Since announcing this project we have had many people submit stories, anecdotes, poems and even songs. The response has been amazing – and the quality and depth of the writing quite confronting.
We have received contributions from:
- Age Conte
- Annik Skelton
- Ben O’Mara
- Edward Harran
- Jeremy LeBard
- Joel Connolly
- Gavin Heaton
- Jye Smith
- Julian Cole
- Karalee Evans
- Alan Long
- David Phillips
- Craig Kirchner
- Scott Abbot
- Stephen Collins
- Stephen Crombie
- Scott Drummond
- Joel Pearson
- Scott Middleton
- Dave Relf
- James Duthie
- Ann Handley
- Gavin Bollard
- Jorge Albinagorta
- Mitch X Andrews
- Tony Hollingsworth
- Trent Collins
- Darryl King
- Mark Pollard
Our original plan was to push this book through as fast as possible and make it available for Father’s Day. What we found, however, is that we needed more time to really do justice to the writings submitted. We wanted to find a way to incorporate more imagery and design elements – to curate and organise the book in a way that makes sense, and to plan a bit of a launch campaign.
With all this in mind, we are aiming to have the book available for purchase online from early next month (October 2009). We will aim to do an “official launch” around the middle of the month. And we will then do a “second push” in the leadup to Christmas, in December.
