 Bruce Finds A Home: Auckland book launch
11am, Sunday 11 February Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop 1 Jervois Road, Ponsonby Join the event on Facebook. Bruce Finds A Home: Dunedin book launch 10.30am, Saturday 17 February UBS (University Book Shop) 378 Great King Street, North Dunedin Join the event on Facebook.
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 Alicia Young is pretty much the worst pseudonym I could have chosen. I didn't even google it. I was walking through the fog of infertility treatment and probably not thinking clearly. I wrote a short series about undergoing IVF and having a miscarriage, and it was published on The Spinoff under Alicia's name.
Alicia came out again recently when our PM revealed that she is expecting and I knew that a certain group of women (and their partners) would be juggling some mixed feelings about the announcement. The piece must have tapped into some kind of zeitgeist as it was picked up by The Herald Online and was printed in The Herald the next day. It felt weird and exposing and a bit self-indulgent to share such personal feelings, but the comments I received made me feel as though I did the right thing. "It was refreshing piece you wrote and I just wanted to say thanks. You helped me." "Thank you for putting some of this into words. Know that you are not alone there are many of us feeling as you do, and we are grateful that you have had the courage to write this." "Oh god, yes it hurts. I think she'll be due around the week as I was." "Thank you for writing this."  There will be TWO book launches for Bruce Finds A Home in February 2018 - one in Auckland and one in Dunedin.
Bruce Finds A Home: Auckland book launch 11am, Sunday 11 February Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop 1 Jervois Road, Ponsonby Join the event on Facebook. Bruce Finds A Home: Dunedin book launch 10.30am, Saturday 17 February UBS (University Book Shop) 378 Great King Street, North Dunedin Join the event on Facebook. Both events are free, and everyone is welcome to attend. At both launches, free activities for kids will include colouring-in and face-painting. And of course, copies of the book will be signed and pawtographed. I hope to see you there! |
AuthorA graduate of Victoria University’s Institute of Modern Letters, I am the winner of the Mindfood Short Story Competition and the Headland Short Story Prize. My short stories have appeared in The Sunday Star-Times, takahē, Fresh Ink and Bonsai. My debut short story collection, Pet, will be available from August, and is being released as a podcast. I have also written and illustrated two children's books about my rescue cat, Bruce. Archives
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