Angela Slatter's Blog, page 134
November 14, 2012
On Being a Writer – Kat Howard
Wonderful post from Kat Howard:
On being a writer
My students know that I write. So even though I don’t teach any creative writing courses, there are usually a handful of students from each class every semester who come and talk to me because they want to be writers.
There
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Xoum, Xoum, Xoum
Sorry, couldn’t resist. But look!
Two new titles from the punchy digital press Xoum.
On the left, we have Jason Nahrung‘s Blood and Dust, featuring Kev the vampire, and on the right,
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November 13, 2012
Hey, Katinka, it’s a bake-off
So, the Queensland Writers Centre is a’bubble, a’tremble, a’simmer with news of a bake-off.
A charity bake-off:
From November 15-30, QWC invades the kitchen for the first QWC bake-off in support of International Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
Go here to donate. You know you want to for precisely the
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The Next Big Thing
Welcome to my edition of The Next Big Thing, which is a chain of book and author recommendations – so far luminaries like Sarah Pinborough, Paul Magrs, and Adam Nevill. One author tags five others, who then each tag five others until … well, presumably until every writer
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Remember why you fear Robert Shearman
In today’s mail, Rob Shearman’s wonderfully dark and disturbing new collection, Remember Why You Fear Me.
An excellent offering from the lovely folk at Chizine, and with an Introduction by Mr Stephen Jones.
November 12, 2012
Dear Teen Staff at Woolies (Toowong)
Dear Teen Staff at Woolies (Toowong),
I, too, was a checkout chick – for three years (the last two of high school and the first of uni). Yes, it was boring, but it taught me patience – well, to live a lot in my head, at least. But I
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November 8, 2012
Death and the Cat
Goldeen Ogawa
This has made my day.
Death and the Cat prints by the very talented Goldeen Ogawa.
Go here to order.
Mmmmm, Jagannath
Short stories.
Weird short stories.
Karin Tidbeck‘s weird short stories.
Karen Tidbeck’s Swedish weird short stories from Cheeky Frawg.
Go here and add it to your collection of bookish items.
That is all.
November 7, 2012
Once Upon a Time …
Kay Nielsen’s lovely art
… there was a girl who went to the Police Academy. Oh, no, wait. That’s Charlie’s Angels.
Once upon a time, I did a PhD. Now, a year down the track, I’ve actually been able to read the exegesis without breaking into a cold sweat, having
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Bwahahahaha!
Notions Unlimited trailer. That is all.
And then, Melbournites, go here:
Shop 9, Chelsea Beach Arcade 426 Nepean Highway Chelsea, Vic, Australia 3196
