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Richard Simon
Jan 30
Final press visit
The pages – that is, the book itself – have all been printed and are now halfway through the binding stage...
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Richard Simon
Jan 28
Hot off the Press
I’m just back from the press, where Chanishka and I were invited this morning to view the proofs of the new dust-jackets before...
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Richard Simon
Jan 8
Improvements – and a month’s delay
Yesterday, I sat down once again with the printer and Chanishka our book designer to discuss changes and improvements based on the...
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Richard Simon
Dec 31, 2024
‘It’s Real!’
‘Gosh, it’s real!’ That was my lovely wife’s reaction when she saw the first digital proof of Thomia , which arrived from the printer...
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Richard Simon
Dec 29, 2024
A change of size, and to print at last!
I was hoping to post this in time to wish you all Merry Christmas, but for various reasons it’s proved impossible to get it out until...
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Richard Simon
Dec 8, 2024
Orders: An Update
On 1 December, I posted on this blog with an announcement that Thomia was at last available for advance purchase at a special...
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Richard Simon
Dec 1, 2024
On Sale Now – At Last!
It’s been a long, weary journey, and more than once I feared that neither I nor my book would make it – but here we are at last. I am...
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Richard Simon
Nov 11, 2024
Thank you, & be careful!
My last post (‘ Delays, Disappointments & Decisions ’, 7 November) received a very heartening response: more than thirty people contacted...
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Richard Simon
Nov 7, 2024
Delays, Disappointments & Decisions
I’ve been getting quotes from printers, and what I have learnt is this: I can’t afford to finance the cost of printing myself.
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Richard Simon
Aug 15, 2024
Taking shape: layout & proofreading
Following Robert Louis Stevenson: ‘nothing should be done in a hurry that can be done slowly.’
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Richard Simon
Apr 7, 2024
A Bit of a Thrill
I was surprised and excited to hear, only a few days ago, that Thomia has made the Gratiaen Prize 2024 Longlist! I entered the manuscript...
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Richard Simon
Mar 6, 2024
How Not to Be A Thomian
as Thomians prepare to enjoy the Royal-Thomian and the spirit of fellowship that comes upon us at this season, we are forced to deal with th
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Richard Simon
Nov 27, 2023
Unveiling the Thomian Story Afresh
Jennifer Paldano Goonewardane (A version of this article first appeared in Explore Sri Lanka, Nov 2023. ©2023, BT Options.) Thomia is a...
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Richard Simon
Nov 18, 2023
The Height of Foreign Mountains
One of the most dramatic stories told in Thomia is that of STC’s struggle to maintain its independence in the face of an increasingly...
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Richard Simon
Nov 12, 2023
‘AN EPIC POEM’
by David Sansoni OAM STC Mt Lavinia, Stone House, Class of 1971 Epic in its reach, poetic in its lyricism, Thomia is a work of both...
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Richard Simon
Nov 10, 2023
The Hundredth Royal-Thomian
A snippet from Chapter 75 of Thomia. Originally posted on notesfromceylon.blogspot.com The 1979 Royal-Thomian may not actually have been...
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Richard Simon
Nov 9, 2023
Indexing, Indexing
A book is finished many times before it’s finished. I wrote ‘The End’ on the last page of the manuscript of Thomia just before Christmas...
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Richard Simon
Nov 7, 2023
Publishing Myself
Why, late in a long career as a writer, I have taken to publishing my own work I’ve been a lucky, lucky writer for most of my...
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