Poland goes crazy for Max

Polish publisher Amber who acqiured Polish language rights to Each Day A Small Victory have a best seller on their hands with over 8,000 hardback sold in less than three months. Clearly the Rural Noir humour of CHips Hardy's masterful first novel translates well.

Right on Target

Shooting and Conservation magazine has just published a great review for Each Day A Small Victory in the September issue.

"Beatrix Potter meets the Kray Brothers – At last someone has had the guts – and there are plenty of guts spread about these pages – to tell it how it is in the countryside; kill or be killed. Death is unsentimental, bloody and inevitable. The day-to-day struggle for survival through the seasons is gripping and hugely entertaining. " Shooting and Conservation Magazine.

Join us this Wednesday 12th September at 6:30 for a book signing at the Pan Bookshop, Fulham Road, London.

Join us in celebrating the launch of Each Day A Small Victory

'Pulp Fiction meets Wind in the Willows.'~ Jake Arnott

Please join Can of Worms Press in celebrating the publication and release from captivity of British Comedy Award winner, Chips Hardy’s debut novel,
Each Day A Small Victory at:

Crockatt & Powell Bookshop on Thursday 6th September
6:00pm – 9:00pm for drinks, book signings and chatter
119 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, London SE1

The Open Book on Monday 10th September
6:00pm – 9:00pm for drinks, book signings and chatter
10, King Street, Richmond, Surrey TW9 1ND

The Pan Bookshop on Wednesday 12th September
6:30pm – 9:00pm for drinks, book signings and chatter
158-162 Fulham Road, London SW10 9PG

RSVP: 020 7708 2942 or email: info@canofwormspress.co.uk

'The memorable feat of a quirky and engaging imagination.' ~ Sir Roy Strong

Shot in the Dark from Sporting Shooter

Sporting Shooter magazine's editor, James Marchington, has written a marvellous commentary on his blog for Each Day a Small Victory. To read the piece in his blog http://jamesmarchington.blogspot.com/2007/08/these-animals-aint-cute.html. He will soon be interviewing Chips Hardy for a piece in the magazine.

You can find out more about the book on our Each Day A Small Victory group on Facebook or at: http://www.canofworms-eachdayasmallvictory.blogspot.com/

What is Rural Noir

From Can of Worms Press comes a new “edgy” genre of literature: Rural Noir
Imagine Chandler set amongst the creatures of the countryside, or Pulp Fiction meets Wind in the Willows.

noir Pronunciation (nwär) adj.
1. Of or relating to the film noir genre.
2. Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.
3. Suggestive of danger or violence.

ru·ral Pronunciation (rrl) adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the country.
2. Of or relating to people who live in the country: rural households.
3. Of or relating to farming; agricultural.

ru·ral noir Pronunciation (rrl) (nwär)
1. New genre of noir literature.
2. Of or relating to a genre of literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.
3. Suggestive of danger or violence.
4. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the country.
5. Of or relating to creatures who live in the country.

Examples of other books that could be described as ru·ral noir:
Animal Farm by George Orwell
White Fang and The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Watership Down by Richard Adams

But none of these have quite the lethal cocktail of rural noir that is: Each Day A Small Victory

Each Day a Small Victory
Written by British Comedy Award winner - Chips Hardy
Illustrated by Palme D'Or winner - Oscar Grillo

Hardback £12.99
Available mid July 2007

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