Colganology: Hungry

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Dear Diary - Where I'm faffing and wittering on

Feb 7th - Salon at the Transmission Awards, Foyles, London.
Feb 13th - An evening with me at the Royal Masonic School, Rickmansworth.
Feb 27th - Criminal Psychology Faculty at Bucks New University, High Wycombe.
March 15th - The Ig Nobel Prizes, Imperial College, London.
March 15th - Royal College of Art Secret Auction
March 20th - The Ig Nobel Prizes, Hewlett-Packard, Bristol.
April 4th - The Ig Nobel Prizes, Institute of Science and Technology, London.
April 6th - 101 People to Meet before you (or They) Die, Conway Hall, London.
April 13th-14th - QEDCon, Manchester.
April 22nd - May 28th - Recording K Series QI.
May 1st - Keynote Lecture Bucks New University, High Wycombe.
May 15th - Harrogate International Festival (Salon North).
May 28th - Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts.
June 6th - Skeptics in the Pub - Tunbridge Wells.
June 21st - CreatED at The Barbican, London.
June 21st (Eve) - British Humanist Day Celebration, The Nave, Islington.
June-July - Recording Series 6 of The Museum of Curiosity.
July 5th-7th - Cornbury Festival, Great Tew.
July 19th - Latitude Festival (Salon).
August 8th - Edinburgh Festival - Skeptics on The Fringe.
August 14th - Skeptics in the Pub, Birmingham.
September 2nd - Skeptics in the Pub, Glasgow.
Sept 14th - International Colgan Day, Dublin.
October 8th - Skeptics in the Pub, Slug and Lettuce, Milton Keynes.
November 21st - Skeptics in the Pub, Liverpool.

Praise for Joined-Up Thinking

'I found myself fascinated and somewhat dizzy. Most impressive' - Stephen Fry

'Dizzily intriguing' - The Bookseller

'The book that nails that odd, slightly unnerving feeling that everything really is connected' - John Mitchinson (Co-author of QI: The Book of General Ignorance)

'This is not a stocking filler - this is a real book. Buy several copies and keep one' - Daily Telegraph

'Quite simply the best way to spend time when not shopping, sleeping or preparing food' - Tony Hawks (author of Around Ireland with a Fridge)

'Can I recommend a book? It’s Joined-Up Thinking by Stevyn Colgan. The book’s packed with great info, from the derivation of the phrase ‘letting the cat out of the bag’ to the name for the thin bits of a cricket bail. Spigots, since you ask' - Mark Mason (author of The Importance of being Trivial)

'If you've ever looked at the Eiffel Tower and wondered how it's related to Dracula, then Stevyn Colgan is your man. Yes, it's trivia porn' - London Lite

'He connects each piece of his trivia puzzle in a concise, chatty, easy to follow, even logical, manner. This free-flowing style does not, thankfully, lend itself to pause and evaluation, but does allow for a great deal of chuckling and chin-stroking. He is the master of the trivial, the collector and cataloguer of the forgotten and inane - but no matter how worthless and unnecessary the information, Colgan has the knack of making it all sound intensely fascinating' - New Zealand Herald

'Stevyn Colgan has a theory; everything in the world can be connected through 'six degrees of information'. Trying to prove it takes us up some strange alleys but his engaging style means we don't get stuck down the road of intellectual whimsy' - Maxim

'It's a very smart style to a trivia book, and will I am sure be one of the hits of the forthcoming season' - The Bookbag

‘Stevyn Colgan's book, 'Joined-Up Thinking', could well be turned into a pub quiz or even a TV show. The latter could be even more of a possibility as Colgan has connections to the 'QI' BBC TV show. You're going to walk away from this book knowing a lot more than when you started.’ - SF Crows Nest

'How Colgan manages to find all these connections, unravel them and create something coherent and entertaining out of them is beyond me. But I'm glad he took the time, as the result is vastly fascinating and had my mind whirring round after itself for hours - immense fun!' - Falmouth People

Praise for Henhwedhlow

‘All power to Stevyn Colgan and his project to preserve Cornish myth, legend and song. Who knows; as a result some Penzance Wagner may write the Cornish Ring Cycle and won’t the world be pleased? There’s more to Cornwall than Padstow, pasties and ‘Piss off you grockles’ and Colgan is doing the ancient kingdom a great service.’ - Stephen Fry

‘Jumping from the 19th to the 21st century, Stevyn is taking an essential element of our Cornish culture and bringing it bang up-to-date. With the aid of the very clever artwork he aims to do this in a way that even kids sitting their exams will be tempted to bring the book to school so as to take an occasional peek under the desk for a spot of well-deserved humour.’ - Howard Curnow (Cornish bard and storyteller)

'The best book I've ever seen for helping you to learn the Cornish language or practice reading it. Brilliant fun too' - Cornish Voice

Saturday, 9 February 2013

Hungry

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