http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php Personnal news module for John Howe en-us http://www.john-howe.com/images/logo_jhowe_suivante.jpg http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php Personnal news module for John Howe http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P265 When I finally made my way out Exit B at the Beijing Airport, I was hoping there would be somebody with my name on a sign. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P269 Every now and then, I have the honour (and the pleasure, as it offers me a fortnight's reprieve) to have a guest writer for the space of a newsletter. Amanda Hemingway is a fantasy writer who is also known as Jan Siegel, and a few other names besides. In her own words: "Looking for more information on fantasy novelist Jan Siegel? Want to know the low-down on the comic mind behind the novels of Jemma Harvey? Or whether or not Amanda Hemingway is any relation to Ernest? You've come... http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P251 Last October, I was asked if I would write a foreword for a book on... dragons. Having just had Forging Dragons publish at about the same time, they were still very fresh in my mind. Small world. Full of dragons. JUST WHAT IS IT ABOUT DRAGONS? They seem to be everywhere, their ubiquity matched only by their variety. No other creature speads such colossal wings or drags its scaly belly across the mythical lands of so many cultures over the aeons. They span the spectrum from devilry... http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P260 If art history (capital A, capital H) generally traces a pretty straight path through the rolling green countryside of painting, stopping only to inspect the work of masters and "significant" contributors to our vision of what art constitutes Art, ("All passengers for Memling and the Flemish Primitives please prepare to disembark, for those travellers going on to Rembrandt, kindly remain seated") there are many overgrown sideways paths to explore, reminders that a... http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P264 I'll be signing books at the Weta Cave in Miramar, Wellington, on May 16th, from 1 to 3 p.m. (Because I am a little lazy, I've just copied the text off the Weta site rather than write something of my own.) http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P259 Back in the 70's, I had a paperback book called "Into the Aether", by Richard Lupoff. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P256 "A picture is worth a thousand words". Where does that saying come from anyway? http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P258 The steps of most pilgrims are directed to holy places - physical journey coupled with metaphysical journey - or to places linked in some way to family - following old routes and digging up old roots. Our steps tend to lead us to see pictures. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P261 With the French edition of Forging Dragons soon out, we will be organizing a few signing sessions with the Payot bookshops here in Switzerland. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P253 You wouldn't likely recognize the name Laurie Battle, but you'd be familiar with her work. Laurie has managed Tolkien Enterprises through thick and thin, storm and fair weather, for the last three decades, and probably knows more about the ins and outs of Tolkiendom than most. So, of course when she replied enthusiatically to my slightly timid request concerning the eventual possibility of maybe considering the idea of one day doing a guest newsletter, I was delighted. Laurie has...