Joseph Nigg

2010
February
Publication of Jeff and Ann VanderMeer's Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals, Foreword by Joseph Nigg.

2009
February
"How to Raise and Keep an Imagination: Joseph Nigg and the Power of Fantasy," by Jeff VanderMeer, is featured in Realms of Fantasy.

June
Publication of my "From Stylus to Cyberspace" essay on the history of writing, on Colorado Authors' League
website.

July
Wrote "Foreword" for Jeff and Ann VanderMeer's Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals, to be published in February 2010.

August
Publication of my "Transformations of the Phoenix From the Church Fathers to the Bestiaries," in IKON: Journal of Iconographic Studies, University of Rijeka, Croatia.

October
A personal event: Completion of an intermittent 10-year project, a scholarly book on the cultural history of a single mythical creature, from ancient times to the present. Out for review.

December
"Whaleroad," a short story, is scheduled for late spring 2010 publication in The Blueroad Reader," Vol. 2.

2008
January
How to Raise and Keep a Dragon is published in Danish, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish translations, and in a New Zealand edition.

February
Jeff VanderMeer's "How to Raise and Keep a Dragon: Feedback from Kids," a collection of letters from young dragon fans, appears on Amazon's Omnivoracious blog. (See the "Interviews" page.)

July
"The Phoenix Through the Ages: The self-renewing bird is one of our most enduring myths," based on an interview by Heather Shumaker, appears in the Swarthmore College Bulletin. (See the "Interviews" page.)

August
Presentation: "Everybody Wants––or Needs––a Dragon," in connection with the "Dragons: Between Science and Fiction" exhibition at the Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, Canada. Sunday, August 3, at 2 p.m. The Edmonton Journal publicizes the talk in "Dragons blaze a scorched trail as ultimate house pets." (See the "Interviews" page.)

Also, interviewer Stephanie Ramage's "Con artists and cryptomorphs: A case for believing in Bigfoot, Nessie, and all their weird kin," is printed in Atlanta's The Sunday Paper. (See the "Interviews" page.)

September
How to Raise and Keep a Dragon is published by Apple Press in the United Kingdom.
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2007
February
Publication of Drachen und andere Sagengestalten (Random House), German translation of The Book of Dragons & Other Mythical Beasts. Also, a Dutch translation of the book, Het boek der draken (Librero), is released in a paperback edition.

Publication of Smoki. Poradnik hodowcy (Agata Radkiewicz), a Polish translation of How to Raise and Keep a Dragon. Other editions of the book released this month include translations in Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian and Italian.

May
Joe Nigg and "John Topsell" share the Colorado Authors' League's Young Adult/​Chiildren – Nonfiction book of the year award for How to Raise and Keep a Dragon.

August
Publication of How to Raise and Keep a Dragon in Czech, Estonian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, and Slovenian translations.

October
Publication of Birlikte Yasama Kilavuzu Ejderha (Caretta Yayinalik), a Turkish translation of How to Raise and Keep a Dragon.
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2006
September
How to Raise and Keep a Dragon is published in the U.S. by Barron's Educational Series and in Australia by HarperCollins Australia.