Which is my new novel, and probably, definitely your new novel, so by all means go make that happen, you gorgeous little pikelets! What on earth are you waiting for! Do you want to be the only one on the tram not reading it? The only one at book club who hasn’t read it? The only one at Kobos and Kindles Monthly who isn’t scanning it furiously on a small screen? No, no, no. These are all terrible situations, and best avoided.

So! Let’s get you Younger Man-ned already.

You can buy it at all good and even mediocre book stores (HA HA, as if such a thing exists) and also online via Booktopia or Amazon or Borders.com or as an eBook at all those places and more, and also on iTunes and via iBooks and gosh, she’s just scarpered all over the place, really, hasn’t she!

GOOD.

That’s precisley what I wanted.

All my love and a leather glove,

Zoe

Here’s the cover so you know what to hunt down at all good booksellers and department stores and online booksellers at 9am on February 22 and not one day later:

You can read a description of the book here, or here but not here. Sadly it’s not vampire or wizard based, but as I am a vampire wizard, I have the ability to magically change the plot even after the book has been printed, so who can say?

To get you in the mood, you might like to read my first two novels, Air Kisses and Playing The Field. Or you might like to have a bath and an icy cold pina colada; I don’t know what your GD preparation preferences are!

I don’t mean to be bias (yes, I most certainly do) but I feel like it’s my best novel yet, and certainly the one I am most proud of. But don’t take my word for it, you dingus! Here’s what the people had to say:

“It’s the best account of the Balkan wars I’ve ever seen.”
- Graham Blumsdale.

“Add a dash of lime for taste!!”
- Gabi Martinez.

“I am on Facebook! LOL xxxx ”
- Jamie Kelsman

Hey, thanks, guys!!

The Younger Man, on sale February 22 (in Australia). Pre-order on Booktopia here.

Zoe Foster is an author, writer, blogger, speaker and eater of arrogant cheeses like burrata. She is probably best known as the author of this book, but has also written this book, and this one, and this one too. She absolutely did not, however, write this book. Zoe blogs here, Tumblrs here, tweets here, and writes a monthly column for this magazine. She is finishing up another book in this genre, due for publication early 2012. She currently sports this colour hair and likes listening to this band. She lives with this guy, has had this career and harbors some embarrassment that she has never watched this movie.

Because of you guys, and your excitement concerning (and willingness to part with money for) books which bully you into doing new things to your face and hair, Amazing Face is going – as they say in the argot of the yoof – SICK. And not in a half fashion. In a fully fashion.

I’ve never had such an exhilarating response to a book, except for maybe when I wrote Twilight, so I wanted to take a moment to thank you all each, independently. But, yknow, en masse.

Then I wanted to point out a few places you could buy it, (Dymocks, Readings, Booktopia, The Nile) as that is the single most asked question I get these days, aside of, ‘What’s that lodged in your teeth?” and, “Is that any way to dance in front of your grandparents?”

If you live outside of Australia and New Zealand, Booktopia will deliver, but TRUST THIS BIRD when I tell you I am currently trying my dingin dongin best to lock in a distributor in the US and UK.

And finally I want to take a moment to jam some videos down your throat, because if you like Amazing Face, there is an 88% chance you will enjoy these beauty how-to videos I did to accompany the book.

Like this one, on how to apply bronzer real good.

Or this one, for those interested in sexy, rumpled, Second Day Hair texture.

Then there’s this one on a cheaty, fast smoky eye.

Oh, and this one on how to make your eyes look very wide-awake indeed.

And this one, which encourages you to fake winged eyeliner in a way that people who can do it legitimately will be annoyed by.

And finally, this one, which concerns beautiful, big, gorgeous eyes.

Thanks again, you gorgeous little squids!

Amazing Face is officially on sale now, and to celebrate/encourage everyone to buy it, I am doing some signings and Swedish yodelling exhibitions.

Come by, why don’t you! That’s what an awesome person would do.

MONDAY JUNE 27

Place: Sydney University Co-op book shop

Address: SUSF Centre, Building G09, Cnr Codrinton and Darlington Rd, University of Sydney.

Time: 4:30 pm

Dress code: Definitely wear clothes.

No bookings required.

TUESDAY JUNE 28

Place: Dymocks Collins St

Address: 234 Collins St, Melbourne

Time: 6:30 pm

Dress code: No fishing vests.

Book at the Dymocks website.

WEDNESDAY JUNE 29

Place: David Jones cosmetics floor, Bourke Street Mall David Jones, Melbourne city

Time: 12:30

Dress code: No sunflowers in lapels.

The first 40 to arrive and buy the book score a sweet goody bag.

THURSDAY JUNE 30

Place: Mary Ryan’s Milton

Address: 40 Park Rd, Milton, Brisbane

Time: 6:15 pm

Dress Code: Cottons, synthetics and delicates only.

Book at the Mary Ryan’s website.

FRIDAY JULY 1

Place: David Jones Cosmetics floor, David Jones, Queen St Mall, Brisbane.

Time: 12:30 pm

Dress Code: July appropriate clothing.

The first 40 to arrive and buy the book score a sweet goody bag.

SATURDAY JULY 2

Place: David Jones Cosmetics Floor, David Jones Bondi Junction, Sydney.

Time: 12:30 pm

Dress Code: No fruit turbans.

The first 40 to arrive and buy the book score a sweet goody bag.

See you there, you sweet little rascals!