Bowvayne

Infobox Writer
name = Bowvayne


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occupation = Musician, novelist, playright, short story writer
genre = Children's,
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languages = English
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website = http://www.bowvayne.com/

Bowvayne has just completed his first album.

Biography

Bowvayne (also known as Bow) has travelled the world investigating myths and mysteries, presented children’s television programmes, performed hundreds of public speaking engagements, written a television series in Australia, movie screenplays, and a manual of how to write creatively. He has now returned to the UK to concentrate on the launch of his first album.

As a teenager, Bowvayne was encouraged by Kate Bush and Donovan to turn his song lyrics into children’s books. He took their advice and has now sold more than one million books around the world. He is the bestselling author of the ‘Mythbusters’ series, "The Misadventures of Danny Cloke" series, and the humourus but campaigning "Skin Deep", endorsed by Australia’s Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer MP. His work has been compared favourably to the late, great writer Roald Dahl in both the U.K. and Australian press.

Discography

Albums

2008 Bowvayne's debut album, "Molten" is dedicated to his biological father, George Harrison. Recorded in Australia, woith some of Australia's finest musical talent, including rocker Joe Camilleri (Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, The Revelators and his Black Sorrows). As well as playing a vast array of instruments, Joe was also the producer for the album, which was recorded at Camilleri's Woodstock Studios.

Work is underway on the second album, "Gold Light", in collaboration with Jim Eldritch and Matt Zander. The album will be themed with short pieces of narration.

ingles

2008 "Hot for You" is taken from the album "Molten". It is a different edit from the album track itself, and includes two bonus edits - the "Shanghai Radio Edit" and "Shanghai 12" re-mix".

Videos

2008 "Hot for You".

Charitable

A donation to the Touch the Sky foundation is made for every paid download or CD sale.

Books

Bow’s first fiction book, a children’s fantasy entitled "The Forbidden Jewel", was published in 1987 and was endorsed by Kate Bush by writing the forward "If you like adventure, fantasy and magic, then this is the book for you" cite news |title=Brigitte Rozario |url=http://www.brigitterozario.com/stories/harrison.htm |work=The Star |date=July 18 2002 |accessdate=2008-05-26] . His next novel, "All Manner of Magic", was the bestselling children’s book at the 1990 Singapore International Book Fair – a book fair held annually at the World Trade Center. In 1992, Bow wrote four books for the well-known Australian characters, the Kangaroo Creek Gang series, entitled "Treasure Map", "The Liar Bird", "Superstickious" and "One Joke Too Many".

The “Mythbusters” series of books have published and sold internationally, and include "Mythbusters – First Cases" (1991), "Mythbusters – Nut Cases" (1993) (School Book Fairs’ Book of the Term in the autumn of 1993), and "Mythbusters – Real-Life Adventures in the World of the Supernatural" (1996), published by Puffin Books. This involved Bow and his team travelling all over the world investigating mysteries from monsters and buried treasure to UFOs and ghosts, and became a popular TV series cite news |title=BBC |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/kids/authors/bowvayne |work=Big Toe Books Authors A-Z |accessdate=2008-06-16] .

In 1996 the books "The Monster Store" (a collection of children’s short stories), and "Creative Sparkle" (a creative writing manual) were published in Singapore and Malaysia.

The Honourable Alexander Downer, MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs endorsed Bowvayne’s twelfth published book, "Skin Deep", when it was launched in Australia in 1997. The tale of a schoolboy racist bully who turns green, it won plaudits around the world for its rich comedic seam and subtlety of moral message.

Bow’s latest book series, "The Misadventures of Danny Cloke", is published by Usborne Publishing. The first novel, "A Turn in the Grave", was released in 2004, short-listed in the UK for two book awards, and has been translated into numerous languages. A movie screenplay for "A Turn in the Grave" is being written. The sequel, "A Spell Behind Bars" is now published, and "A Twist in the Tail" will follow soon.

Television and Film Credits

In other fields of the entertainment industry, Bow has written scripts for television including LA, a lifestyle series screened on Australia’s Channel 9 in 1999. He and Rising Sun Pictures secured funding from the South Australian Film Corporation to work on his screenplay, "The Prize Turkey’s Christmas". This project in ongoing.

Bow has also been involved in the television industry as a presenter. He wrote and presented "It’s Preposterous" for Banksia (1995), presented numerous segments of the Television South "Coast to Coast" news programme on ITV in the UK between 1988 and 1992, and also appeared on UK Channel 4’s "The Big Breakfast" between 1993 and 1996. He wrote and presented "Preposterous Poems", a mixture of real-life and animation for children, a co-operative project between Channel 9/Banksia and Kickscreen UK. In 1994, Bow had a stand-up comedy slot at the Edinburgh Fringe. Bow received an acting credit in the recent successful horror movie, "Wolf Creek" (2005).

References

External links

* [http://www.bowvayne.co.uk Bowvayne's Official site]
* [http://www.touchthesky.uk.com Touch The Sky website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfLfOJis38k Video of "Hot for You"]
* [http://www.bebo.com/BowV Official Bowvayne Bebo]
* [http://www.myspace.com/bowvayne Official Bowvayne My Space]
* [http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=bow+vayne&init=q Official Bowvayne Facebook]
* [http://www.reverbnation.com/bowvayne Official Bowvayne ReverbNation]