Hard to believe it, but The Summer King was officially launched one year ago today. I still can't quite get my head around it. It feels much longer. And much shorter. And all good! I've done a number of readings; oodles of interviews; won a second award (thank you Australia!); missed out on a third …
What I did on my holiday
Sorry about the delay in approving comments for the last Tuesday Poem. I was in Sydney. Why? Yep, The Summer King won the Mary Gilmore Prize for Poetry! The award was presented at the opening of the 2010 ASAL Conference, at my alma mater, the University of New South Wales. Actually the links to my …
Kathleen Grattan Anniversary
One year ago today, I came home from shopping, checked my emails, and my life changed. One year ago today I found out I'd won the Kathleen Grattan award. One year ago today. Somewhere out there is another poet, trying not to burst with the news. Or maybe this year's winner is a veteran of …
The Summer King – now on Amazon!
Yes, at long last, The Summer King is available through Amazon! Both US and UK now have it listed, and apparently a batch has been shipped out to the US distributors, so it should be in stock any day now. The other thing this means is the possibility for people to start leaving reviews in …
Noooooooooo! (it had to happen)
Oh dear. It's a first I wasn't looking forward to: The Summer King making it's debut appearance in a secondhand bookshop. Jason Books in Auckland have one of the review copies listed for sale. It would have been nice if whoever it was (I wonder who?) had reviewed the book before selling it! (Maybe they …
