I know, this is a tragic thing to be blogging about, but The Summer King is now available with 24 hour delivery on on Fishpond! Woohoo! (I've just spent two hours on a pheresis machine donating platelets. You expect witty repartee as well?!)
Trouble buying The Summer King
A couple of people have asked me what's going on with the listing of The Summer King on Fishpond and The Book Depository (UK), as it's currently listed as “Unavailable” in both places. Apparently Fishpond are waiting for some paperwork or other from OUP before it can be listed as “in stock”. My publisher has …
The Summer King interviews
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 …
launches, laureates and lolly scrambles
One day to the launch, and a catastrophe here at home has put my kvetching about launch stress back into perspective. Poetry is important, and the launch of my first book is important. But any launch problems will pass and be forgotten quickly enough. A decent number of the people I love will be there …
