So a brief update is very much in order on our next two
books,
Birdbook II: Freshwater habitats and
Coin Opera II. To accompany this, I’ve tried to find an image that captures both projects.
Birdbook II is very nearly ready to go printerwards. We’ve received a foreword from the fantastic
Tim Birkhead, proofing has been done and it’s just minor tweaks to go. For the uninitiated, this is the second book in a series of four, in which we aim to gather one poem and one illustration for every species of British bird. Each book covers a group of habitats. Volume II is looking great, helped in no small part by the return of
Lois Cordelia, who has once again provided her beautiful artwork for the cover.
Coin Opera II, our second anthology of poetic tributes to computer games, is looking good too. With cover art by the very talented
Mike Stone and a whole bundle of computer game-themed formal Easter eggs (including what may be the world’s first set of ‘boss’ poems), this is going to be a mighty power-up from our initial micro-anthology, back in 2009. A foreword from
Uncanny X Men writer and video games journalist
Kieron Gillen, a spot more collaging and rearranging, a good old proof and it’ll be off to press before you can say Hadouken.
More updates to come. Stay tuned!
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