New Covers for the Dragonkeeper Trilogy
News | Posted by Carole on Wednesday 8 October 2008
The Dragonkeeper trilogy is being reprinted and this time they will all have new covers. This is called rejacketing in the book trade. The book is exactly the same. It is just the covers that are different.
The covers have been created by Sebastian Ciaffaglione, who did the cover for Dragon Dawn and also illustrated my picture book The Night We Made the Flag.
I think they are really lovely. It’s great to see Danzi and Kai on the covers, not to mention Hua who is featured on the Dragonkeeper cover.
Doesn’t matter if people know my name. I think lots of people prefer Pizza such as Carole Wilkinson. “Pizza (nice short name)” (Quoted from comment posted by Carole 28/10/08.)
Yes, my name is Peter. Doesn’t make a difference. I don’t mind what anyone calls me anyway.
Hello!
Let me tell you a little about myself so you can waste your time commenting about it.
I live in south-west victoria.
Am 13
and Pizza happens to be my friend.
Now, Carole. Australian Authors: Have you ever met David Cornish or Michael Pryor?
Michael Pryor was runner up for Aurealis award. Was that the one you won?
KEEP WRITING! AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE NEEDS MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU
i LUV the new covers but i preferred the old 1s… & i am 1 of the 1s that like the detail!!!:P
I have finished Garden of the Purple Dragon, it is as good as Dragon Keeper and had so many surprises yet I will not list them. Kai is so funny. It also seems you have done your research, I looked up Liu Che and Chinese emperors on the internet. All of your facts are right (Well, perhaps not the actual story line).
I look forward to reading the final book in your trilogy. Thanks for the enjoyable read.
Pizza,
I’m glad you liked it. The books are mainly fiction, but I like to put in a few people and events that actually happened. So Liu Che was a real person, so was Dong Fang Suo. And Liu Che really was obsessed with living forever.
hello
did you happen to write ”the dragon companion”
its a good book. plaese comment.
hey hey……
Um firstly Zach ( formerly the anonymous one ) think you have a little bit of a problem saying that carole’s books are ALL BAD when there not….. And then you say there good – i just dnt understand…..
Anyway…..
Carole did you get my other comment…. I cant find it….. did you take it of…
Well if you didnt c it i finished dragon dawn…. it was a good book…
Ok cya
um… i was just reading through other comments – and found out your a slow reader….. Does that mean it takes you a long time to write long books – apart from the time it usually would for faster readers ( like J.K ) ???????
Cass,
Yes I did write Dragon Companion. You can read about it here
http://www.carolewilkinson.com.au/books/dragon_companion
and there is a nice little site about it at black dog books.
http://www.bdb.com.au/dragoncompanion/
Connor,
I don’t think the fact that I am a slow reader makes me a slow writer. Writing isn’t about speed. It’s about being thorough and writing and rewriting until it gets good.
Hi,
I have just finshed the whole series of the ‘Dragonkeeper’. It has captivated me like no other book has before. I thank-you for writing such imaginative stories and for having creative ideas. I was so into the book i forgot to do my homework!
But I do have a negative comment (sorry!)
The new covers are beautiful, although it did alter my imagination of the characters and I found it hard to think of the characters…..
Anyways, congratulations on the new books! XD
Sharon,
Thanks for telling me that. I see what you mean about changing your ideas of what the characters look like. Strangely the new covers didn’t have that effect on me. I think the illustrator got pretty close to depicting Danzi and Ping how I imagined them.
My 10 year old daughter is an avid book reader and at a young age read encyclopedias like novels. It is challenging to find novels for her to read which have age appropriate content but are interesting enough for her to pursue. She received Dragon Keeper for her birthday and finished the book in a day and a half and really enjoyed it. Looks like Garden of the purple Dragon and Dragon Moon will be on the Christmas list !
hi carole its rhys the dragon keeper series are the best but i am still on the 1st book dragon keeper
Hi Carole,
I’ve read the first three books of the Dragonkeeper series and I love them so much! It started off when we had to read them for school and then everyone loved it!
As for the covers, I like the new ones but I prefer the old ones because they seem more graphic to me.
Congrats on your well-deserved fame!
From the alchemist
Rhys, alchemist,
Glad you like the book(s).
wow!! this book its amazing!!!
im from indonesian,
i already read the first and the second book, just want to ask u ,why the third book itsnt avaible at my country?
thx, like your kai!!
guana,
I don’t know why the third book is not available in Indonesia. You would have to ask the publisher. Perhaps they are still translating it.
You could email them at
info@penerbitmatahati.com
Hi Carole,
I was wondering where can you find the new book, Dragon Dawn? I really want to read it….is it at Borders?
From
the alchemist:)
alchemist,
yes Borders should have it. All good bookshops should. If they don’t, they will order it in if you ask.
sarah,
I missed answering your comment, way back in Nov. Sorry. Glad to hear your daughter is enjoying the Dragonkeeper series.
hey carole i love the ew covers and everything bu i was wondering why is it called a triolgy when u made the 4th book called dragon dawn
Nicole,
Glad you like the covers.
Dragonkeeper, Garden of the PD and Dragon Moon are a trilogy. They continue one from the other, Ping is the main character and the story is finished. That’s why they are a trilogy.
Dragon Dawn is a stand-alone story, set at a different time.
Love those covers! They are really Pretty!
yo nic!
finally found u!!!
hua in the 1st cover looks cuter that i thot.
are you gonna make other relating dragon stories carole??
I love Dragonkeeper! I’ve finished Dragonkeeper, Garden of the Purple dragon, and now I’ve almost finished Dragon Moon! You’re awesome Carole! Kai is so cute.
Nat,
No more dragonkeeper stories at them moment, I’m afraid.
I really love your dragonkeeper series! and really curious about ping,jun,the emperor and kai’s future after i finished dragon moon,,–though they seemed have a happy life after all–
Mita,
I haven’t imagined their future. You can imagine a future for them yourself.
Hi Carole, i have posted here before about a project that i did on dragonkeeper last year. i recieved an A and i was so happy. I just want to say you are such an inspiration to everyone that reads your books. They are so incredibly well written and you can tell how much research and deep thought has been put into them. I am always writing short stories(mostly romance) and i would really like to start a romance novel. thank you for the pleasure of reading your work.
xxoooooxxx
Ella W,
Congrats on getting an A. Thanks for saying those nice things.
And good luck with your writing.
why did u change the cove?
my birthday is 14 may 1997
how old are u ? when is it your birthday?
how long how u being white for?
thank you
Jardel,
The publishers wanted to change to cover. Just to keep it fresh. I was happy to do that. I am 58 years old. I am not publishing my birthday on the internet. I have had some problems lately with people trying to steal my identity. Sorry.
I have been writing kids books for about 15 years.
hiya.how do u get dragon companion in singapore?