Go With The Flow

 

Even if I have not made it into the best seller list or awarded any international literary prizes, I am pleased all the same to know some of the best libraries in the world have a copy of my books as part of their acquisitions. 

 

In my search to know which libraries have my books I came across this information. One of my books has found its way into 34 different libraries around the world.

 

Hembemba: Rivers of the Forest (2000) my second book of poems, published by then Institute of Pacific Studies (IPS), at USP, Fiji seems to be doing well, above and beyond all the challenges I face in promoting my writing. 

 

The main challenge is on how difficult it is to get published by international publishers. The other side is also true. Who indeed is willing to publish our works?

 

The success of Hembemba: Rivers of the Forest (2000) is attributed to IPS for its extensive publishing and marketing network. I am grateful to Linda Crowl, who at that time was with the Institute of Pacific Studies (IPS) and facilitated the publication of this book. 

 

About 30  libraries around the world have a copy of the book:

 

Australian National University  ANU Canberra, AU-CT 0200 Australia

National Library of Australia  Canberra, ACT 2600 Australia

University of Wollongong Library  UOW Library Wollongong, AU-NS 2522 Australia

University of Adelaide Library  Barr Smith Library; University of Adelaide Libraries Adelaide, AU-SA 5005 Australia

La Trobe University  Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus, Borchardt Library LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, AU-VI 3086 Australia

State Library of Victoria  SLV; VSL; State Library Victoria Melbourne, AU-VI 3000 Australia

University of Auckland, General Library  Auckland, 1010 New Zealand Alexander Turnbull Library - National Library of New Zealand  Wellington, 6011 New Zealand Massey University Library  Palmerston North, 4442 New Zealand Porirua Public Library  Porirua, 5022 New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Library  VUW Wellington, 6012 New Zealand

University of Canterbury, Central Library Christchurch, 8041 New Zealand

Brigham Young University-Hawaii  Joseph F. Smith Library Laie, HI 96762 United States University of Hawaii at Manoa  Hamilton Library Honolulu, HI 96822 United States Stanford University Libraries  Stanford, CA 94305 United States University of Oregon Libraries  UO Libraries Eugene, OR 97403 United States University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, San Diego  UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library La Jolla, CA 92093 United States University of Wyoming  William R. Coe Library Laramie, WY 82071 United States University of Chicago Library  Chicago, IL 60637 United States HathiTrust Digital Library  Ann Arbor, MI 48104 United States University of Michigan  Ann Arbor, MI 48109 United States University of Edinburgh - Main Library  Edinburgh University Library Edinburgh, EH8 9LJ United Kingdom

University of Pittsburgh  Pittsburgh, PA 15260 United States University of York  York, YO10 5DD United Kingdom The British Library, St. Pancras  London, NW1 2DB United Kingdom Library of Congress  Washington, DC 20540 United States Columbia University in the City of New York  Columbia University Libraries New York, NY 10027 United States Yale University Library  New Haven, CT 06520 United States

 

I also appreciate the wonderful review of this book by Rob Wilson, in The Contemporary Pacific, journal published by the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS), University of Hawaii, USA. Having a great review is a boost for any publications. 

 

The success if this collection alone is a testament that goes beyond our local space to fill other international spaces we have never thought of at the time of writing.

 

Knowing there are people reading my work out there motivates me to write more.

 

Let the rivers of the forest flow into the ocean. I hear myself say: GO WITH THE FLOW!