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(Free-Press-Release.com) April 4, 2009 -- The novel, which will also be published as an e-book from M21 Editions, will be presented on the company’s newly launched Fest21 blog platform (www.fest21.com), with a new chapter appearing each week through the 2009 Cannes Film Festival (May 13 – 24). The surprise ending will be revealed at a special event in Cannes. The novel may be accessed at http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/a_festival_wife

“When we received Rex Weiner’s texts and suggestion to publish his festival novel we reacted in a fraction of a second with a big Yes We Want. We know our audience is focused on the circuit and will enjoy discovering a fiction they know all too much in reality. The idea of unveiling the book in a Web 2.0 way felt very appropriate. We decided we will publish a chapter every week

culminating with a reveal of the ending at next San Lorenzo Festival…oops, I meant Cannes Film Festival this May,” said M21 Editions founder and chief Bruno Chatelin. Malo Girod de l’Ain, his partner at filmfestivals.com and fest21.com added “We have always loved staying in front of the curve in the publishing business, especially when it means going online and publishing in e-book format”

“Film festivals and film markets are full of romance and intrigue, with lots of fascinating people, and my years covering them as a reporter were the inspiration for my story,” said Rex Weiner. “I’m very pleased that M21’s Bruno Chatelin and Malo Girod de l’Ain, the experts in the film festival world, are publishing my novel in a way that combines the Dickensian serial

tradition with today’s innovative technology.”

“A Festival Wife” is a romantic thriller that takes place at the fictional San Lorenzo Film Festival and in the classic tradition of the roman a clef follows a cast of fictional characters moving amidst real-life movers and shakers in the film industry. The story focuses on the regular attendees who are caught up in conflicted love stories, financial intrigues and un-buried secrets from the town’s wartime past during the festival’s last days. The novel is illustrated by Nesta Morgan, whose sketches accompany each chapter.