Tim Jones: Books in the Trees
Blog URL http://timjonesbooks.blogspot.com
Located Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand
Tags writing, books, science fiction, speculative fiction, poetry, short fiction, publishing
Novelist, poet and short fiction writer Tim Jones writes about books - his own and others' - interviews authors, and keeps tabs on development in writing and publishing
Latest Blog Posts
- Wellington Essay: Close To The Edge on Nov 17, 2009 in Hataitai Mount Victoria Lord of the Rings Dunedin Mt Victoria Wellington Essay
This article appeared in the Dominion Post's Wellington Essay series in December 2007. It makes me think of summer.Nothing stays the same on Mount Victoria. The pines through which I walk with my son weren't here in 1930 and won't be here in 2030. On...
- Under Government and Restraint: An Interview With David Howard on Nov 11, 2009 in Auckland University Press IIML R.S. Gwynn David Howard VUP Bill Manhire OUP Richard Reeve New Zealand poetry
After serving as a pyrotechnics supervisor for acts such as Metallica and Janet Jackson, David Howard retired to Purakanui in order to write. His collaboration with photographer Fiona Pardington, How To Occupy Our Selves, was published in 2003. A dra...
- A Wonder-Filled, Fun Journey Through Time And Space on Nov 8, 2009 in Space and Time Magazine book review Linda Addison science fiction poetry
Linda Addison's review of Voyagers has appeared in Issue 109 of Space and Time Magazine. It's short, but so sweet that I'm quoting it here in its entirety:Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand, edited by Mark Pirie and Tim Jones (Interact...
- Fallen / Niedergang on Nov 4, 2009 in Southland Fallen Niedergang German literary translation translation poetry
A couple of years ago, a poem from my first collection, Boat People, was selected for inclusion in Wildes Licht, an anthology of New Zealand poetry with German translations, edited by Dieter Riemenschneider.I was pleased not only because it always fe...
- IP Picks and Landfall Sings on Nov 1, 2009 in Landfall magazine Landfall music issue IP Picks Interactive Press IPL
Here's a couple of items of market information I thought were well worth sharing: a competition for unpublished manuscripts from Australia and New Zealand, and submission details for the next issue of Landfall: the Music issue, to be edited by Bill D...
- Seminar: Electric Vehicles and Electric Transport in New Zealand: 2010 and Beyond on Oct 29, 2009 in seminar Wellington electric vehicles Sustainable Energy Forum
The Annual General Meeting of the Sustainable Energy Forum (SEF) on 6 November will mark the end of my three-year term as Convenor of SEF. While I've enjoyed the role, I'm looking forward to being able to spend more time working directly on the issue...
- Book Review: Urban Driftwood, by Morgan Davie, Jane Elizabeth, Dan Rabarts and Stephen Rhoades on Oct 26, 2009 in Urban Driftwood Jane Elizabeth Morgan Davie Stephen Rhoades Dan Rabarts
Urban Driftwood is an anthology of poems and short stories/prose poems written by Morgan Davie, Jane Elizabeth, Dan Rabarts and Stephen Rhoades. It's currently available as a free download from Dan Rabarts' web site, and is also available from Lulu.c...




