Hello,

It's been a litle while since I've been in touch, but I wanted to ask for your help. There's only 1 WEEK TO VOTE for the winner of this award, and I'd love it if you voted for Fukushima Dreams! Voting is easy - just leave a comment on this article with 'VOTE: Fukushima Dreams' and why you like it...it will really help to get the book out there.

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Spring is here, and finally Fukushima Dreams is out in the wild. I thought you might appreciate a little update on how the book is doing...well, the quick answer is that I don't exactly know. In about 5 months I'll get a profit and loss statement from Unbound and that will be the first concrete information about how the book is doing in the market. 

Meanwhile, my job is to spread the book as…

It's been some time since my last update, but as increasing numbers of people have been asking what's happening with the book, now seems like a good time to let you know what's up. First of all, here's a preview of the cover, designed by the excellent Mark Ecob. I love the starkness of it, and it beautifully references a seismograph, which is very apt considering the subject matter. It's striking…

On June 5th I'll be reading from Fukushima Dreams at the Brixton BookJam - a quarterly literary event that's been running at the Hootananny in Effra Road, Brixton since 2012. If you'd like to head a reading from the book, as well as 11 other BRILLIANT writers and music from Robert 'Hacker' Jessett of Morton Valence fame, come along. It's free, and guaranteed to be good.

http://www.brixtonbookjam…

When news of the 2011 Tsunami reached the UK, I had a very personal reaction to it. I felt that I needed to tell the story of what happened that day, in a way that people outside of Japan could relate to. None of us know how we would react in this kind of situation - and I wanted to show that we are all frail, that none of us is perfect, also to highlight the plight of the 60,000 people who…

First of all welcome to new supporters. 90 of you have been kind enough to support Fukushima Dreams, which is amazing, and has helped the fund to get to 64%. I'm working hard to make it to 100!

I've been recording chapters of the book and releasing them on SoundCloud as a set - so if you'd like to get an audio preview, then visit http://soundcloud.com/badzelda/sets/fukushima-dreams. It's a great…

So, I had an interesting conversation in the pub yesterday about why I'm crowdfunding this book with Unbound, instead of self-publishing, which is how my first book came out. I learnt many things publishing Caposcripti. I had already been working in digital publishing, producing ebooks and apps for the likes of Penguin and Tate Publishing - so the actual production was pretty easy. I found a good…

And so we reach chapter 5.

I tried not to judge him....

https://soundcloud.com/badzelda/fukushima-dreams-chaper-5

I'm amazed...today the campaign has got to 51 followers.... Thanks so much!

Now I can't wait to actually get the book out to people.

It's been really interesting making audio recordings of the chapters over the last few days; hearing it with a different ear. Here's chapter 4: https://soundcloud.com/badzelda/fukushima-dreams-chapter-4?

I've been looking back though some of the notebooks…

Chapter 3, where Harry makes the decision to leave his family:

https://soundcloud.com/badzelda/fukushima-dreams-chapter-3

Picture credit: Wikipedia (Crown of Lenten rose)

So today, the second chapter...https://soundcloud.com/badzelda/fukushima-dreams-chapter-2

Enjoy!

First of all THANK YOU to all the lovely kind supporters who will each be listed in the book.

I made an audio version of my first book, Caposcripti, and released a chapter a day. Here’s the first chapter of Fukushima Dreams for you: https://soundcloud.com/badzelda/fukushima-dreams-chapter-1

I'll be releasing more of these soon, at www.soundcloud.com/badzelda

Enjoy!

There were a number of reasons this book came together. First, I've always loved Japan. I had a close Japanese friend as a teenager, and visits to her house were like visiting another country - one I felt very comfortable in. I've long been a fan of Japanese writing: the sparseness of it, and the way that emotion lives between the lines rather than in the mouths of the protagonists. Writers like…

It's been an exciting week...

First of all making my first ever book trailer - which wouldn't have been possible without the help of the very talented Jess Phillimore (http://jessphillimore.com/), the great musical skills of Andy Dobson (http://digitonal.com/) and the scriptwriting skills of Bryony Morrison. The result is a very moving piece that's made me see the book in a new light. I don't know…