Sean Dixon

The UK is a-buzz with the release of The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal, the UK edition of Sean Dixon's The Girls Who Saw Everything (published by HarperCollins UK). The Fifth Estate asked Sean about his favourite moments from the cover contest held for the book's publication:

1) First thrill of seeing submissions. (Look! There’s my name! Look at all the pretty pictures!)

Sean Dixon's The Girls Who Saw Everything was recently included in Australian paper The Age's run-down of recent books about book clubs.<!--newline--><!--newline-->Along with Andrew Pyper's The Killing Circle and Jincy Willett's The Writing Class, The Girls Who Saw Everything is one of literature's recent novels with book clubs that are 'mad, bad and dangerous to join.'<!--newline--><!--newline-->Visit the

HarperCollins UK is holding a cover design competition with Saatchi Online for the UK edition of Sean Dixon's The Girls Who Saw Everything, titled The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal across the pond.

Book bloggers across Canada are loving Sean Dixon's debut novel (and Quill & Quire Top Ten Book of 2007), The Girls Who Saw Everything.<!--newline--><!--newline-->Most recently, the blog Three Squirrels in a Pressure Cooker said<!--newline--><!--newline-->'The most enjoyable book that I have read this year is The Girls Who Saw Everything, by author Sean Dixon ...

Check out the December 2007 issue of Quill & Quire and you'll find Coach House author Sean Dixon sharing the cover with authors Kenneth Oppel and Marina Nemat. The December 2007 issue spotlights their books of the year, among which is Sean Dixon's novel, The Girls Who Saw Everything.

Of The Girls Who Saw Everything, the Quill has this to say:

Bookshorts.com is currently featuring a short news brief made at the Open Book: Toronto event, 'Under the Covers', in which you can see segments of readings from authors Sean Dixon (The Girls Who Saw Everything) and Jessica Westhead (Pulpy and Midge). <!--newline--><!--newline-->Visit www.bookshorts.com to view the short film.<!--newline--><!--newline-->