It was a dark and stormy night – no, really, it was! – when my new poetry collection Dracula in the Colonies, together with Mandy Hager’s new “Chasing Ghosts” mystery Revenge and Rabbit Holes, were launched at Unity Books Wellington earlier this month.
Happily, that didn’t prevent a good crowd gathering to attend the launch, enjoy the lovely food put on by Unity Books, listen to the speeches, and buy some books.
Colin Marshall of the Whitireia Publishing Programme, who helped to put together the launch, also doubled as videographer – here are his videos of publisher Mary McCallum, my “launcher”, poet Harvey Molloy who said some lovely things about my work and my writing career, and myself speaking at the launch.
Mary McCallum from The Cuba Press gets the book launch underway:
Harvey Molloy’s launch speech for Tim Jones’ new poetry collection “Dracula in the Colonies”:
Tim Jones speaks at the launch of his new poetry collection “Dracula in the Colonies”:
Since then, I’ve had a nice My Wellington profile in The Post, although you may find it firewalled. Watch out for more interviews and events to come!
You can buy Dracula in the Colonies from Unity Books Wellington, other independent bookstores, and direct from the publisher.
Next, I’m looking forward to reading Mandy’s book! Here’s my review of the first in the series.
