As, I'm sure, the whole world is aware, there have terrible disasters in Haiti this year which have taken so many lives and left so many people homeless. I thought that this was something really important to write about as coming March 4th 2010, The Red Telephone's parent company, Bridge House will publish an anthology of short stories about the Haiti Earthquake. Over 100 authors and editors helped put this book together in record time, to get money to where it matters, fast. All proceeds will be donated to the British Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Appeal.
Nick Harkaway, author of the best-selling novel The Gone Away World, contributed a story and penned the introduction: "While giving is, according to a recent scientific study, more pleasurable and healthy than receiving, it can become a bit burdensome after a while -- especially if you can't see the real time effects of your gifts. That's where this book comes in. The writers and publishers do the actual giving and you just have to buy some really great stories, which you would have rushed to buy anyway, because of the sheer weight of unrefined awesome contained within these covers."
This amazing book, will really help to make a difference!
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I got an email about this, and I can't wait to get it. Its so sad these natural disaters happen, but fantastic people [like these authors] put effort into raising money. I'll defo be getting it!
Thanks for the post,
Ria x
That's so awesome! I love it when I hear about things like this because it just proves that man isn't as heartless as we sometimes appear.
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This is a wonderful idea. Now that Haiti isn't in the news as much as before, it's important that it doesn't fade from people's thoughts. Hopefully it will raise a ton of money to help out!
Emidy
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