Jasper Fforde's War of the Words: Thursday Next will be back!

Both Brontëana and AustenBlog have posted about this. July 2007 will see the return of our favourite Jurisfiction Agent: Thursday Next will be back!!

What is your next published book?

The fifth in the Thursday Next series. Yes, she's back. Facing possibly the greatest danger to the bookworld since the abolition of the Net Book Agreement. And a few grammersites. And the replacement Miss Havisham. And Friday. And Jane Austen. And the end of the world (again). Thursday Next: First Among Sequels will hit the bookshops in July 2007.

Is that really going to be the title of the next Next?

No. We ran it past marketing and they said it might put people off who were new to the series. So I'm calling it War of the Words instead. At least, that's what we've put in the back of The Fourth Bear, so it's semi-official.

For those of us who also like the Nursery Crime series the news is a little more bittersweet, though you should know that The Fourth Bear has just been released. We can't wait to pick up our copy in London.

Is there going to be another Nursery Crime novel?

Eventually. The Last Great Tortoise Race will be the third and final installment of the NCD series. I have no idea when it will be written, or published.

So except for the Nursery Crime Division eventually disappearing, it's all good news, as Mr Fforde reiterates his promise of publishing a book a year at least for the next ten years.

(In case you don't have a clue what we are talking about we entreat you to get a copy of The Eyre Affair as soon as possible and forget about the world as you know it.)

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