Angela Slatter's Blog, page 118
August 1, 2013
Spells for Coming Forth By Daylight
And so, I have started on the final story of the Bitterwood Bible collection, which is called “Spells for Coming Forth by Daylight” (which is a riff on the alternative title of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Book of Coming Forth by Day). There’s always a degree of terror and
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July 28, 2013
Terrible As An Army with Banners
Library at Melk Abbey http://musicarchive.sdsmt.edu/travel/...
And so, I have almost finished the second last story in The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings. Huzzah! A bit exciting. I’ve been really lucky with the last two stories I’ve written for the collection because I knew precisely what I wanted them
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July 25, 2013
Brisbane Writers Festival – WOOOOT!
BWF have released their program into the wild – go here!
It’s a fantastic feast of wordy and illustratory fun – something for everyone, from workshops and masterclasses, to panels and interviews, spoken word events to lectures.
I’ll be talking Fables and Folk tales with Kate Forsyth, James Bradley and the
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July 24, 2013
The Bitterwood Bible
And so, I have finished editing the ms for The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings as it stands – which is at 77,000 fairly respectable words. I now have three stories left to write in order to finish the collection: “The Bitterwood Bible”, “Terrible As An Army With Banners”, and “Spells
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Book Haul
Yes, I’m still here, lurking. I’m just trying to finish a bunch of projects so I can concentrate on the Fellowship. My days are full to say the least.
But that doesn’t mean the book haul stops. These arrived yesterday and caused much Snoopy dancing.
I’ve been meaning to …
… post about this for a few weeks, but life has been interfering.
So, here it is, Sarah Pinborough’s most excellent novel Mayhem, which seamlessly blends Jack the Ripper with the Thames Torso Murders, not to mention elements of mythology and the recreation of a very believable Victorian London.
It’s thrilling, it’s gruesome,
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July 22, 2013
A Book! In a Day!
No, not me – I did my stint on that last year for the 24Hr Book.
This one belongs to the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild – they’ve done it before, they’ll do it again!
This one is to raise funds for Paediatrics at the Canberra Hospital (PatCH) and will occur on Sunday 4
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July 9, 2013
Queensland Writers Fellowship
Dr Stuart Glover, Kris Olsson, Patrick Holland, Dr Angela Slatter, Minister Ian Walker
So, this morning I went over to the State Library of Queensland for the awarding of the inaugural Queensland Writers Fellowships, which is an initiative of the
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Out in the wild …
Yes, A Killer Among Demons is out there roaming the hills and dales, peeking in your windows and stealing your laundry, and any apple pies you may have left to cool on the window sill.
The actual, physical paperback-ish thing can be acquired from here.
July 2, 2013
Checking-in to Apartment 16: Adam Nevill
British writer Adam LG Nevill has garnered praise for his visceral yet nuanced horror stories, as well as comments such as “The next Stephen King”.
So, not too shabby.
I recently read The Ritual, which not only reinforced all my prejudices against camping, but also impressed me with its finely
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