Man who talks

I can't locate a post thanking The Lonely Crowd for including my story "Man Who Talks to Books" in their first issue, back in 2015. There's a preview of it here. Belated and sincere thanks to Editor John Lavin.

Rialto nature

Michael Longley, a poet whose works I hold dear, chose my poem "River Dove" to include in the longlist of The Rialto Nature Poetry Competition. I feel very lucky. 

Some things

Some Things the English made the longlist of the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel!

"This was the inaugural year for this prize and we received 182 applications. We congratulate you on achieving the longlist for this prize. The selectors commented that: ‘the selection revealed an extraordinary diversity of writing and an enviable depth of talent. It was a difficult process to arrive at our shortlist of three novels.’"

Stoked

Blue hour

 

This photograph was taken on the return from my research trip to Haworth. 

 

I'm grateful to Moriah LaChapell, Susan Sweetland Garay, and Heather Minette, editors of The Blue Hour Press, for including my poem "I Would Love to See a Fox While I am Here" in their forthcoming anthology.

Long list

I'm over the rainbow to have made The Emma Press Poetry and Prose Pamphlets longlist - it means so much to me, it took me a day to pluck up the courage to read the email notification! Too exciting for words. Thank you all The Emma Press Team!

Flash frontier

Stoked to have a flash in with Mere Taito, Hinewirangi Kohu Morgan, Iona Winter and other glorious talents - thanks a mil to Teoti Jardine, Vaugahn Rapatahana and team FF - looking forward to reading everyone's pieces!

Takahē

Happy to have made the longlist of the Takahē Short Story Competition.