'I think . . . I am going to die...' the new E-single from New Zealand
'I think . . . I am going to die . . .'
by Kathleen Jones
Just released today - among the first group of 'E-singles' being published by Bridget Williams Books - a new independent publishing enterprise in Wellington, New Zealand. I was absolutely delighted to get the email from BWB this morning to say that my contribution is now officially 'live'. It's a stand-alone piece on the final day of Katherine Mansfield's life at Fontainebleau and the reactions of her husband, John Middleton Murry and her friend Ida Baker, and hopefully it's a good introduction that might tempt people to buy the full biography!
'A moving, beautiful description of Katherine Mansfield's last days'
This stunning chapter from Kathleen Jones's biography Katherine Mansfield: The Story-teller (2010) describes Mansfield's last days and death at chateau near Paris, the centre of a spiritual movement led by the mysterious Russian philosopher-mystic Georges Gurdjieff.
View the media release (PDF) for 'I think ... I am going to die.'.
Sounds like such a good idea.I will listen with pleasure.
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ReplyDeleteGood luck with your e-single.
Congratulations, Kathleen - it's good to know your "e-single" is now out. I'm a fan of the "shorter books" that e-publishing is making economic - I'm hoping novellas will make a comeback, and mini-short story collections (like those now being published by Rosa Mira Books) will flourish!
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