For those of you who would like to read or hear more about The Summer King, there are a number of interviews floating round at the moment. An Interview with Tim Jones on Books in the Trees A launch report by Helen Lowe on Beattie's Book Blog An interview with Lynn Freeman on The Arts …
and a time was had by all
Well it's happened. The Summer King has been officially Launched. As feared, the weather in Christchurch was horrible. After a week of surprisingly pleasant weather (this has been an unusually cold, grey and wet winter so far), Friday quickly degenerated into scuds of sleety, spitty showers. And a high of 8˚C. Oh joy! And access …
lolly-scramble – and the winner is …
Helen Rickerby! Congratulations Helen. I'll be in touch to confirm which book you'd like. For those of you who wondered about the selection process – I collected the names of those who had confessed to taking part, and used a version of alectromancy to select the winner. Terribly scientific, I know. What you each voted …
lolly-scramble competition
I know this is a Homer Simpson “Doh!” moment, but I had forgotten that the polls were anonymous. I only know the identity of two of the people who voted in my lolly-scramble competition. So I'm extending the deadline until Monday night NZ time, and appealing for those of you who have entered to leave …
the time for launch is upon us
Launch Day is here! Thank you to the people who added their votes to the Poetry Day polls. But I made a booboo – as Catherine reminded me, polls are anonymous. So could those who want to be in the draw for a book also leave a comment please (even if it's just "entry!") so …
