More This ‘n’ That
Today, Friday 8, I’m on the roster to contribute to the Tuesday Poem Blog’s first birthday poem–my lines should be up by mid-day, so here’s hoping I don’t drop the collective ball! (Gulps!) You can check out how it’s all going, here. And I do love the chocolate birthday cake by US poet T. Clear—trouble is, I want a real taste of that, not just a virtual one!
I also love the way the progressive poem has evolved out of the legend of the Norse god Tyr, who lost his hand to the wolf Fenris in order to save the rest of the gods … that was always one of my favourite of the Norse myths when I first started reading them as a kid. (Tyr also gave his name to “Tuesday”, of course.)
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Another project that I’m very enthusiastic about at present is Tales for Canterbury, the short fiction anthology being put together by Cassie Hart and Anna Caro as a fund raiser for Christchurch after the February 22nd story. I’m just putting the finishing touches to The Fountain, which I’ve donated to the project. Other writers who are contributing work include Neil Gaiman, Karen Healey, Juliet Marillier, Ripley Patton, Mary Victoria and Sean Williams amongst many more. You can read the full list of contributors here.
You may also like this promotional video put together by Matt Cowens, a fellow contributor.
I will be writing to everyone I know—who does not live in Christchurch π —about Tales for Canterbury and encouraging them to pre-order, but if you are reading this blog and want to both acquire a great anthology and help Chriscthurch and its people post-earthquake, then hie thee to Random Static and preorder here.
I reiterate: do not wait, do not pass go—preorder now! (Just to be absolutely clear, not one penny goes to the contributors, editors or publishers—this is all for the earthquake cause.)
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And for those of you who wonder whether, as a writer, it is absolutely necessary also to have a cat, check out Writers and Kitties. You may recall that I established my credentials in this department on January 19. π
I have my Tales for Canterbury already ordered! I can’t wait to read it. It sounds like there’s going to be some wonderful stories in there. Cassie and Anna have worked so hard on it!
Oh yes, kitties are absolutely necessary! Also, dogs!
Wen, I feel it would be fair to say that “the Igster” rules the roost here. I was so thankful that—like the wise cat he is, with many years in the land—he chose to take refuge in the bottom of the wardrobe after the February 22nd quake and not run away as so many terrified animals did.
I too will be ordering Tales for Canterbury! What a great line up of authors. And speaking of authors, I went into Borders on Lambton Quay in Wellington today and you will never guess what book I saw near the door among their staff pics: The Heir of Night! And in very esteemed company
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Oh Charlotte—that’s exactly the kind of news I need, both for “Tales for Canterbury” (I won’t dun you with my begging/touting email now! π ) and “The Heir of Night” a staff pick at Borders. Thank you for letting me know. π
I’m so excited to hear about this, because it’s such a great thing that you guys are doing. Just out of curiosity, is it going to be for sale through bookstores? I’m heading to Auckland for Easter, so it would be amazing to be able to pick it up… but either way, I’m getting my hands on this!
Archee S: I think it “may” be available through some book stores but I am not 100% certain so will see if I can find out and post some info here.
Thank you so much! I’ve just posted this on my Facebook, so hopefully we’ll have a whole bunch of people re-posting this and get the word out there…
I have contacted JC Hart & A Caro and understand that they are not specifically focusing on book shops with respect to Tales for Canterbury but they will accept orders from businesses as well as individuals—so if you know bookshops that you think might be interested, I think by all means encourage them to order and promote Tales for Canterbury.
@ Archee S – Tales of Canterbury has a Facebook page…..
@Janlb – it’s not that it doesn’t have a Facebook page, it’s specifically putting the information into people’s Newsfeeds, most of whom have never heard of Tales of Cantebury before… so even if it does have a Facebook page, it’ll just get more exposure.