Cloud Ink December, 2017 Newsletter |
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Beneath Pale Water by Thalia Henry was launched at the Otago University Bookshop in Dunedin on the 7th of October and at The Women's Bookshop in Auckland on October 17th. It reached number 3 on the Neilson bestseller list for the week ending 21st of October. The novel has featured on Radio New Zealand nine to noon, reviewed by Louise O'Brian, and Thalia was interviewed by Ruth Todd, Plains FM. A review by David Hill features in The Listener. Check out this Book2Look to read a sample. Beneath Pale Water can be purchased at all good bookstores, at the Cloud Ink online shop and recently on Amazon Kindle Edition and Kobo. |
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The Madman’s Bridge by Mark Johnson was launched last month and is the first book that Cloud Ink has launched purely as an e-book (the majority of fantasy readers read e-books.) Now that reviews are coming in, and they're all good, The Madman’s Bridge is beginning to gain traction and sales are climbing. The second in this Firewall series is anticipated for mid-2018.
Available on Kindle. |
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Fresh Ink: A Collection of Voices From Aotearoa New Zealand |
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Fresh Ink has been popular since its launch in August. Juliet Jackson's short story Yoot featured on the RNZ's Short Story Club. You can read Juliet's story on our website too. Have a read too of this excellently written article in The Spinoff by another of the authors in Fresh Ink, Sandra Arnold. Sandra's short story in Fresh Ink is aptly titled, The Golden Balloon. Fresh Ink is especially good as a Christmas gift. It includes plenty of variety, artwork and poetry for all tastes. Available at all good bookstores, from our website and online on both Amazon Kindle Edition and Kobo. |
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Creative Writing Workshops 'The Craft of Writing: Drafting your first novel' |
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Hosted by the New Zealand Society of Authors, Auckland Branch, Anne Kayes and Thalia Henry ran two creative writing workshop sessions. Registrations for the workshops filled with 22 participants filling the AUT Centre for Creative Writing Teaching Space. Keep an eye out in the new year for developments with further workshops from Anne and Thalia. |
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Congratulations to Joan Norlev Taylor |
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Joan Norlev Taylor, one of the authors in the Cloud Ink anthology, Fresh Ink, has been awarded as a recipient of the NZSA Auckland Museum National and Auckland Regional Grant. Joan's winning proposal focuses on articles and books relating to the lives of European settlers, particularly women in the 1860s. She will receive a $4,000 grant and one month’s accommodation at The Michael King Writers Centre in Devonport while she undertakes her research next year. |
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