Tough times in Christchurch this week. It looks like the writers' festival is still on, and many services have returned to normal, but help and donations are still needed:

The Lifted Brow August issue is now for sale!

An adaptation of the highly autobiographical short story that inspired The Ice Age, particularly the narrator's voice, can be found in the latest issue of Pen Pusher.

The program is up for the Christchurch Writers Festival. Kirsten will be in three panels/events:

BOO to missing out on Florence and the Machine tickets. YAY to getting paid and treating myself to the sweet double CD.

I'm excited to be heading to the town that holds my earliest memories for the Press Christchurch Writers Festival in September. Christchurch, it's been too long!

hits the Sugarscape bookclub:

Fun times in Brisbane this week as we celebrate hilarious and talented Renjamin Raw's much-anticipated (and already much-loved) memoir.

Dearest Kirsten, I loved your book. Such a beautifully drawn, quirky, sad, young woman. I love the fact that the back-stories are up to us to imagine...and I love your (her!) sketches of the many people passed/seen on the road. A Holden Caulfield classic in the making. Love to you, and thanks for putting this wonderful work into the world for us all. Beth

goes high tech. OMG. Kindle edition: