Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Murakami. The search begins

simon:

OK, so the votes are in and you've decided that you'd like us to try and get Haruki Murakami to visit the shop.
Fair enough.

So, I guess the first thing to do is this.... does anyone know his phone number, or e-mail address.
Looking forward to hearing from you
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9 comments:

  1. jamesh20 May 2008 at 20:48

    Could you not try to make contact via the publisher in the first instance?

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  2. Anonymous20 May 2008 at 21:25

    is he on facebook?

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  3. MarkFarley20 May 2008 at 22:09

    I do believe that Scott Pack (the John Peel of books himself) has him on speed dial and (I suspect, but this could be a lie) a signed, framed photo on his bedside table.

    I'd try 'im, like... xx

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  4. MarkFarley20 May 2008 at 22:10

    If you go to the publishers, I promise you that it will be one long, drawn out process involving chases with wild geese involved.

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  5. Mark Thornton21 May 2008 at 12:21

    I agree with Mark - forget going through official channels - Scott's yer man, shamelessly use those contacts...

    I still think you should get Shatner in though :-(

    I'd come down from Abingdon for the event I'm telling you...

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  6. Steerforth21 May 2008 at 15:55

    I would rely on the power of improbable coincidence.

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  7. Anonymous21 May 2008 at 17:21

    Does that make you the Bruno Brookes, Farley? I suspect so.

    Or the Timmy Mallett?

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  8. MarkFarley23 May 2008 at 22:44

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  9. MarkFarley23 May 2008 at 22:46

    I'm not anything, Simon Bates/Scott Pack. I'm glad you crawled out of your new HarperCollins shaped hole to spew your immodest rubbish this week in The Bookseller. With that Blogger article following you, you didn't do very well, did you? I take it you are not offering your advice services to small publishers anymore?

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