Joseph Nigg

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's Staphanie 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.