and Murderess, Ink, those rainy day reference

works that kept you soaking in the bathtub until you resembled a prune.

The 2009 nominees are:

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, Alan Bradley, Delacorte

A Quiet Belief in Angels, R.J. Ellroy, Overlook

The Dark Horse, Craig Johnson, Viking

The Girl Who Played with Fire, Steig Larsson, Alfred A. Knopf

The Ghosts of Belfast, Stuart Neville, Soho

The Brutal Telling, Louise Penny, Minotaur

The Shanghai Moon, S. J. Rozan, Minotaur

It’s especially pleasing to see fellow Canadian Louise Penny’s “The Brutal Telling” nominated. Louise won the Dilys in 2007 for “Still Life”,

the first in her series of Armand Gamache mysteries. If you haven’t already discovered Louise’s books, you have a wonderful treat in store.

]]> http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2010/01/19/sweetness-nominated-for-dilys-award/feed/ 0 “Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” on YouTube http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/22/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-on-youtube/ http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/22/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-on-youtube/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:45:29 +0000 admin http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/22/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-on-youtube/ Just in time for Christmas!

Flavia makes another appearance on YouTube – this time in an animated trailer
for the Random House audiobook edition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVkxr7e9YGs

View it and vote!

]]> http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/22/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-on-youtube/feed/ 0 “Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” nominated by the American Library Association http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/14/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-nominated-by-the-american-library-association/ http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/14/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-nominated-by-the-american-library-association/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:29:10 +0000 admin http://www.flaviadeluce.com/?p=170 We’re pleased to announce that “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” has been nominated by the American Library Association
in the category ‘Best Books for Young Adults’.

Voting will take place in mid January.

]]> http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/14/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-nominated-by-the-american-library-association/feed/ 0 “Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” chosen by Borders http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/14/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-chosen-by-borders/ http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/14/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-chosen-by-borders/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:07:57 +0000 admin http://www.flaviadeluce.com/?p=164 “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” has been nominated as a finalist for the Borders’ Original Voices Fiction award. The winner will be announced in January, 2010.

]]> http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/14/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-chosen-by-borders/feed/ 0 “Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” chosen by Amazon Canada http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/14/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-chosen-by-amazon-canada/ http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/14/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-chosen-by-amazon-canada/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:03:46 +0000 admin http://www.flaviadeluce.com/?p=162 “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” has made its appearance on two of Amazon.ca’s ‘Best Books of 2009′ -

appearing on ‘Top Books: Editor’s Picks’ and ‘Top Books: Customers’ Best Sellers

]]> http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/14/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-chosen-by-amazon-canada/feed/ 0 “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” iTunes best! http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/10/the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-itunes-best/ http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/10/the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-itunes-best/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:31:01 +0000 admin http://www.flaviadeluce.com/dev/?p=148 We’re happy to announce that he audio book version of “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” has been chosen by the Apple iTunes ‘Rewind’ as the best audiobook of 2009 in the fiction category.

http://audioforbooks.com/wordpress/2009/12/more-best-in-audio-books-itunes-releases-its-list-for-2009/

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.
woa%252Fwa%252FviewCustomPage%253Fname%253DpageiTunesRewind09

Congratulations to all at Random House Audio who made it such a success: and to Jayne Entwistle who gave voice to Flavia.

]]> http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/10/the-sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-itunes-best/feed/ 0 “Sweetness” is chosen as one of 2009’s top audiobooks http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/05/145/ http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/05/145/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:15:31 +0000 admin http://www.flaviadeluce.com/dev/?p=145 “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” has been chosen by Amazon as one of the top audiobooks of 2009.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=1000446341

]]> http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/05/145/feed/ 0 “Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” chosen by the New York Times http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/05/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-chosen-by-the-new-york-times/ http://www.flaviadeluce.com/2009/12/05/sweetness-at-the-bottom-of-the-pie-chosen-by-the-new-york-times/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:05:33 +0000 admin http://www.flaviadeluce.com/dev/?p=140 Following its appearance last summer on the New York Times bestseller list, “The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie” has again been chosen by the NYT: this time as one of the Notable Crime Books of 2009.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/books/review/Crime-t.html?ref=books

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