Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Germany, has published the trade edition of In a Far Country as Der Lotus Garten. 

Borgens Forlag, Denmark, has published The Linnet Bird as Smaragdfuglen 

Club Premiere, Germany, has published In a Far Country as Der Lotus Garten. 

Circulo Leitores, Portugal, has published The Linnet Bird as Opassaro de Caxemira. 

Polish rights to In a Far Country have been purchased by Bertelsmann Media Sp.

J'ai Lu has published a mass market French edition of The Linnet Bird as L'Oiseau du Cachemire.

Portuguese rights to The Moonlit Cage have been purchased by Bertrand Editora.

Headline Publishers has produced a website for In a Far Country. It contains a variety of information: an interview with Linda, an article on sati, an extract from the book, a reading group discussion guide with questions, and even a competition to win a day spa package at Shymala Ayuveda in London. The website can be found at www.readingcircle.co.uk/far-country.html 

In June, Linda signed copies of In a Far Country at Book Expo in Toronto at the McArthur and Co booth.

Linda has been nominated in the Winnipeg Arts Council 2008 Awards. She is nominated under the "Making a Mark" category, which celebrates a professional artist in mid-career who is receiving critical recognition for excellence in their art practice in Winnipeg and beyond.

On May 20 Linda launched In a Far Country at McNally Robinson's Booksellers in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

Dutch rights to In a Far Country have been purchased by Unieboek Publishers. 

In March, Linda traveled across Morocco researching her next book, which has the working title of Majorelle Blue. She went from Tangier in the north, through Rabat and Casablanca into Marrakech, and finally journeyed across the High Atlas Mountains to the Sahara Desert.

From there, by camel and 4X4, she crossed the south-east Saraha to a nomad camp close to the Algerian border.

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•  Please direct queries regarding publication rights for Linda's adult fiction novels to Sarah Heller, Helen Heller Agency.