Blog Posts - A.B.PATTERSON

"Harry's Quest" now in some independent Sydney bookstores!

22/12/2018

I'm delighted to announce that, once again, some of Sydney's independent bookstores have been keen to show support for local self-published authors.
So far, the following stores have asked to stock Harry's Quest, alongside Harry's World.
And I delivered all the copies yesterday, so feel free to hop on in and grab yourself an extra present for yourself or someone else - some juicy hard-boiled reading pleasure over the holiday.
You also help to support the wonderful independent bookstores, and we sure as hell need them to survive if we don't want our reading choices completely dictated by corporations.

In Bookstores:

Currently then, in Sydney, the original paperback is available at the following:
1. Abbey's Bookshop in the city (131 York Street).
2. Berkelouw Books in Paddington (19 Oxford Street).
3. Harry Hartog Bookseller in Bondi Junction (Westfield Centre, 500 Oxford Street).

Upcoming...

In the New Year, Better Read Than Dead in Newtown will be stocking Harry's Quest.

And the Bookshop Darwin, up in the Northern Territory has got an order in.

Cheers,
ABP

A.B.Patterson live on radio today - Radio Skid Row - 88.9FM

20/12/2018

Today is the third of my 3 live radio interviews this week.

I'll be on RADIO SKID ROW – 88.9FM in Sydney – early this afternoon, talking with Danos on his “Street Talk” program.
I should be on air from about 12 noon onwards.

If you're in the Sydney area, feel free to tune in.
Alternatively, you can listen anywhere in the world via the Radio Skid Row website: www.radioskidrow.org

Cheers,
ABP

A.B.Patterson live on radio today - Alive FM - 90.5FM

19/12/2018

Today is the second of 3 live radio interviews this week.

I'll be on ALIVE FM - 90.5FM in Sydney - this morning, talking with Lloyd Smale on the "Morning Magazine" program.
I should be on air from about 11 a.m. onwards.

If you're in the Sydney area, feel free to tune in.
Alternatively, you can listen anywhere in the world via the Alive FM website: www.alive905.com.au

Cheers,
ABP

"Harry's Quest" - the paperbacks are here!

18/12/2018

OH YES! Harry's Quest arrives!

Today was the big day - the paperbacks of Harry's Quest arrived, all 1,000 copies of them!
So, any of you who want one, or more, just email or message me.

A couple of photos to mark the occasion:

There's me, in one of my great Switchblade shirts, pulling out the first copy of Harry's Quest from box # 1 of 72! That's the copy that goes into my personal library.

And there's the pallet coming out of the delivery truck - didn't need to go to the gym today given the number of boxes I carried! The weight of the delivery was 492kg. Yes, half a tonne of hard-boiled, noir and sexy crime literature.

Cheers,
ABP

"Harry's Quest" - want a copy? Here are the purchase links.

18/12/2018

Are you keen to get your hands on Harry's next adventures?

Well, the original paperbacks should be with me this afternoon, so feel free to contact me for one of them.
And here are all the other purchase options:

EBOOK:
Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Harrys-Quest-B-Patterson-ebook/dp/B07L41NM49/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1544044298&sr=8-4&keywords=harry%27s+quest

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/harry-s-quest

Barnes & Noble (Nook book)
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/harrys-quest-a-b-patterson/1129974712?ean=9780992327330

Booktopia (Australia):
https://www.booktopia.com.au/ebooks/harry-s-quest-a-b-patterson/prod9780992327330.html

Print-on-Demand:
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Harrys-Quest-B-Patterson/dp/0992327326/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1544392099&sr=8-2&keywords=harry%27s+quest+patterson

Barnes & Noble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/harrys-quest-a-b-patterson/1129974712?ean=9780992327323

Book Depository:
https://www.bookdepository.com/Harrys-Quest-B-Patterson/9780992327323

Cheers,
ABP

A.B.Patterson live on radio today - 2RRR 88.5FM

18/12/2018

Today is the first of 3 live radio interviews this week.

I'll be on 2RRR - 88.5FM in Sydney - this morning, chatting with Maggie Mason on her "Arts and Tarts" program.
I'll be on air from about 11 a.m. onwards.
If you're in the Sydney area, feel free to tune in.
Alternatively, you can listen anywhere in the world via the 2RRR website: www.2rrr.org.au

Cheers,
ABP

HOLD THE DATE - Book Launch for "Harry's Quest" - Sunday 20 January 2019

17/12/2018

HOLD THE DATE!

Yes, I have finalised the date for the official book launch for Harry's Quest.

When: Sunday 20 January 2019, starting at 3 p.m.

Where: The Australian Youth Hotel, Glebe, upstairs in the Nude Bar.

Further details to follow, but lock this one into your diary!

Cheers,
ABP

"Harrys Quest" - hard-boiled, noir and sexy - some quotes to tease you! Part 5

8/12/2018

Copies of Harry's Quest are already gracing some Kindle devices around the world. And the paperbacks will be here next week. Meantime, be teased with some more quotes - Part 5:

Classic hard-boiled Harry:

Harry had said to her several times that you slide a lot further on bullshit than you do on gravel. She had believed him before, but now was the ultimate test case.   P339

Tanya looked at him, got an image of putting a gun against his head, and blowing him away. She smiled and fluttered her eyelashes at him.   P332-333

‘Shit, I hate this weather,’ said Harry. ‘It’s not even eleven and I’m sweatier than a sumo wrestler’s arse-crack.’   P303

‘Mate, if we were watching the contest for the sluttiest slut in Slutsville, we’d be looking at gold and silver right here.’   P319

In fact, peeking in the bedroom window, Harry had considered Mrs Lodge’s lawn to be immaculately trimmed indeed, until the gardener plunging between her parted thighs had obscured his view.   P274

Cheers,
ABP

"Harry's Quest" - hard-boiled, noir and sexy - some quotes to tease you! Part 4

6/12/2018

Harry's Quest went live as an ebook yesterday, and the paperback version will be available next week.
So here is Part 4 of some quotes for your enjoyment.

Classic hard-boiled Harry:

‘Mate, given that I don’t imagine there’s ever been a lusty woman spreadeagled on that sling, again, my adventurism all remains firmly elsewhere.’  P259

‘I rang the local cops, but for a missing gay lover they showed as much interest as a politician in an ethics class.’   P244

‘That’s arrogance, mate. Seen it plenty of times with these politicians and bureaucrat fat cats. They think they’re entitled, better than the rest of us, and entirely untouchable.’   P278

He cupped her snow-white breasts in his hands as if they were precious ornaments made of alabaster.   P291

Harry sat there staring at the door. He looked down at his bottom drawer where Brother Jameson dwelt. No, you don’t need one, he thought. He lit a smoke. He looked back at the bottom drawer. Yes, I bloody do. ‘Fuck it,’ he said out loud.   P325

Cheers,
ABP

"Harry's Quest" is here! The ebook went live today.

5/12/2018

Okay, Harry fans, the wait is over, at least for ebook readers.

Harry's Quest, the hard-boiled, noir and very sexy sequel to Harry's World, went live as an ebook this morning on Amazon Kindle as well as Kobo.
Other ebook sites are following, as is the Print-on-Demand version.

And news from the printers here in Australia - the original paperbacks will be ready next week. Yes, around mid-week, I'm told, a truck will be bringing me 1,000 copies of Harry's Quest, hot off the press.

And these new episodes for Harry and friends are sizzling hot, my friends! Be warned - not for the faint-hearted, that's for sure.

Cheers,
ABP

"Harry's Quest" - hard-boiled, noir and sexy - some quotes to tease you! Part 3.

4/12/2018

Harry's Quest is imminent - so here's Part 3 of some quotes to tease you!

Classic hard-boiled Harry:

The cartilage gave way with a light crunching sound as Harry tightened his hands around the man’s throat. It felt like crushing the ribcage of a chicken carcass.   P3

If one had to get a nosebleed, then what better way than from a beautiful, sexy woman riding his face?  P38

Then he heard a loud, wet, flatulent sound. As he watched watery muck the colour of the Ganges River run down his thighs, Bernhard realized he had shat himself.   P183

‘In fact, we haven’t seen that much luxury since Marie Antoinette ordered her anal beads in twenty-four carat,’ said Harry.   P226

‘Mate, if we were watching the contest for the sluttiest slut in Slutsville, we’d be looking at gold and silver right here.’   P319

Cheers,
ABP

"Harry's Quest" - hard-boiled, noir and sexy - some quotes to tease you! Part 2.

3/12/2018

"Harry's Quest" is imminent - so here is Part 2 of the quotes to entice your reading taste buds!

Classic hard-boiled Harry:

By contrast, Thursday was a flurried juggling act as Harry and Trev found themselves busier than a one-legged man in an arse-kicking contest.   P58

‘Sasha,’ said Harry, ‘my idea of “interesting” is a suitcase full of dirty cash changing hands. I definitely do not want to watch some corrupt Beijing bureaucrat waving his cock around like some rampaging Nanjing noodle.’   P62

‘Listen, pal, we can do this the easy way, or the very fucking hard way.’ There was a malevolent smile on the cop’s face.   P87

‘Okay, fat boy, let the girl go or I’m going to fucking kill you.’ His right index finger was on the trigger of the Remington, ready to squeeze.   P176

‘And we’ve read the police file, so any bullshit and my electrical friend here will barbecue your genitals. Slowly. Understand?’   P187

Cheers,
ABP

"Harry's Quest" - hard-boiled, noir and sexy - some quotes to tease you! Part 1.

1/12/2018

"Harry's Quest" is imminent - the ebook and POD versions should be available internationally this week coming, and the original paperback versions will be available in a couple of weeks.
In the meantime, I thought I'd throw out some quotes from the book to tease you with its flavour! Here is Part 1 of the quotes:

Some classic hard-boiled Harry:

In Harry’s view, the closest he’d like to being a ‘comrade’ would be shoving a copy of Das Kapital fair square up Stoddart’s rectum, hardback edition, of course.   P28

Harry pictured the gigantic Zanza and thought that the term ‘minder’ was about as adequate as referring to Scarlett Johansson as ‘a good sort’.   P61

Rhodes was speechless. He’d never heard a woman talk about anal sex. Being rogered in the Harrow changing rooms was his idea of it.   P71

There was a card table a couple of metres to his left with a variety of implements on it. Then it suddenly registered that he was completely naked. This wasn’t good, not good at all.  P96

The first slice of vengeance for Orla was nigh, and his adrenal glands were working harder than a dissident in a Soviet salt mine.   P82

Bob laughed. ‘Mate, Shazza couldn’t spell lady, but she bangs more than a dunny door in a storm. And take it from me, fella, she likes it in every hole she’s got.’   P135

And some Aussie scene-setting descriptions:

The sun was rising over the Pacific now, battling to hurdle the long bank of dark storm-driven clouds out on the horizon. The effect was a cascade of amber, saffron and vermillion shafts of light, like flames spouting forth from a dragon arising out of the endless ocean.   P40

As the van descended onto the Western Plains, the sun was sinking slowly towards the hazy horizon. Its waning rays bathed the roadside sandstone outcrops in a warm, deep golden hue, highlighting their natural layers of yellow, orange, and pink, making them appear to glow. In the same fading amber light, the gnarled, brown gum tree trunks with their sappy excretions resembled well-oiled pork crackling.   P91-92

Cheers,
ABP

"Harry's Quest" heads for the printing presses!!!

28/11/2018

Harry's Quest has headed for the printers today. Final tweaks made to the typeset manuscript and I pressed the green GO button for production! And now drinking red wine, of course.
The original printed paperbacks should be ready in a couple of weeks, but the ebook versions and the POD versions should be available in the next few days.
I'll keep you posted!
And, given Harry's Quest is a sequel, if you haven't read Harry's World, then time to hop in and grab it now!
Cheers,
ABP

Jacarandas - November in Sydney - And one of Harry's favourite flowers

26/11/2018

Spring in Sydney, aside from bringing in the warmer weather, is resplendent in purple, as the jacaranda trees burst into bloom across the cityscape.
I love these trees and their flowers, as does my PI Harry Kenmare. If you've read Harry's World, then you'll know the scene where Harry is walking down Kelly Street to his local watering hole, the Emerald Bar, with the cascade of jacaranda flowers coming down.
Here's a few photos form my neighbourhood, including along Kelly Street, with my local watering hole, the Australian Youth Hotel in the background. And yes, it is the same watering hole as the Emerald Bar in the Harry stories.
And I'm a complete novice at poetry, but here goes:

The Jacaranda

The canopy of delicate leaves, vibrant green,
Such splendid beauty reveals nature's vast power,
If this awe is not enough to make one serene,
Then hail spring with its majestic purple shower.

(c) A.B.Patterson, November 2018.