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Article #1480Re: Yayyy successful book launch
From: b
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:42
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:42
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On Sep 30, 5:53 pm, Daniel MacKay <dan...@bonmot.ca> wrote: > Howdy! > > The Atlantic Canada LGBT magazine, Wayves, that I've been involved with > for the last quarter century (I'm nominally the "publisher") just > printed a slim volume of LGBT poetry and prose, the 5th since 1993, > called "punoqun." > > I didn't write any of the pieces in this book -- that's not my talent -- > but I ran the show from call for submissions to herding the judges, to > graphic design and layout (and I took the pics that were used for > graphics.) We printed one for every copy of the magazine, 4800, plus an > extra 500 to give away or sell. > > A good friend produced the book launch on Friday (because he's better at > it, and because it had to be done simultaneously with finishing the > book.) It half of page 35 of today's Daily News: > > http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=66577&sc=258 > > (In the picture, Hugo is doing an animated reading of the fairly racy > poem on page 4.) > > I got quoted a couple times, and didn't say anything particularly stupid > or insult anyone, so it was a good interview. > > The book -- 20 pages of poetry and prose -- is free to download here: > > http://wayves.ca/punoqun_2007.pdf > > -- > Daniel MacKay > Publisher, Wayves Magazine I just read a couple of entries. It's a like a gay Penthouse Forum. Sure to offend some people. lol Cheers, John
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