Sunny walk and some time on the outside gym equipment whihc was no bad thing as I went to an afternoon birthday tea partywith lots of wonderful cakes!
and here's the press release for an anthology with one of my poems -so exciting! Will have the Amazon link live on Oct 21st so I'll bore you all again then ... it is a very good charity to support.
Foreign and Far Away: A New Anthology
from Writers Abroad
Online
writing group Writers Abroad are proud to announce the publication on Monday 21st
October of their new anthology, Foreign
and Far Away.
A selection
of fiction, non-fiction and poetry has been written by expats (or former
expats) around the world to create this collection on the theme of people and
places.
Foreign and Far Away, the fourth anthology published by
Writers Abroad, explores the relationship between people and the landscapes and
settings they live in. An eclectic range of writing evokes the diversities,
similarities, connections and misunderstandings of life in foreign places.
Author Amanda
Hodgkinson, who has lived in Southwest France since 2002, has written the
foreword. Her multi-award-winning debut novel, 22 Britannia Road, was published in 2011. Penguin Books will
publish her second novel, Spilt Milk,
in February 2014.
Following a
call for submissions, Writers Abroad received 219 contributions of which they
selected 94 for the anthology. Of these, 23 are contributions from Writers
Abroad members. The anthology includes 38 short stories, 37 non-fiction
articles and 19 poems. The work to produce Foreign
and Far Away was carried out online.
Book Aid
International will benefit from the proceeds of this year’s anthology. This
charity increases access to books and supports literacy, education and
development in sub-Saharan Africa. They provided 543,280 new books to over
2,000 libraries in 2012 and have sent more than 30 million books to partner
libraries since 1954.
Foreign and Far Away is available via Amazon at a price of
$10.99, £8.99 or €9.99 from 21st October 2013, when these links will
go live Foreign and Far Away - Amazon.com and Foreign and Far Away - Amazon.co.uk.
To find out
more and for a complete list of contributions and authors, please go to the
Writers Abroad website, www.writersabroad.com/.
Notes for
editors
·
Writers
Abroad was founded in 2009. It provides an online forum for expat writers to
exchange ideas, views and news on writing and to offer support and constructive
feedback on each other’s work. Membership numbers are limited but expat writers
may apply to join if they are able to support the group’s initiatives and aims.
www.writersabroad.com/.
·
Contributors
live in, and have written about, more than 50 countries across every continent.
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