Sunshine!
May 23, 2010 sarahjameswrites
What with the sunshine and all the exciting projects on the go at the moment, both the laptop and I have been close to melting this weekend!
In between enjoying the gorgeous weather while catching up with some reading on the swinging hammock and playing in the garden with the boys, I have also been busy planning.
I popped into my local Waterstones branch on Monday to start the process of getting them to stock my poetry collection Into the Yell. Fingers crossed it’s not too lengthy a process, as the apparently the printer is booked for tomorrow! Fortunately, the collection is already listed for pre-order on Amazon and Foyles, hurrah!
To distract me from the nervous last-minute proof reading and volley of emails between me and my publisher, I have also been busy booking tickets for this year’s Ledbury Poetry Festival, which kicks off the week before Into the Yell’s launch on July 10. As well as other poetry workshops/events, I’ve managed to get tickets for readings by Billy Collins, Fleur Adcock, Pascale Petit and Jane Weir. I can’t wait! (I’m still gutted that I missed out last year, thinking I couldn’t get there what with the kids and everything, when it’s only 35 mins away on the train!)
Less good news is that my Window on the Arts poetry, photography and painting display in Droitwich town centre, which was due to run for two weeks from the end of this coming week, has had to be postponed. Unfortunately, organisers couldn’t get the shop. However, fingers crossed, it is now going to take place in July – tying in nicely with my poetry launch!
In fact, this has only been a very small white cloud. The same day I also had an email with some good news to more than make up for the minor disappointment of this postponement. I’ve been invited to read at an event in Birmingham in September as one of three up-and-coming women poets, hurrah! More details on that nearer the date, as everything is finalised. Here’s hoping both the poetry and meteorological sunshine lasts – and that everyone else is enjoying it too!
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