October is release month for Most Excellent and Lamentable, and so the marketing and publicity has kicked into high gear in order to promote it. In addition to the featured listing in the Epigram Books October Newsletter, and being singled out by The Straits Times as the only fiction title in “6 reads for October“, we’ve got the following lined up:
1. Book of the Week. This week only, if you order MEAL through the Epigram Books site or buy it at Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop, you’ll get a 10% discount! You can of course buy it elsewhere (and by now, it should be in bookshops all over Singapore; ask your favourite store to order it if they don’t have it in stock), but this is the only way to get it a wee bit cheaper. Offer ends at midnight on 20 October.
2. Author-in-Attendance, Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop. Tomorrow and Wednesday (15-16 Oct), I will be stationed once again at Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop, in case you would like to chat and/or get an autograph (and drink some delicious coffee). What better deal can you get: if you buy the book while I’m there, you’ll not only get the discount, but I’ll sign it for you too!
3. Radio Interview, CNA938. On Wednesday evening (16 Oct) after my Author-in-Attendance stint is over, I’ll be heading over to the Mediacorp offices for a radio interview with Melanie Oliveiro on CNA938 at 8:00-8:30pm! I’m acquaintances with Melanie on Facebook, but this will be the first time meeting in person and appearing on her show. Be sure to tune in to 93.8FM to listen to the interview live, or stream it via CNA938 or the MeRadio app.
Holy crow, all of that is happening this week alone! But I’ve got two more items this month:
4. Radio Interview, Money FM 89.3. On 29 Oct, I’ll be talking once again with Michelle Martin on Money FM 89.3. This will be an early-morning interview, at 9:00-9:30am, so I’ll need to slam some coffee beforehand, but Michelle is always an engaging interlocutor, which will easily keep me alert. As above, you can listen live or stream the interview online, and it’ll be archived in the station’s podcast afterward for those who missed it the first time.
5. Interview with Robert Wood, Singapore Hot Takes, Centre for Stories. I was asked a number of readerly and writerly questions for the Australian org Centre for Stories, and my answers should be posted by the end of the month. To get an idea of the questions asked, check out the first eight authors interviewed for Singapore Hot Takes (all of whom I know; I’ve also edited six of them).
So that’s it for October! Whew! In November, I’m launching the book at the Singapore Writers Festival (8 Nov) along with Barrie Sherwood, and the two of us will be doing additional book events at Kinokuniya (16 Nov) and BooksActually (TBD). You can keep updated on all of these things here on the website via my Events page, and at my Facebook page, and please do buy the book! 😀
Jason Erik Lundberg 