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June 09
So You Want To Be An Airline Pilot?
Big Wave Publications has published its second book called 'So You Want To Be An Airline Pilot?' by Nicholas Johnstone. A hilarious take on his path to becoming a Captain. Proceeds of this book will be going to the Suzy Connor Challenge
www.suzyconnorchallenge.com.au
March 09
Big Wave and Nilubon School
Big Wave Publications managed to raise 50,000 Baht through the Singapore book launch kindly sponsored by the Grand Hyatt Singapore. This money was handed over to the Nilubon School in Phang Nga. Photos on the charity page.
17/10/08
Singapore Book Launch
Venue: Grand Hyatt Singapore
Room: Martini Bar
Date: 04/11/08
Time: 4 - 6pm
Click here to download the invite.
23/09/08
Bangkok Book Launch
Thank you to everyone for supporting us in in the Bangkok Book launch. Especially Bangkok Airways for their sponsorship.
Click here for more photos.24/10/08
Phuket Book Launch
will be on Friday 24th October at the Sadtree Phuket High School 4.00pm to 6.00pm
Please e-mail for invitation: aaron@bigwavepublications.com
Upcoming Events
Click here to download the invitation cards for the upcoming book launch in Singapore on the 4th of November.
Your Comments
And Then One Morning
Thank you for visiting my webpage. Back in 2007 myself and a good friend, Dr Nigel Hywel-Jones from Bangkok, sat down and discussed the skeleton of a book I had written about my experiences in the Thailand Tsunami of 2004.
We both felt that my story should be told and I was keen to set up a foundation with the profits as I had been disillusioned with the flow of money that had come through the months following the disaster and where they ended up.
We researched the logistics of getting my book published and soon realised that finding a publisher was only half the battle. Once we found one, we had the issue of complicated contracts and distribution rights. I had considered the writing of this book as my personal project and was very reluctant to allow a third, or fourth, or fifth party to dictate where, and who, I could sell my book and for how much. It seemed, to me, the obvious thing to do was self-publish. And so Big Wave Publications was set up in Singapore in 2008 by myself and Nigel. The rationale then was that we could control better the direction the book was going to take.
Please enjoy navigating your way around our site and my webpage. If you were directly affected by the tsunami then Nigel and I would be interested in hearing from you as we plan a special edition for the fifth anniversary in December 2009. Especially, if you were on Koh Phi Phi on December 26 we would very much like to discuss and learn your story and to then consider how this might be brought to a wider attention.
Best wishes
Aaron
Dino holds the book that was dedicated to him. Now he must improve his English to be able to read it.
Captain Nick the proud author of his first published book