Books

I am very proud to announce that my debut novel The Spanish Helmet has been selected by the NZ Society of Authors to be presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 where New Zealand is guest of honour. The society has selected just 40 books (dubbed the Frankfurt Forty) for this honour from fiction and non-fiction New Zealand works. It is a great pleasure to have my work selected from among the other great work coming out on New Zealand. For ...Read more»

Please... help me to translate The Spanish Helmet into German. From as little as a $5 donation, you get a copy of the book. Or, be the hero (or villain) in my next novel by donating $1500. OK, $5 would be a great start. I will be grateful forever. And my pregnant translator (not my wife) will be able to stock up on chocolate-covered gherkins. Greg Scowen IndieGoGo Spanish Helmet Project ...Read more»

I undertook an interesting exercise last night. And the results surprised even me. Comparing The Spanish Helmet with NZ 2011 Top Ten Fiction Nielsen produce lists of top selling books in New Zealand. You can find this information on the Booksellers NZ website. I took the list of the top 10 selling NZ fiction for adults and compared the statistics, rankings, reviews, and likes of these on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Goodreads (a popular social network for book lovers) with the same for The ...Read more»

The Spanish Helmet was reviewed in the Southland Times on the 21st January, 2012. For those of you without access to this paper, the review follows: Alternate History Delivers The Spanish Helmet By Greg Scowen (Whare Rama Books, $20 for an autographed copy by post) Reviewed by Jillian Allison-aitken New Zealand author Greg Scowen has come up with an interesting concept for his conspiracy thriller The Spanish Helmet: what if the officially accepted history of New Zealand is wrong? A mysterious Spanish helmet sitting ...Read more»

The Spanish Helmet was reviewed in the Saturday Express on the 20th November, 2011. For those of you without access to this paper, the review follows: The Spanish Helmet By Greg Scowen Reviewed by Elizabeth Winter Take a mysterious Spanish helmet held in Te Papa, a large pohutukawa tree in La Coruna, Spain, which locals believe to be 400 to 500 years old and a 16th century Spanish expedition, and you have the makings of a conspiracy thriller and an alternative history of New ...Read more»

The Spanish Helmet video trailer has finally been completed. I hope you all enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it. Don't forget to tell your friends to have a look too. ...Read more»

24 Jan 2012 - The Spanish Helmet is no longer available from Real Groovy. ------------------ The Spanish Helmet is now available from Real Groovy in Queen St, Auckland and also from the Real Groovy website for $24.95. ...Read more»

I am justifiably proud of the placement of The Spanish Helmet in the Orell Füssli English bookshop. Here is a handful of pictures to show why. Certainly, I cannot complain when sitting next to the likes of Clancy, Deaver and Pintoff. Thanks for the love, Orell Füssli. ...Read more»

For my Kiwi readers, a little good news. The Spanish Helmet is now available at Whitcoulls book stores. You can order it online here: http://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/book/spanish-helmet/25865355/ or pop into your local branch and request them to bring in a copy. If someone does this, I would love to know the outcome (how long does it take and did it cost anything extra?) I'm sure it will start to pop up in other stores throughout NZ and the rest of the world too. If you ...Read more»

It is my great pleasure to be able to advise all of my Swiss readers (and future readers) that The Spanish Helmet is now available at the Orell Füssli English bookshop in Zürich (rrp. 16.90 chf). Orell Füssli The Bookshop, Zürich Orell Füssli The Bookshop is the largest English bookshop on the European continent. They carry over 40'000 English books on all subjects, an exclusive range of English DVDs, magazines and audio books, as well as British and American food items. The ...Read more»