It
still thrills me to read the endorsements by Gabriel Byrne, Philip
Gross and Paula Meehan on the back of my
poetry pamphlet, The Untethered Space.
That
thrill helped soothe me when things didn’t quite go according to
plan as the book was launched on
Monday 1st June. While sales have been brisk (more anon)
it’s fair to say, Houston, we had a few problems.
The
advice we had before we went “Live” on Facebook was:
Don’t
position yourself near a window (we filmed it in the conservatory).
Have
your phone in landscape (we did, but the screen kept telling us to
rotate, which we ignored. Result? For the first few minutes people
were turning their laptops sideways).
Check
your phone is working (done, numerous times, but we kept getting the
message storage was full).
Have
a backup plan (again, done, but we were too frazzled to upload the
pre-recorded video).
Never
mind; I got to read a few poems from the collection in the end and
people responded very positively, so much so that I have sold out the
initial stock. More books are en route so we are good to go again.
If
you would like to buy a copy (£5.99 plus postage) you can order it
from the publisher (4Word Press) at this link
https://www.4word.org/titles/
or
by using the Pay Now button below.
I’ll
leave you with Gabriel’s words: These poems are elegantly
constructed and delicately lyrical. A haunting and deeply moving
collection.
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