O R Melling's Book Blog

I am honored to have my dear pal Orla Melling mention "Jousting with Jesters" on her Book Blog. In case you don't know her work she is the author of a brilliant Y A fantasy series called "The Chronicles of Faerie". I was inspired to write a piece of music after reading the first novel in the series called "The Hunter's Moon" and this will be included in the next C D I am recording called "A Telling". Do check out www.ormelling.com Book Blog, and then read all about Orla and her wonderful works.

Jousting with Jesters

"Jousting with Jesters" is already available on Amazon.com and afffilates .uk and .ca A pleasant surprise. Order your copy today ! Does this sound laike a sales pitch, well you're absolutely right. I went back to the landscape of my childhood, the county of Kent England, for the setting of this tale, and tapped into an aspect of my creative self that I hadn't had the chance to use in my other books. Whimsical humour, or being outright "silly", has always been a big part of my everyday persona, and I have always been a fan of literate verbal humour my whole life. From "Winnie the Pooh" to "Beyond the Fringe" "Monty Python" to "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" ( an absolute gem, starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. Forget "House", Laurie is brilliant in this series, now avialable on DVD. ) "Jousting with Jesters" allowed me to go back in time in the most positive way. I have had some wonderful experiences showing "Jousting" to kids in schools and libraries, they really seem respond to Dennis the Dragon and the medieval setting, plus the fun of finding all the various letter references and tracking the various characters and where they pop up.
Cheers, Martin.

Concert Poster

Rehersals are under way for the concert on the 14th of September ! It's intruiging to re-visit the music I wrote for "Bright Weaving", it takes me back to the original inspiration, the brilliant novels of Guy Gavriel Kay. The music has grown and the versions of the tunes on the CD are jumping off points for the live versions. I am excited to be playing new music as well, inspired by the works of Caitlin Sweet and R Scott Bakker.
I am honored to have these wonderful writers reading from thier works as part of the event. All the new music will be recorded over the fall and winter for a new CD project called "A Telling". Bakka Books will be selling C D's and books, plus my new kid's book called "Jousting With Jesters", which comes out next week. This will certainly be a special night for me.
Cheers Martin.

Fan Expo

Martin recently attended Fan Expo, Canada's largest entertainment event. Martin displayed and sold his work at this event. Fan Expo served as the launch site for Martin's new book, Jousting With Jesters.