{"id":14230,"date":"2012-06-15T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T18:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=14230"},"modified":"2012-06-14T21:10:25","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T09:10:25","slug":"last-chance-to-acquire-tales-for-canterbury-random-static","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/06\/15\/last-chance-to-acquire-tales-for-canterbury-random-static\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Chance To Acquire “Tales for Canterbury” (Random Static)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Recently, at the Sir Julius Vogel Award<\/a> ceremony in Auckland, I was thrilled to see Tales for Canterbury<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (Random Static, 2011) , edited by Anna Caro<\/a> and Cassie Hart<\/a>, receive the award for “Best Collected Work.”<\/p>\n

This meant a lot to me for a number of reasons. Those of you who followed the ‘A Peak Inside Tales for Canterbury’ <\/a>series on the blog will know that there were some very fine stories, a few even but rather famous authors \ud83d\ude09 , contained therein. So that’s one reason.<\/p>\n

The second reason is that Cassie and Anna put Tales for Canterbury<\/em><\/strong> together as a fundraiser for disaster relief following the Christchurch Earthquake of Feburary 22nd, with all proceeds going to the Red Cross Christchurch Earthquake Appeal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

No more copies will be available following the end of this month but there are<\/em> still a few left right at this moment—and as fellow contributor Amanda Fitzwater<\/strong> said on her blog (and I don’t think I could say it better so I’m just going to quote):<\/p>\n

“I can tell you from personal experience that even 18 months on from the disaster there are still people in desperate need of help. Can you imagine living in a tent, caravan<\/a> or even your car<\/a> in the middle of a bitter winter, because you’ve lost your home and your job in the midst of a housing crisis<\/a>? Yes, this is happening right now here in Christchurch, and the Red Cross are still here<\/a>, helping out in the best ways they can.”<\/em> ~ Amanda Fitzwater<\/a><\/p>\n

And the third reason why you should consider snapping up one of those final copies (although personally I think 1 and 2 are enough): well Tales for Canterbury<\/em><\/strong> did<\/span> win the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Collected Work<\/strong>, so not only is it award winning but it’s soon about to become rare. So you might want to think through the implications of that…<\/p>\n

… because just for a few more days\/weeks Tales for Canterbury<\/em> can still be purchased HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n

And just in case you have forgotten or not yet checked out how great some of the stories are, you can take a peek inside nine of the stories right here<\/a>—and here’s the lucky tenth, Tina Makereti’s wonderful Shapeshifter:<\/em><\/p>\n

.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Shapeshifter<\/em><\/h2>\n

by Tina Makereti<\/em><\/h3>\n

Sometimes I think men just take what they want. See that fella over there?<\/em>
\nThe one with the eyes like icy water and a puku that sticks out from his<\/em>
\nmiddle like he\u2019s swallowed a boulder? He just came up here before and<\/em>
\nkissed my tit. Got his wife to take a picture. Ha ha, look at me, I\u2019m kissing<\/em>
\nPania\u2019s boob. Like that hasn\u2019t been done before. Jeez, you\u2019d think they\u2019d<\/em>
\nhave a bit more class. I must\u2019ve been felt up by half the country.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got nice boobs, the way they did me. Of course I\u2019d still prefer<\/em>
\nthe soft, fleshy kind at the end of the day. Wouldn\u2019t stand up to all that<\/em>
\ntouching though. Good thing they did me in bronze. I\u2019ve got nice legs<\/em>
\ntoo. I\u2019m particularly proud of those.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fifty-four this year and hardly any wear and tear on the old body.<\/em>
\nWhich sounds like a good thing, but isn\u2019t so great for me in the long run.<\/em>
\nThere are a lot of stories around about what I am and who I am, and how<\/em>
\nI got here. Some say I am really the reef out there; that I provide all the<\/em>
\nfish for the people, for my descendants. Some say I used to be a selkie,<\/em>
\na seal-person who needed both sea and land to live. Some say that my<\/em>
\nfamily forced me back into the ocean, but others know it was my husband<\/em>
\nKaritoki\u2019s trickery that sent me back there. There is a little bit of truth in<\/em>
\nall those stories. People find it hard to hold in their heads: that it can be<\/em>
\nthis way and that way. That at one time I took on the skin and swiftness<\/em>
\nof the seal underwater, that I married an earthly man, that I became the<\/em>
\nreef. My spirit is as malleable as the shifting sand on the ocean floor.<\/em><\/p>\n

…”<\/em><\/p>\n

Great start, isn’t it? To read the rest though, you’ll just have to get hold of Tales for Canterbury<\/em><\/strong>… \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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