Cloud Ink May 2017 Newsletter |
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Congratulations! * Anne Kayes on the publication in April of her novel Tui Street Tales. Anne won the Tom Fitzgibbon Award in 2015. Her book has been published by Scholastic. * Siobhan Harvey, elected as President of the New Zealand Society of Authors at the AGM in May. * Christel Jeffs on the publication of her first novel The Gumdigger's Wife. It is available through Amazon. |
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Up to date with Cloud Ink |
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We welcome Alana Cooke, who has joined the Executive of Cloud Ink. As a mature student Alana went to University where she studied English, Russian Literature, History, Music and Fine Arts, majoring in English. She went on to do BA Hons in English and thereafter did a MA in English Literature, graduating in 2006. Her thesis was based on the structure of Angela Carter's The Passion of New Eve. Always interested in writing and the written word, she completed a Master of Creative Writing at AUT graduating in 2010. Currently she is working on her second novel. |
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On 3 July, thanks to the New Zealand Society of Authors and Auckland Art Gallery, there will be a Writers' Lounge session on 'Publishing in the New Age'. Cloud Ink Press's Thalia Henry, Eunoia Publishing's Rod Fee, and Mary Egan Publishing's Sophia Egan-Reid will be answering questions from host Catriona Ferguson. The session will be at 12 noon in the Auckland Art Gallery Auditorium. |
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We have a number of projects on the horizon, and are aiming for three publications this year and at least the same next year. Helen McNeil's book A Striking Truth was well received and in the months since the launch has had a number of favourable reviews including in The Listener and Pantograph Punch. |
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We're excited to announce that our next publication to be launched will be our anthology, Fresh Ink in August. It includes a selection of original writing by New Zealand authors that reflects the diversity of voices, styles, and themes current in the writing landscape. There is a wonderful selection of stories, poems and extracts from novels, from thirty five different writers. Some of the authors are unpublished and others are already well known and award winning - including poets Maris O’Rorke and Siobhan Harvey, and award winning story writer Patricia Hanifin and novelist Joan Taylor to name a few. Check out the bios of all of our authors and artists on the Cloud Ink website, by clicking here. Congratulations to all! We wish to acknowledge Suzanne Day who has designed the cover. She says, "The bellbird/ korimako is well known for its beautiful voice — a Māori saying for a fluent, graceful speaker is: He rite ki te kopara e ko nei i te ata. (It is like the bell-bird singing at dawn.) — so feel this is an appropriate symbol for an anthology of wonderful and talented NZ voices. The collage-style illustration conveys the collection and unity of these diverse voices." |
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In October, Cloud Ink will launch Thalia Henry’s novel, Beneath Pale Water. Set in the high country of the South Island, the story is one of identity and recovery. Delia, a sculptor, lost her partner in an accident. Working through her grief with her art, and using a local model, she befriends Luke who looks remarkably like the man she lost. Dominated by the impressive landscapes of Lake Aviemore and Kurow, Delia and Luke’s lives become intertwined as scenes from the past and relationships from the present threaten to overwhelm their future. Thalia is a teacher and has a Master of Creative Writing with first class honours. This will be her first novel. |
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Closing Dates for Awards and Competitions |
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