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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Blog Tour: I Am (Not) The Walrus by Ed Briant, Guest Post & Giveaway

I'm excited to be the next stop in Flux's I Am (Not) The Walrus Blog Tour. I Am (Not) The Walrus is the newest release from author Ed Briant, who's stopped by the blog today to tell us a little bit about himself and his book. First, here's a little about his book.


By: Ed Briant
Published by: Flux
Released on: July 2012
Purchase from: Flux | Amazon | Barnes & Noble


How To Cure The Brokenhearted, Stolen Bass Blues

Toby and Zack’s first gig could make or break their Beatles cover band, the Nowhere Men. But ever since getting dumped by his girlfriend, lead singer Toby can’t quite pull off the Beatles’ feel-good vibe. When Toby finds a note hidden inside his brother’s bass claiming the instrument was stolen, he embarks on a quest to find the true owner—and hopes a girl named Michelle will help him recover his lost mojo along the way. -quoted from Flux



Ed Briant’s Five Favorite Bands and Five Favorite Books from His Teen Years


I was in London when I was the same age as Toby in I Am (Not) the Walrus. The biggest bands were:


Talking Heads: There was this movie theater called the Electric Cinema  in West London where every Saturday night at midnight they showed the Talking Heads’ movie Stop Making Sense. It was total mayhem, and it was a blast. If you didn’t have a party to go to on a Saturday night you could head down to the Electric Cinema, and there was a party right there waiting for you. In fact, even if you had been invited to a party, the one at the ’Electric’ was probably better. It was an iffy neighborhood, though, so you had to watch yourself walking home afterwards.


Bob Marley and the Wailers: If you were walking home from the Electric you probably wouldn’t get more than a block without hearing a Bob Marley song blasting out of a car window.


Squeeze: Sharp and funny pop songs. Probably the most influential British band of the 1980’s.


The Smiths: I first saw them at the Hammersmith Palais, and my girlfriend made me leave because she thought they were too depressing.


The Ramones: A living, breathing cartoon of a rock band. I saw them half a dozen times, and I have the hearing-loss to prove it.

My favorite books:


Animal Farm by George Orwell. I loved animals, although I wasn’t quite so fond of them after reading Animal Farm.


Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I thought I liked children, too, after all I was at school with hundreds of them. Was this really how grown-ups saw us?


Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. How wrong can you be? I spent decades thinking I was Pip. Now I’m moving into the time of life where I probably identify more with Miss Haversham.


Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. The world is over-run by giant man-eating plants, and if that isn’t bad enough, 90 percent of the earth’s population are blinded when the earth passes through a strange meteor shower. Possibly the first of the guy-wakes-up-in-a-hospital-and-everybody’s-disappeared genre of novel, and possibly the best.


The Lost Domain (also known as Le Grand Meaulnes), Henri Alain-Fournier’s elusive dream of the end of childhood. The author’s only complete book before being killed right at the beginning of World War One. In my opinion the pre-eminent young adult masterpiece of all time. 


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About The Author:
Ed Briant grew up in Brighton, England, but now lives just outside Philadelphia, where he writes, illustrates, and creates the popular comic strip "Tales from the Slush Pile." He has two daughters, teaches creative writing, and plays the alto saxophone (quite badly). Choppy Socky Blues was his first book for young adults. He can be found online at ebriant.com.

The Giveaway:
Thank you to Flux, I have a fabulous prize pack to giveaway to 1 lucky tour follower!
- a copy of I Am (Not) The Walrus
- 1 guitar pick

This is open to residents in both the US and Canada.
One entry per person.
Must be 13 yrs & older (under requires a parent/guardian's permission)
Giveaway ends on 7/25/12

To enter, please fill out the form below:

Visit the next stop in Ed's tour at WordforTeens

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