Richard Happer

Now the cover dispute really IS resolved

Well, who would have thought it? After 5 months of high level legal wrangling, the Ordnance Survey have graciously stopped objecting to the cover of my novel ‘The Hills Are Stuffed With Swedish Girls’.

Hurray! A great day for common sense, humorous literature and fat ginger cats.

I’m not exactly sure why they changed their minds now, but I’m happy they have. So let’s just draw a contour line under things and move on.

Because it means the publisher can now print a second edition of the book!

And to celebrate the launch of the new edition, I will be getting high – literally – because I will be holding a book signing at the TOP OF THE DEVIL’S STAIRCASE IN GLENCOE.

This will be UNIQUE IN THE HISTORY OF BOOK SIGNINGS and will take place on Saturday the 18th of September 2010. (NOTE – THE DATE HAS CHANGED!! Apologies to all of you who were planning to come and say hello in July, but I have had to push the signing back a bit. This is for technical reasons: my car has died, and lugging my tent and boxes of books up to Glencoe on a National Express bus is a challenge even Macrae might baulk at. Then in August I have the Edinburgh Book Festival and the launch of 365 Reasons To Be Cheerful, so I’ve moved the signing into September. Which is a drier month anyway. Hope you can make it then…)

At an altitude of 1800 feet above sea level (550m), this is the highest part of the West Highland Way where much of the story is set. (It’s at grid ref 216 576 on OS sheet 41 – please buy this map, they’re lovely people really.)

If the wind doesn’t blow every book to Norway, this promises to be a grand adventure. Macrae assures me that scantily Swedish girls will ‘absolutely completely definitely’ be there. Jonesy himself may also be in attendance, depending on his business commitments. Sausages will certainly be served.

So if you fancy picking up a copy of the new, OS-friendly edition of the novel, or even just having a wee walk and saying hello, do come on up!

I’d love to see you…

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