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February 29, 2012
Adelaide Writers' Week appearances
I'm heading off to Adelaide in a couple of hours. At the festival, I'll be:appearing with Kelly Link at 12.30 tomorrow (Friday) on the West Stage, on the Schools' Day program, talking about fantasytalking with Sean Williams at the Dedication event at 9.30 on Saturday morning, talking about everything under the sun, andappearing with Michael Crummey at 2.30 on Monday on the East Stage, talking
February 20, 2012
Blog post at David Fickling Books
Over at the DFB Story blog, I talk about how Sea Hearts/Brides began. This post is illustrated with some wonderful collages by Sydney artist Deborah Kelly—even if you don't read my words, you'll want to nip down to the end of the post and click through to her gallery to see the larger versions.
February 16, 2012
Everyone came to the Sydney Sea Hearts launch!
Neighbours, friends, workmates, fellow writers, sons and tweeps showed up for the Sydney launch of Sea Hearts at Kinokuniya last night. They're shown at left, listening intently to my reading.Melina Marchetta did the honours, flattering me mightily and then drawing me out on all matters selkie-related, with a bit of process-porn thrown in. Then we broke a bottle of champagne against the bow of
Great reviews for Sea Hearts/Brides!
They've been pouring in, these reviews! Perhaps my favourite isthis one, which looks at the novel's feminism:It goes without saying that I want to see defiant, empowered, happy and successful women represented in fiction. But making it all about individuals overcoming society's sexism can draw attention away from the fact that the system needs to change. This is why I also want scarred
February 13, 2012
Because it's a day for hearts of all kinds...
@ErnurA put this lovely photo up on Twitter: "My Valentine's Day gift to me—coffee, chocolate and a captivating novel to read."
February 11, 2012
Sydneysiders: Launch ahoy!
Melina Marchetta will launch Sea Hearts at Kinokuniya this Thursday at 6.30 p.m.! Right about here:I hope you can come. If you can, and will, please let Kinokuniya know, so that we can get a rough idea of the numbers to expect. Call them (9262-7996) or tell them in person at their Information Counter (shown here with (a) happy customer and (b) strategically placed poster and stacks of signed
February 10, 2012
Selkies scrapbooks
Here's the first of three scrapbooks (link is to the Flickr set) I made when I was writing Sea Hearts/The Brides of Rollrock Island. Here's the second scrapbook.And here's the third.
February 9, 2012
Booktopia's Ten Terrifying Questions
Yes, some of these questions were terrifying. Or at least uncomfortable-making. But I put on a brave show.
February 7, 2012
NZ Listener review of Sea Hearts. Noice.
From Ann Packer:What an extraordinary achievement is Margo Lanagan's Sea Hearts. The acclaimed Australian writer's second [read: seventeenth published :D] novel brings to utterly convincing life the selkie, that part-seal creature of Celtic myth, in a haunting realisation of an island community with a devastating secret at its heart. Her prose is achingly beautiful, bring to life the dumpy
Blogging (and babbling) about town
A new book means a lot of guest posting on blogs. You can read more, more, MORE of me in the following places:Gabrielle Wang interviews me about how I started out as a writer, and my daily writing routine.On Lisa Hannett's blog, in her regular Tuesday Therapy series, I offer a bit of advice about letting ideas cook, to get the best out of them.Over at the ROR blog, I blog (unsurprisingly) about
