Poster pallava and holiday giveaways


Dear friends,

It's coming to the end of the year and as part of the year end preparations, I finally got the book 'Attack on Planet Falrus' translated into french, german and italian! To celebrate this feat, I got the book displayed on a poster at the local swiss post office, which generated a bit of interest :)

You can see the poster here in this short video:

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Now, just before Christmas, a nice, timely reminder that the holiday children's book giveaway is still active! There MUST be a child in your life who has been a good girl or boy and who deserves an adventure book full of thrills and chills! How could you deny them this joy in the season of goodwill and hope? :) No, this doesn't count as emotional blackmail :) Not in the slightest :)

You would have heard of 'The Volcan Council' by Laurie Bowler from a previous newsletter too. Find out more about Benedict Tourus and how his life got turned upside down in the exciting thriller 'The Volcan Council'.

Wishing you warm wishes for this juletide season 2025,

All my love,

Joanna

Joanna Monigatti

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