Here’s the recording of the online launch of Hôtel Amour — with Olivia McCannon @oliviamcc.bsky.social
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Join us for an online book launch on November 18th at 7pm — #mennaelfyn #oliviamccannon #derynrees-jones #HotelAmour

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To be first to see the sea Is the closest we may ever come To open-eyed discovery. There she lies, a temple helping us draw the line between heaven and earth, nothing and oceans. We travel gladly towards her laughter reaching the skirt-hem of her stories, where her tongues tell truths. For a time, we stare, not understanding her depths, this divinity who will not reveal herself, hugging her secret and see, anew, that a sea is no less beautiful because ships founder on rocks, because, look, in her split-second waves we grow younger with each frisson; seeing the sea for the first time is the closest we may come to the wonder of eyes opened.

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Seeing the Sea by Menna Elfyn