George Murray and I attended our reading last night and had a wonderful time. The Railway Coastal Museum is a lovely place to hold these events and I hope it continues to be a success. George and I read for twenty minutes or so, each to a good size crowd. I had some friends and family there to take in the event, adding to the numbers that showed up of their own accord.
Thanks to the Writer’s Alliance of Newfoundland for their help in setting up this reading and being involved in the writing community. They do great work and deserve credit for it.
I have no immediate plans for another reading in the near future, but I’ve been in talks with a few people and it seems likely there will be a few occuring around the time of my book release in October, or slightly thereafter. Exciting times ahead!
Ok, so last I posted I mentioned that I’ve been looking at some cover options for my book due out in October. There were a couple interesting choices, but the one I’m going with is this one (to the right). Gotta say I’m excited as heck about it, but patience is a virtue, or so I am told.
I’ve also been working on another poetry project lately. It is still untitled, but is mostly finished. It may require a few more poems to flesh it out and, of course, a lot of revision and editing, but the idea of a second book isn’t too far away. I’ll be writing more about this as things move along and I get the chance to put some more work into it. There’s also a smaller translation project I’m involved with that will take longer, but I’m enjoying immensely. More about this later as well.
Picked up Kevin Connolly’s Revolver a while back and am looking foward to getting into that in the near future. As well, I’ve started reading Ted Rowe’s Connecting the Continents, a historical work about my hometown, Heart’s Content, and its roll in telegraph communications development. Anyway, that’ll keep me busy for now.
Just a reminder about my reading at the Railway Coastal Museum on July 22 at 7pm. Everyone welcome and I hope you can make it.