Officially today was the day of publication for Convoy and
so the book is going out into the world on a tide of good will. It and I have
our supporters and cheerleaders and I’m particularly grateful to Jan Fortune of
Cinnamon Press who believed in the book from its earliest stages
I am mindful too that although the poems are my work the
stories that they tell are those of the men who fought for Malta. I hope that
everyone who picks up Convoy and reads it will think of them; most of whom are
no longer around to tell the stories themselves.
I took part in my first ever relay race today. I was one of
those kids who was no good at sport at school and never picked for anything but
this lunchtime at work I was part of a four person running team for my Faculty,
each of us doing 1.1 miles. Convoy also feels like part of a link in a chain
and I hope that everyone who reads it will remember the men in its pages and
will pass their stories on.
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| Photograph taken by my elder son, Luke |
2 comments:
Double congratulations, Caroline! Publication and a relay race - two different (although perhaps not so different) journeys!
Congratulations Caroline. I've read Convoy again - slowly this time and I think you've done an amazing piece of writing. It's incredibly moving.
Well done!
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