Harriet Rowland, writer of The Book of Hat, would have been 21 yesterday 26
August 2014 and anyone who knew her or who has read the book can imagine with what
exuberance and enthusiasm that particular birthday would have been celebrated. But
Harriet died of cancer in March this year, very soon after the sell-out launch
of the book in February.
Unexpectedly high sales followed. Publisher, Mary McCallum of Mākaro
Press under their Submarine imprint said there has been much interest in
turning The Book Of Hat into an ebook
to meet both the demands of the young readership and overseas sales.
To do this Mākaro Press formed an association with Dunedin ebook publisher Rosa
Mira Books, owned by Penelope Todd. Mary said ‘Penelope is a wonderful publisher and we knew she’d ‘get’ Hat’s book,
and she has. The ebook has been sensitively done, in the way Harriet would have
wanted, incorporating the original book design features including colour
photographs that helped make the book so popular.’
The Book
of Hat is available at all good bookshops, online at:thebookofhat.comhttp://thebookofhat.com/ & makaropress.co.nzhttp://makaropress.co.nz/ and as an ebook
at rosamirabooks.comhttp://rosamirabooks.com/
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| Harriet - acknowledgements to Fifi Colston |
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