I’m very pleased to tell you that tall-lighthouse is going to publish a pamphlet of about twenty of my poems in late 2014. I’m still working on a title and have spent much of today sitting on my stripy rug, scribbling down ideas, as well as going for a muddy walk to help me think. I now need to work on ordering the poems and making them as good as I can before I send the full manuscript to Gareth Lewis at tall-lighthouse. I almost said “before I send the full manuscript to my editor” but I didn’t dare. I won’t believe this is true until the finished book is in my hands.
For now, I have dinner to cook for my children and decisions to make about what to read with my shared reading groups tomorrow and on Thursday. Newsflash to self: the world carries on even when your heart is skipping with good news.
Josephine Corcoran 
Fabulous!! Have you and your “editor” decided upon a title?
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Thank you, Abegail! I’m thrilled and no, I’m still trying out different titles on my teenage kids. They are so hard to please! x
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Congratulations, Well done that is a wonderful effort. Could you use the title of one of your poems as the pamphlet title?
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Thanks, Mauve! I’m still working on that one but it is a possibility 🙂
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What brilliant news. well deserved and I love tall lighthouse pamphlets.
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Thanks, Rebecca! I’m so happy. I love the design of tall-lighthouse’s books. 🙂
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Hearty congratulations, Josephine! Looking forward to reading it.
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Thanks very much, Jayne! 🙂
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So happy for you Josephine! I can’t wait to come and toast your publication, whee!
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Oh, thank you, Tania! There will definitely be toast and possibly even jam! 🙂 xx
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Congratulations Josephine.
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Thanks very much, David!
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That’s the most fabulous news – congratulations! Can’t wait. When will it be out? WHEN? How exciting.
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Thank you so much, Isabel! There is no date yet other than “late 2014”. You will be the first to know! Thanks for your kind words 🙂 xx
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Congratulations! Wonderful news – Looking forward to reading it when it’s out! 😀
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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congrats! I really liked the ones I’ve read by you. Good luck
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Thanks, Valerie! That’s a lovely thing to say! 🙂
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Fantastic. I’m so pleased for you. Exciting days 🙂
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Thanks very much, Heather 🙂
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CONGRATULATIONS! Yes, I am shouting! 🙂
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THANK YOU! 🙂
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Congratulations. Great news, and let us all know more as it gets closer to being available.
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Thanks very much, Jeff. I’ve been told “late 2014” and I have some work to do on it first. tall-lighthouse has a good website so I hope to link to that, nearer the time.
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Let me add my congratulations also, if your ‘editor’ is in the market for a little hardship point him in my direction!!
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Thanks very much for your congratulations!
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That’s great, Josephine – congratulations!
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Thanks, Clarissa! Hope to see you when I read at Vanguard, The Bear, Camberwell, November 20th x
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Oh how wonderful! I’m so happy for you. A book. Of poems. Of your own poems. To send out into the world. What could be better?
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Thanks for your kind words, Rebecca!
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Congratulations! That’s such good news. Look forward to seeing – and reading – the finished pamphlet!
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Thanks, Hilaire! Hope you – and other London friends – will be at the Vanguard reading in November at The Bear in Camberwell.
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Very many congrats, Josephine! You deserve it so much after all your selfless effort promoting the work of others. Well done. Looking forward to hearing them at Vanguard in November!
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Thanks for those kind words, Richard! Hardly selfless – although I had no idea when I started ‘And Other Poems’ that I’d be rewarded with invitations to read and to submit work. I don’t give with the hope that I’ll receive but I do feel rich today! xx
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That’s great news, Josephine. I look forward to reading it.
Jane Clarke
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Thanks for the lovely comment, Jane! x
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Hurrah!! How brilliant is that! What a great press to be with. Loved recent pamphlets by Ben Parker and Harry Man … well done Josephine, you did well to ‘hold out’ … 🙂 R x
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No pressure, then!! Thanks very much for your kind, kind comment, Robin. I didn’t expect to be selected but I’m glad I was. Now to find the time to work on bringing the poems up a notch. xx
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Brilliant, well done!
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Thanks, T! x
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