{"id":32884,"date":"2013-05-23T12:06:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T02:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=32884"},"modified":"2016-03-01T09:46:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T23:46:11","slug":"bestselling-author-hugh-howey-in-conversation-with-booktopias-john-purcell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2013\/05\/23\/bestselling-author-hugh-howey-in-conversation-with-booktopias-john-purcell\/","title":{"rendered":"Bestselling author Hugh Howey in conversation with Booktopia’s John Purcell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Booktopia’s John Purcell recently took some time out to sit down with mega-bestselling author Hugh Howey.<\/p>\n

Before he wrote Wool<\/em> <\/a>and its prequel Shift<\/a><\/em>, Hugh worked in the book industry, so his views are from a unique perspective, once a bookseller looking out and now an author looking in.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ACXj0siDE9k<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hugh came into the Booktopia offices and signed a stack of copies of his books, some of them having special little drawings and messages of thanks from him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With Ridley Scott buying the rights to produce a film based on the story and a third book not far, away don’t miss your chance to pick up a signed copy of these gripping books.<\/p>\n

Click here for more details about The Wool Trilogy<\/em> at
\nBooktopia, <\/strong><\/a>Australia’s Local Bookstore<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Wool (Signed copies available for a limited time)<\/h1>\n

by Hugh Howey<\/h2>\n

An epic story of survival at all odds and one of the most anticipated books of the year.<\/p>\n

In a ruined and hostile landscape, in a future few have been unlucky enough to survive, a community exists in a giant underground silo.<\/p>\n

Inside, men and women live an enclosed life full of rules and regulations, of secrets and lies.<\/p>\n

To live, you must follow the rules. But some don’t. These are the dangerous ones; these are the people who dare to hope and dream, and who infect others with their optimism.<\/p>\n

Their punishment is simple and deadly. They are allowed outside.<\/p>\n

Jules is one of these people. She may well be the last.<\/p>\n

Click here to buy Wool<\/em> from Booktopia,<\/strong><\/a>
\nAustralia’s Local Bookstore<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Shift (Signed copies available for a limited time)<\/h1>\n

by Hugh Howey<\/h2>\n

In a future less than fifty years away, the world is still as we know it. Time continues to tick by. The truth is that it is ticking away.<\/p>\n

A powerful few know what lies ahead. They are preparing for it. They are trying to protect us.<\/p>\n

They are setting us on a path from which we can never return.<\/p>\n

A path that will lead to destruction; a path that will take us below ground.<\/p>\n

The history of the silo is about to be written.<\/p>\n

Our future is about to begin.<\/p>\n

Click here to buy Shift<\/em> from Booktopia,<\/strong><\/a>
\nAustralia’s Local Bookstore<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Booktopia’s John Purcell recently took some time out to sit down with mega-bestselling author Hugh Howey. Before he wrote Wool and its prequel Shift, Hugh worked in the book industry, so his views are from a unique perspective, once a bookseller looking out and now an author looking in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2510,2615,2879,4834,6383,6600],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56891,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32884\/revisions\/56891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}