Comments on: Up The Creek With Typos

By: Simon Varwell

Simon Varwell — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:18:39 +0000

Tut tut, self – third paragraph, first line, there should be a space after “Dapto”.

By: Simon Varwell

Simon Varwell — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:58:04 +0000

When I talk to Ian at ABC Perth towards the end, it should read “Eoin”.

By: Benj

Benj — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:07:24 +0000

Simon… more of a FYI than anything else ..

page 125 – “Benj popped in .. looking immensely suave and dapper, full of wise cracks and engaging anecdotes .. ”

Just wanted to let you know that there is no error in this sentence and it reads perfectly and correctly !!!

Congrats on a great book …
(and I’ll send through a few corrections – nothing major – in an email)

Cheers

Benjamin

By: Peter Moore

Peter Moore — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:00:35 +0000

Hi Simon – if it’s any consolation, the first edition of The Wrong way Home had me heading west to Sydney from Adelaide. And I’m an Aussie so I’ve got no excuse!

By: Simon Varwell

Simon Varwell — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:07:34 +0000

And yet more from a keen-eyed Aussie reader (and these are rather embarrassing and basic errors ones to confess):

On page 129 I say I headed south from Artarmon, but I end up in Mona Vale and Palm Beach which are to the north. On page 176 I refer to ‘Whiting and Flatfish.’ They’re actually Flathead.

Finally, and this is a corker of a mistake, chapter nine is called ‘Sidneysiders’. I really ought to pay more attention…

By: Simon Varwell

Simon Varwell — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:49:12 +0000

Another friend has told me that I should have referred to the Post Office in Dublin as the GPO, and that Liffey is mis-spelt. Ireland seems to have been quite a weak spot for me in terms of accuracy!

By: Simon Varwell

Simon Varwell — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:58:59 +0000

And I’ve just had an email from my publisher saying he’s been told that on page 82 I have Bloody Sunday happening in the 1960s, when it was actually 1972. Ah well, only two years out, and I am sure my mis-dating is the least of that event’s disputed facts…