Showing posts with label Tracey Slaughter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tracey Slaughter. Show all posts
Monday, December 04, 2017
Pictures from the Paper Table Booklaunch (3/12/17)
Bronwyn and I would like to thank everyone who came to the Paper Table novella launch yesterday, and were generous enough to buy so many books! We'd also like to thank our two brilliant speakers, Stu Bagby and Tracey Slaughter; our visionary designer Lisa Baudry; Leicester's cousins Dave and Viv Kyle, who were there to represent the Kyle family; our two helpers Niamh and Hatty Fitzgerald, and all the rest of you who were able to spend your Sunday afternoon with us.
We really appreciate it.
If you have any questions about either the books or the imprint, please visit our Paper Table website.
Wednesday, November 08, 2017
Paper Table Novellas Launch - 3/12/17
I'm pleased to announce the launch of Bronwyn Lloyd's new series of single-volume novellas, in our back garden in Mairangi Bay, on Sunday 3rd December, from 2 pm onwards:
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Paper Table Novellas Launch:
When: Sunday 3rd December, 2-4 pm
Where: 6 Hastings Rd, Mairangi Bay, Auckland
What: Books by Leicester Kyle & Jack Ross
Who: All Welcome! (but please don't forget your wallet)
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For a long time now Bronwyn and I have been lamenting the lack of attention paid to the novella form in New Zealand. Now, as the publisher of Paper Table Novellas, she's finally decided to do something about it.
The first of her titles, Letters to a Psychiatrist, is the strange tale of a West Coast spiritual odyssey by distinguished eco-poet Leicester Kyle.
The second, The Annotated Tree Worship, is a story told in two novella-length portions, relating the sordid adventures of a disgraced, self-pitying Academic, caught in the grip of his own psychic crisis:
- Letters to a Psychiatrist, by Leicester Kyle
[$NZ 25] - The Annotated Tree Worship, by Jack Ross
[$NZ 40 the pair]
(not available separately]
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Leicester's book will be launched by award-winning poet Stu Bagby. My book will be launched by award-winning fiction writer Tracey Slaughter.
There will also be a range of artworks on sale both by Bronwyn and by Paper Table's brilliant designer, Lisa Baudry.
The wine will flow and a range of culinary treats will be provided. Please do come and spend the afternoon with us.
If you have any further questions about either the books or the imprint, check out our new Paper Table website.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Jack & Bronwyn's Shanghai Adventure
We arrived in Shanghai on Monday morning (11/7): a characteristically misty day. This is the view from our window in the Guoman Hotel:
We had a chance to do some sightseeing the next day, Tuesday, stopping first at the breathtaking Jing'an Temple:
And here we back on the top deck of the bus for the city tour:
& here we all are in the Yu Garden, hunting for bargains:
We managed a bit of sightseeing later in the week. Here we are at the Temple of the Jade Buddha (which is one statue tourists are not permitted to photograph. It is phenomenally beautiful, though:
And if you're wondering why I'm looking like this, the picture below of me sampling a Mango Lassi dessert in one of Shanghai's top restaurants might offer a few clues (the statue of the pig is outside the Jackie Chan Museum, just beside our hotel):
Ah, beautiful Shanghai!
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[Addendum (1/8/16)]:
&, for those of you who've expressed scepticism about whether or not we actually attended any sessions at the said conference, please check out the following:]
This latter article, from the China.org.cn website, includes the following passage:
Jack Ross, a New Zealand poet and lecturer in creative writing, said: "For years people thought we belonged to the West. However, the colonial and Maori history of New Zealand has made us neither East nor West. With increased immigration from Asian countries like China, Japan and Korea in the latter part of 20th century, the new generation of New Zealanders are eager to take on their own identities."
So there you go, smartypants! Read 'em and weep.
The picture above comes from Nuala O'Connor [Nuala Ní Chonchúir]'s literary blog "WOMEN RULE WRITER." She comments:
I really, really enjoyed the panel of New Zealand writers who were as down to earth and vibrant as one might expect. NZ author Frankie McMillan also gave an interesting paper on flash fiction which is having a renaissance in her country.
Thanks, Nuala. You're welcome in New Zealand anytime ...
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