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A Perfect Red

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Monday, December 1, 2008

At long last, an update: Good things continue to happen for A Perfect Red. Earlier this year, the French edition won the 2008 Veolia Environmental Book Prize (a truly wonderful surprise!) and the book is now available in six languages: English, Dutch, French, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. A Spanish translation is also in the works.
The publishers have done a fabulous job with the translated editions. Several have used the van Eyck portrait in new and inventive ways (including a keyhole cutout and a red ribbon bookmark in the Japanese edition), and their books are works of art.
Huge thanks to all the readers who have written letters, sent emails, and shared momentos and stories with Amy. It’s been a delight to hear from so many people who are passionate about color and history.

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Wednesday, May 3, 2006

A Perfect Red has won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction!

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Monday, May 1, 2006

A Perfect Red is now out in paperback in the US.

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Friday, December 16, 2005

A Perfect Red was listed as one of the best books of 2005 by the Washington Post.

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Saturday, November 5, 2005

Amy speaks candidly about her struggle with lupus on NPR's The Infinite Mind this week. To find out when it will be broadcast in your area or to listen to it online, visit The Infinite Mind website .

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Friday, October 21, 2005

A Chinese edition of A Perfect Red is in the works! And wonderful reviews and articles about the book keep coming in, including a piece in the September issue of Natural History, a rave review from Liz Smith at the New York Post, and a cover story in Amy's college magazine.

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Friday, July 29, 2005

An interview with Amy has appeared in Three Monkeys Online.

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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

The Boston Globe ran a great, full color feature on Amy and A Perfect Red. You can read the article here.

She will appear tonight on WGBH's Greater Boston show at 7pm EDT (WGBH 2), repeated at midnight.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2005


A Perfect Red

UK Edition

The UK edition of A Perfect Red, published by Doubleday, is now shipping!

An interview with Amy will air on hour three of WAMC's Roundtable on Thursday, June 2. For many listeners this will be between 11:00 and 11:20 EDT.

A Perfect Red is #5 on the Harvard Bookstore hardcover bestseller list! (Thanks to Michelle Hewitt for pointing this out.)

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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Amy will be on KPBS Radio's morning talk show, These Days.

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Friday, May 20, 2005

Amy will appear on the Cable Radio Network next Tuesday.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Amy appeared today on The Exchange program on New Hampshire Public Radio. You can hear a repeat of the broadcast using Real Audio or Windows Media.

You can also hear an archived version of Amy's appearance on Wisconsin Public Radio's Here on Earth show using Real Audio.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Last Sunday's LA Times included a great review of A Perfect Red, describing it as a "delightful, rollicking history of cochineal". There are also some more radio and TV appearances. The Roundtable interview has been rescheduled for later in May.

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Friday, May 6, 2005

Amy has been booked for another radio appearance.

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Wednesday, May 4, 2005

Here are the details of Amy's radio appearances from May 5th to May 20th.

Amy will also be appearing on the Literati Scene, with Smoki Bacon and Dick Concannon Show on BNN TV (Channel 23 in Boston, and also on other stations in the area).

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Friday, April 29, 2005

Amy has an essay appearing in the next issue of the UK literary magazine Zembla.

Coming soon to a radio near you: interviews with Amy in May and June 2005. The schedule starts on May 5th with KXEL's On the Air with Mike Bunge and WILL's The Afternoon Magazine with host Celeste Quinn from 2-3 pm. There's plenty more to follow, including an interview on WAMC's Roundtable and a TV spot on a local Boston literary show. More details soon!

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Tuesday, April 26, 2005

A Perfect Red is now shipping in the US and Canada! It should be available in stores soon.

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