Penguin Teen Australia: News: The Red Queen Obernewtyn Chronicles Release ...: Penguin Australia would like fans of Isobelle Carmody’s Obernewtyn Chronicles to know that we have made the decision to move The Red Queen
from its planned 2013 release to an unscheduled date. We’d like to
take this opportunity to reassure everyone, that Isobelle remains
absolutely committed to the
Obernewtyn Chronicles. The series has
been an enormous part Isobelle’s life for over 25 years, and we
strongly believe Isobelle should take the time she needs to make this
installment, the very best yet
A message from Isobelle Carmody:
I understand you have been waiting, impatiently or patiently, some of
you for literally years. I thank you and I am touched and honoured that
so many of you did not grow out of me, but have allowed Elspeth to
visit you through the years. If you are one of these readers, then we
have shared a long journey, and it is coming to an end. Forgive me for
not rushing it but with each step, I am saying goodbye to a world I have
loved.
Let me hone and polish and conclude this last book at my
own pace, without furious pressure. I promise it will be a better book
for it. And isn’t that what we all want, in the end? Not a book
produced to fit a deadline, but a book that was worth waiting for.
A message from Laura Harris, Publishing Director, Penguin Young Readers:
I can understand how frustrating it must be to see Obernewtyn as
incomplete, and I know many of Isobelle Carmody fans feel this way. I
completely empathise with their disappointment over this latest
announcement.
Unfortunately, it’s about fulfilling an artistic and truthful
conclusion to the series, and inspiration and quality writing don’t
always come as we expect it will. Isobelle would never be satisfied in
pushing out an inferior piece of work, and we respectfully stand by her
on this front.
Please note: The Red Queen refers to the unpublished final book in the Obernewtyn series. In North America, The Sending is published as two separate books, Part 1 titled The Sending and Part 2 titled The Red Queen.
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