Monday, May 05, 2008
:swings and roundabouts:
In my continued quest to get better at shameless self-promotion, I’m excited to tell you that on May 2nd ‘Swings and Roundabouts’ was released. This book was edited by wonderful Emma Neale and I was lucky enough to have one of my poems selected. I haven’t received my copy of the book yet, so I can’t comment too much on the other poems but I’m confident that under Emma’s editorship they will be of high quality. The surprise to me about the book is that apparently it is “beautifully illustrated with photos of babies and children” - the editors didn’t tell us that, and it is a nice surprise.
I’ll talk about the book a little more once I’ve seen it. There was also an interesting article in the Listener about Emma Neale’s new book, Spark and this anthology, and how motherhood has affected her. You can read that here, if you care to.
PS - if any NZers spot any reviews of the book in the coming weeks, can you let me know? Thanks, darlings.
Posted by on 5 May, 2008 at 7:41am
my question is what is shameless about self-promotion? We need to know where to focus our attention in our information-overloaded world, and so much writing is overlooked. Can’t wait to buy it and add it to my fat collection of Lehndorf-anthologised books!
Posted by sarah on 5 May, 2008 at 10:18 AM
duh, i just remembered what the world “shameless” meant. Call myself a writer. What i should have said was promote away! no apologies!
Posted by sarah on 5 May, 2008 at 10:21 AM
I got what you meant and you’re totally right. If I don’t tell people what I’m up to, probably no one else is going to, right?
OK - from here on in, I’m not going to be cringey about sharing writing news. I’m going to be proud and assertive. I am. Watch me.
x Helen
Posted by on 5 May, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Yes! Promote!
How else will I get my (distanced) claims-to-fame?! Consider that you are doing me a favour so that I can tell all that I know a famous writer. Well… I read her blog anyway. That counts, surely?
I must get hold of a copy so that I can say I’ve actually read it 
xo
Posted by Nikki on 5 May, 2008 at 10:49 AM
Yay you! Can’t wait to read it 
Posted by Helen H on 5 May, 2008 at 11:51 AM
oh congratulations
now more people will learn what an amazing and talented writer you are
YAY!
Posted by sue on 5 May, 2008 at 05:35 PM
congratulations helen! the book looks beautiful- i love the idea of interspersing the poems with photos of children. can’t wait to read your contribution!
Posted by melissa on 5 May, 2008 at 07:01 PM
Yeah, totally fab news, Helen. Always let us know your good writing news. It’s great to hear.
xM
Posted by Margi on 7 May, 2008 at 07:43 PM
I heard Emma talking about this on nine to noon and wanted to go find it… can’t wait to see your poem.
Posted by Kimberley on 8 May, 2008 at 05:10 PM
