Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: An Aotearoa Affair—& the Blog Carnival Rocks On!
New Zealand will be the featured country at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair and as part of the run up the “Aotearoa Affair—from Kiel to Kaitaia” blog is now up and running. Part of the “Affair” is a monthly blog festival—and the fourth instalment, on the theme of “Bi–“ has posted today.
This month’s carnival has been edited by Christopher Allen and there are many wonderful entries from Hinemoana Baker to Tim Jones to Michelle Elvy: definitely worth a look—Here!
And yes, I do have a post that is part of the carnival: Out of Middle Earth: Reality & Imagination- New Zealand’s Landscape Influence on The Wall of Night World.’
And because the theme was “Bi-” the pairings within the post include:
- landscape in reality and imagination
- “Middle Earth” in New Zealand, as opposed to its UK origins
- Central Otago (NZ) & The Great Dividing Range (Australia) as landscape influences on ‘Jaransor’ in The Heir of Night
- The Lord of the Rings and Middle Earth as epic fantasy imported into the NZ landscape; my own Wall of Night series as “homegrown” epic.
You can click through to the full carnival to find it, via the link above, or go directly to the post, Here
Enjoy!