Press and lo-fi book trailers!
It’s school holidays, so I have been making claymation movies with the kids today. Gus and Violet also made me a trailer – Gus’s Mansfield ended up squashed between the pages of my book, and Violet’s Mansfield turned her head upside down to become a bearded hipster and my future boyfriend.
The book is about to be launched – tomorrow, in fact – and the press is beginning to come in. I really liked this photo taken in the Katherine Mansfield House & Garden by Anna Briggs. It accompanied an article by Sarah Lang, a journalist I am always trading identities with.
I was also interviewed the latest Listener by Paula Morris, who was wondering why people were still interested in Katherine Mansfield.
And I was interviewed by Kim Hill – one of my life goals! – and you can listen to the audio here. I was terrified leading up to the interview, but it was a lot of fun talking to her.
Finally, I answered some questions for the wonderful WordPress word wrangler, Cheri Lucas Rowlands, and you can read my answers here. Thank you so much for featuring me!
LET ME BE FRANK 
Thanks again for the Q&A and for blogging with us all of these years. Congrats on the book and enjoy what’s to come!
I laughed out loud at Mansfield’s response to your comic. And then I ordered the book. I’ve loved Katherine Mansfield since I read her stories as a teenager; I have enjoyed your blog for several years. Congratulations, and well done!
Thank you so much, Mary! I hope it didn’t cost too much – NZ book prices are quite steep. It’s been so nice to have your support over the years.
I’m in the US. The exchange rate made it less steep than it seems. Good books are always worth whatever the cost, I think.
Sarah
Very best wishes for the launch tomorrow night. I am so sorry that I can’t be there.
In the usual run of things, (if there ever is one) I would be there, but I have an unusual traffic jam of writing duties that is keeping my nose to the keyboard.
I am writing an ‘In Memoriam’ piece for Margit Brew who died recently, and meeting a deadline for line editing of two articles for next year’s Mahurangi Cruising Club’s Yearbook. The latter job is also convulsing me because one is written by the Commodore, a charming Bulgarian with a great sense of humour, but I have to ‘English’ his prose without losing his ‘voice’. And his French tags are not accurate either!
You came across well with Kim. I listened before getting up. I extended my usual weak joke about spending Saturday mornings in bed with Kim Hill by including your name, providing a mental image that could be equated with “my intellectual cup runneth over”.
Have a great Thursday night.
Looking forward to getting a copy when I return home from traveling. I thoroughly enjoyed Fall of Light.
Thanks so much! I hope you like it. It’s so nice to hear about The Fall of Light too.
Just listened to the Kim Hill interview – it was so interesting and now I can’t wait to read the book. Many congrats! xx
Thanks, Barbara! I hope you like it!