http://www.johntayman.com/blog Author's Blog for The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:26:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The paperback edition of The Colony has prompted a fresh outpouring of reader letters. Please keep them coming. (And should you need some priming, a sampling is posted in the usual spot.) http://www.johntayman.com/blog/2007/03/29/letters-cont/ I've been remiss in my blogging. (Yet again.) Thus this shorthand update of pleasant book-related news: 1) The paperback of The Colony was released about a month ago. 2) The paperback was a BookSense pick of the month, as was the hardcover. 3) The paperback has cracked the bestseller list, as did the ... http://www.johntayman.com/blog/2007/03/27/catch-up-2/ The Best Books of the Year round-ups are hitting the newstands, and -- happily -- many of these include The Colony. Last week it was the Chicago Tribune and the Rocky Mountain News. As the latter is one of my hometown papers (the Denver Post being the other), it was ... http://www.johntayman.com/blog/2006/12/13/year-end-honors/ With the publication date for the paperback edition of The Colony approaching, it’s a good time to share some news about several of the more prominent characters in the book. On September 28, at 12:40 a.m., Olivia Breitha passed away. She died at the Kalaupapa care home, only a few hundred ... http://www.johntayman.com/blog/2006/11/25/news-from-kalaupapa/ In my laxness of late I've neglected to post some recent reviews of The Colony. So I'll start adding them now. In September, the New England Journal of Medicine weighed in on the book. The full review will be in the appropriate spot shortly, but here's the money quote: The Colony ... http://www.johntayman.com/blog/2006/11/24/superb-says-the-new-england-journal-of-medicine/ Given the dearth of bloggy entries of late, I’ve decided that I should broaden my scope of topics or this blog will waste away into nothingness. (Or at least during the sleepy lull between the hardcover publication of The Colony, some six months ago, and the upcoming paperback release.) Before things ... http://www.johntayman.com/blog/2006/06/22/transitions/ Somehow it escaped my attention that The Colony was recently reviewed by "America's Finest News Source" (and one of my favorite publications), The Onion. Their learned verdict? "A-". Read more here. http://www.johntayman.com/blog/2006/05/10/tears-to-my-eyes/ A few weeks ago I headed to Washington D.C., just in time to see the cherry blossoms explode. Also to appear on C-Span’s Book TV. My interlocutor was Congressman Ed Case, D-HI, who represents the district that includes Kalaupapa, and who has been quoted on record that The Colony was ... http://www.johntayman.com/blog/2006/04/25/springtime-in-the-nations-capitol/ Alas, I've been remiss with the postings. After several weeks of blurring and blurry media appearances, things have settled down again. So first the new news. The Colony audio book is out, should you have 13 hours to devote to its unabridged entirety. In the next few days I’ll post ... http://www.johntayman.com/blog/2006/04/11/catch-up/ Among the many radio interviews from last week were two long-form call-in shows, both on Public Radio. If you'd like to waste an hour or two, have a listen. (You'll need to launch your Real Player to listen to these.) The first is from the Kathleen Dunn show, in Wisconsin ... http://www.johntayman.com/blog/2006/03/12/chatter/