Tim Jones: Books in the Trees

I was going to resume normal Tuesday Poem service this week, but instead, here is some YouTube video from the Men Briefly Explained / Tongue...

  STOP PRESS: Men Briefly Explained is now available on Amazon in print and Kindle ebook formats! Print: http://www.amazon.com/Men-Brie...

Welcome! If you're visiting for the first time, here are some of my books, and how to get hold of them. My short story collection Tra...

Fantastic Voyages: Writing Speculative Fiction went very well last night, in this reporter's opinion - and also in the opinion of my fe...

Here is the press release for Fantastic Voyages: Writing Speculative Fiction, which is happening in Wellington this Thursday evening. If you...

9.00am: Yay, writing day*, my favourite day of the week. 9.15am: Put load of washing on. Almost out of shirts. 9.30am: Check emails, Twitter...

Anomalous Appetites Shortly after the release of Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand was announced, New Zealand poet and edit...

The Wellington launch of Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand is next Monday at the New Zealand Poetry Society meeting, Thistl...

Many thanks to Fitz for the poster That's right! Helen Lowe and I are going to be getting together on the 17th of September, under the ...

I'm going viral, not the blog - I've got a cold (I'm confident it's a cold rather than anything more porcine and sinister, b...

All Blacks' Kitchen Gardens , my poetry collection published in 2007, has been reprinted: a small reprint, but still, it's good to b...

Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand , the anthology of New Zealand science fiction poetry Mark Pirie and I have co-edited, is...

I spent several hours today engaged in a poetic expedition to Paekakariki , which is a small town on the Kapiti Coast north of Wellington - ...

This 800-word story appears in my first short fiction collection, Extreme Weather Events (HeadworX, 2001). The new land was discovered on a...

So I'm sitting in the food court area of Wellington Airport. I'm heading up to Auckland for a conference . Due to bad weather, my fl...

A few bits and pieces that relate to earlier posts: Frank O'Connor Award: In addition to the interviews with New Zealand award longlist...

Eric Forbes, who edits Quill magazine in Malaysia and blogs about books on The Good Books Guide , has made it his mission to interview (tog...

I've been blogging like crazy this week, but there's good reason for one more post: my short story collection Transported (which yo...

I came back from a few most enjoyable days in Dunedin, visiting my lovely friends there - and making some new ones - to find an advance copy...