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Harry heads for the heat - A.B.Patterson author talk in Darwin

30/9/2016

DARWIN here I come!

Yes, I'll be in the Top End next month, so I'm very grateful to the City of Darwin Libraries for arranging an opportunity for me to do an author talk.

I'll be at Casuarina Library on Wednesday 12 October 2016, kicking off at 6 p.m.

Darwin Library has had Harry's World in their collection for quite a while now, so I'm really looking forward to meeting crime fans in Darwin.
As usual, I'll be chatting frankly about crime, corruption, and my writing. And, of course, I'll have books available. So, if you'd like a signed copy, see you at Casuarina Library!

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A.B.Patterson - Radio Interview - 22 September 2016

21/9/2016

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88.9FM
Radio Skidrow

Tomorrow, Thursday 22 September 2016, I'll be heading down to the Skidrow FM studio in Sydney again to chat live on air with Danos during his Street Talk program starting at 12 noon. It sure doesn't seem like nearly 12 months since our last chat on air!

And there'll be a couple of signed copies of Harry's World to give away to listeners calling in during the show.

If you're in Sydney's inner-west tomorrow, then tune in on 88.9FM.

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"Harry's World" - Free signed copies in Goodreads giveaway

10/9/2016

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Free signed copies of Harry's World!!!

As part of my Goodreads involvement, I have listed 10 signed copies of Harry's World (paperback version) under a Goodreads giveaway.

So, if you're on Goodreads (or you could join it, of course) then feel free to nominate for a chance to win a free signed copy, posted to any of the eligible countries as listed.

And I am down to my last few boxes of the original first edition print run.

Cheers,
ABP

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Pause - And a thought for our fellow creatures.

7/9/2016

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Photo in public domain (ex. Wikimedia Commons).

Photo by Sandip Kumar (ex. Wikimedia Commons).

Photo by Jeff Keeton (ex. Wikimedia Commons).

Nothing about writing today. And I was going to say "nothing about crime" either, but this piece concerns a different sort of crime.
Today is National Threatened Species Day.
This is a subject which does always makes me pause in reflection and always makes my blood boil. As a side note, for many years as a teenager I dreamt of being a zoologist, but it never happened. I did read a lot, though, and I know my animals and have always had a soft spot for them.
I find it so hard to understand how we can drive fellow species to extinction, almost invariably through our greed and insensitivity.
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The first photo at left is of "Benjamin", the last Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) in Hobart Zoo.
The last of his species.
He died on this day in 1936, hence our National Day (September 7th).
They say animals can't think like we do, and I agree perhaps not in the same way, but something in me says that Benjamin knew he was the last of his kind. What would that feel like? If we were taken over by a superior alien race, and you or I were the last homo sapiens in the zoo, how would we feel?
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We had another story this week about pangolins (see second photo). Apparently they are now the most endangered mammal in the world, thanks to being hunted and poached for the medicinal properties of various body parts! Really? Are we, as the supposedly vastly superior species on the planet, still so primitive and backward? Sadly, we are. Tigers' penises spring to mind as well.
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And the third photo at left is of "Nola", an ageing Northern White Rhinoceros who was put down late last year in a San Diego zoo. Nola was the fourth last member of her species on this planet. The other three survivors are also ageing, in Kenya, and beyond breeding age.
So, that will be it...no more Northern White Rhinos.
And, as with all such examples, the planet, our planet, the planet we should be advanced enough to look after, will be all the poorer for it.
And we, as a supposedly intelligent species, will again grotesquely display our barbarity.
ABP

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Harry heads for the heat - A.B.Patterson author talk in Darwin

A.B.Patterson - Radio Interview - 22 September 2016

"Harry's World" - Free signed copies in Goodreads giveaway

Pause - And a thought for our fellow creatures.

A.B.Patterson

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