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Norm Hacking's Song Becomes a Book

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When Cats Go Wrong
Written and performed by Norm Hacking
Illustrations by Cynthia Nugent

widely available in early October 2004
ask your bookseller to order it now
from Raincoast Books!
(ISBN 1-55192-729-2)
10 1/4 x 9 1/2 " - 32 pages hardcover - full colour
includes CD single* of the song!

For more than 30 years, Norm Hacking has been winning loyal fans and critical acclaim for his beautifully crafted songs, with their moving and often humorous insights into life, love, songwriting - and cats! Norm's "When Cats Go Wrong" is a popular song in tango tempo from the recent CD Orange Cats Make the Very Best Friends by Norm Hacking & Kirk Elliott. His song lyrics, a tale of kitty mischief, form the text of the book, which includes a CD single recording of the song.

Cynthia Nugent is an award-winning illustrator and author - her own book Francesca and the Magic Bike is also being published by Raincoast this fall. This is the third book about a cat that she has illustrated, including the bestselling Mister Got to Go and Arnie by Lois Simmie, also from Raincoast.

NEWS: Watch an interview with Cynthia Nugent in her studio on CTV National News July 1 at 6-7 pm (around 6:40 for this segment), all times local in Canada.

Stay tuned here for the story of how this book came to be!

"Life with a naughty kitty
 Isn't very pretty.
 So I sing this mournful song
 About when cats go wrong."

*Words and music by Norm Hacking, SOCAN
 Performance by Norm Hacking (vocals, guitar) and Kirk Elliott (other instruments)
 Produced by Kirk Elliott and Norm Hacking
 Recorded and mixed by Kirk Elliott

MORE INFORMATION / ORDERING the BOOK or the full CD

When Cats Go Wrong, the book which includes a CD single of the song, will be in bookstores in early October 2004. Raincoast Books is taking orders now, but does not handle direct customer orders, so ask your favourite bookstore to order copies (ISBN 1-55192-729-2). The book has an entire page in Raincoast's fall 2004 catalogues, viewable in .pdf format at www.raincoast.com See the frontline catalogue section with page 28 or the kid catalogue section with page 17 - note these are VERY large downloads due to generous inclusion of colour graphics.

The full CD Orange Cats Make the Very Best Friends (3FLAM 2003) by Norm Hacking & Kirk Elliott is "an album for kids and cat-lovers of all ages." It includes more songs about our feline friends, inspiring fans to write Norm with stories of their lovable and sometimes mischievious cats. A donation is made to the non-profit Annex Cat Rescue for each CD sold. See the Orange Cats CD description. The full CD is available from Festival Distribution by toll-free (Canada and U.S.) order line at 1-800-633-8282 or secure web orders at www.festival.bc.ca or in stores or at Norm's concerts. Selling well since release in December 2002, the CD has a full page feature on Festival's "Top Titles" page (click tab at top of index page).

For details on Norm's CDs and vinyl and other artists' recordings of Norm's songs, including One Voice: A Tribute to Norm Hacking, Vol. 1, check his discography page.

For reviews spanning two decades of recording, see Reviews.

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