{"id":15769,"date":"2012-09-07T06:30:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T18:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=15769"},"modified":"2012-09-06T09:51:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T21:51:02","slug":"whats-happening-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/07\/whats-happening-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Happening&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/08\/23\/tuesday-poem-guest-editor-on-the-tuesday-poem-hub\/shift\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7717\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7717\" title=\"Shift\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Shift-104x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Shift-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Shift-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Shift-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Shift.jpg 1639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 104px) 100vw, 104px\" \/><\/a>If you\u2019re within the zone for <a href=\"http:\/\/plainsfm.org.nz\/\">Plains 96.9FM<\/a>, listen out at 11.20 am tomorrow, Saturday 8, for my interview with Rhian Gallagher, who recently won the NZ Post Book Award 2012 for Poetry, for her collection <em>Shift<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be talking about Rhian&#8217;s win, <em>Shift<\/em>, and\u00a0her poetry generally in the interview. It&#8217;s a really thoughtful interview from Rhian, so do listen if you can.\u00a0 But if you can\u2019t hear it live, then I\u2019ll link here once the podcast is up, so all should not be lost. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_wink.gif\" alt=\";-)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also featured the NZ Post Book Award win on the blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/08\/04\/nz-post-book-award-for-poetry-2012-rhian-gallagher-and-shift-2\/\">here<\/a> &#8216;when it happened.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/08\/16\/hmm-i-wonder-am-i-really-right-about-space-opera\/redshirts\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-15365\" title=\"RedShirts\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/RedShirts-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/RedShirts-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/RedShirts-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/RedShirts.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>On August 2 I featured Andrew Robins&#8217; first review on <em>&#8220;&#8230;Anything, Really&#8221;<\/em>, of Kim Stanley Robinson&#8217;s <em><strong>2312<\/strong><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/08\/02\/book-review-2312-by-kim-stanley-robinson\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;ll be back here on Monday with his second review, this time of <a href=\"http:\/\/whatever.scalzi.com\/\">John Scalzi&#8217;s<\/a> <strong><em>Red Shirts<\/em><\/strong>. So be sure to check back here for that.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/01\/the-first-day-if-spring-whats-coming-up\/shadowfelluscvr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-15640\" title=\"Shadowfell(UScvr)\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ShadowfellUScvr-99x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ShadowfellUScvr-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ShadowfellUScvr.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 99px) 100vw, 99px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11044\" style=\"width: 115px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/01\/14\/all-the-pretty-covers\/heirusa-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11044\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11044\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11044\" title=\"HeirUSA\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/HeirUSA-105x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/HeirUSA-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/HeirUSA-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/HeirUSA.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And if you haven&#8217;t seen it already, I have an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.julietmarillier.com\/\">Juliet Marillier<\/a> featured on the Supernatural Underground, with a joint giveaway of her new YA, <em>Shadowfell<\/em>, and <em>The Heir of Night<\/em>, that closes midnight on Friday 7, US Eastern Standard Time.<\/p>\n<p>Just click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supernaturalunderground.blogspot.co.nz\/2012\/09\/an-interview-with-juliet-marillier.html\">Here<\/a> to read and\/or post a comment to enter the draw.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2011\/12\/12\/a-magical-mystery-tour-through-men-briefly-explained-a-few-side-topics-with-author-tim-jones\/timjones\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10355\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10355\" title=\"timjones\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/timjones-106x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/timjones-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/timjones-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/timjones.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/><\/a>And last but not least, if you have not read it already, my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfsignal.com\/archives\/2012\/08\/fun-with-friends-helen-lowe-talks-with-fellow-authors-from-australia-and-new-zealand-todays-guest-is-tim-jones\/\">&#8220;Fun With Friends&#8221; Interview<\/a> with the interstitial and amusing <a href=\"http:\/\/timjonesbooks.blogspot.com\/\"><strong>Tim Jones<\/strong><\/a> on <strong>SF Signal<\/strong> is well with a read&#8212;&amp; very exciting, too, to have a New Zealand author featured at the time SF Signal has just won a <strong>Hugo Award for Best Fanzine!<\/strong> (My post on that is <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/09\/05\/congratulations-sf-signal\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re within the zone for Plains 96.9FM, listen out at 11.20 am tomorrow, Saturday 8, for my interview with Rhian Gallagher, who recently won the NZ Post Book Award 2012 for Poetry, for her collection Shift. We&#8217;ll be talking about Rhian&#8217;s win, Shift, and\u00a0her poetry generally in the interview. It&#8217;s a really thoughtful interview [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-what-im-doing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15769"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15788,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15769\/revisions\/15788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}