{"id":13650,"date":"2012-05-17T01:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=13650"},"modified":"2012-05-16T21:32:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T09:32:48","slug":"frankfurt-book-fair-2012-an-aotearoa-affair-the-blog-carnival-rocks-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/05\/17\/frankfurt-book-fair-2012-an-aotearoa-affair-the-blog-carnival-rocks-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: An Aotearoa Affair&#8212;&#038; the Blog Carnival Rocks On!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/03\/02\/the-aotearoa-affair-blog-carnival-launches-crossings\/anaotearoaaffairblog_nz_icon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12082\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12082\" title=\"AnAotearoaAffairblog_nz_icon\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/AnAotearoaAffairblog_nz_icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/AnAotearoaAffairblog_nz_icon.jpg 180w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/AnAotearoaAffairblog_nz_icon-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>New Zealand will be the featured country at this year\u2019s <strong>Frankfurt Book Fair<\/strong> and as part of the run up the <a href=\"http:\/\/newzealandgermany2012.wordpress.com\/\"><strong>\u201cAotearoa Affair\u2014from Kiel to Kaitaia\u201d blog<\/strong><\/a> is now up and running. Part of the \u201cAffair\u201d is a monthly blog festival\u2014and the fourth instalment, on the theme of <strong>&#8220;Bi&#8211;&#8220;<\/strong> has posted today.<\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s carnival has been edited by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imustbeoff.com\/\">Christopher Allen<\/a> and there are many wonderful entries from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hinemoana.co.nz\/\">Hinemoana Baker<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/timjonesbooks.blogspot.co.nz\/\">Tim Jones<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/michelleelvy.wordpress.com\/\">Michelle Elvy<\/a>: definitely worth a look&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/crossings2012.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/15\/bi-an-aotearoa-affair-blog-carnival\/\">Here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>And yes, I do have a post that is part of the carnival: <strong><em>Out of Middle Earth: Reality &amp; Imagination- New Zealand&#8217;s Landscape Influence on The Wall of Night World.&#8217;\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10951\" style=\"width: 161px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/what-im-doing-my-writing-goal-for-2012\/lowe-erbin-der-nacht-5-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10951\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10951\" class=\" wp-image-10951 \" title=\"Lowe Erbin der Nacht (5)\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Lowe-Erbin-der-Nacht-5-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Lowe-Erbin-der-Nacht-5-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Lowe-Erbin-der-Nacht-5-94x150.jpg 94w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Lowe-Erbin-der-Nacht-5.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Die Erbin Der Nacht: The Heir of Night; forthcoming in Germany Aug &#39;12<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And because the theme was &#8220;Bi-&#8221; the pairings within the post include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>landscape in reality and imagination<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Middle Earth&#8221; in New Zealand, as opposed to its UK origins<\/li>\n<li>Central Otago (NZ) &amp; The Great Dividing Range (Australia) as landscape influences on &#8216;Jaransor&#8217; in <em>The Heir of Night<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> and Middle Earth as epic fantasy imported into the NZ landscape; my own Wall of Night series as &#8220;homegrown&#8221;\u00a0 epic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can click through to the full carnival to find it, via the link above, or go directly to the post, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/05\/07\/out-of-middle-earth-reality-imagination-new-zealands-landscape-influence-on-the-wall-of-night-world\/\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand will be the featured country at this year\u2019s Frankfurt Book Fair and as part of the run up the \u201cAotearoa Affair\u2014from Kiel to Kaitaia\u201d blog is now up and running. 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