Angela Slatter's Blog, page 138

Two Brains, Two Launches

And so, in keeping with, y’know, stuff, we are having two launches. 

There is the Brisbane one, the World one, which you’ve all seen adequately covered here, and now there is an Adelaide launch for Midnight and Moonshine. Huzzah!

The Otherworld launch will take place in Adelaide on Friday,
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Midnight and Moonshine = Starred Review from PW

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! 

First review for this book.

Midnight and Moonshine
Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter. Ticonderoga (www.ticonderogapublications.com), $14.99 trade paper (324p) ISBN 978-1-92185-730-0

In “Seeds,” the opening story of Hannett and Slatter’s innovative dark fantasy collection, Mymnir, Odinn’s white raven, flees the Ragnarok, “an
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Tales to Terrify!

Rackham’s Maid Maleen

My story “The Bones Remember Everything” is now up at Tales to Terrify, along with Maria Alexander’s “A Conspiracy of One”.

Thanks to Harry Markov and Lawrence Santoro for making this possible and to Elise Goodman for the lovely reading.

FYI: “The Bones Remember Everything” originally
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An Invitation

Hello there.

I suppose you’re wondering why I’ve called you all here today. Well, it’s about a launch. The launch of our (Lisa L Hannett and moi) new book, Midnight and Moonshine, which is being published by the very lovely Ticonderoga.

We’re launching it officially in Brisbane on the eve
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Today

Today was the last day of the Brisbane Writers Festival and also the day when the newest  edition of The Australian Writer’s Marketplace was launched.

I did the launching and it went well – by which I mean people laughed in the right places and I didn’t fall over,
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As I work …

… I’m listening to this, which is Jason Nahrung and Kirstyn McDermott talking about gothic stuff, horror, writing, and reading with one’s ears.

Coincidentally, they’re two of my favourite gothic-flavoured writerly folks.

Huzzah!

Thanks, Joy 94.9 FM.

Book as artefact

Behold: Amal El-Mohtar’s limited edition Honey Month.

Exquisite does not even begin to cover this.

Lovely work, Papaveria Press!

Galleys! Galleys!

So excited! Galleys for Midnight and Moonshine are here and ready for the final read-over.

Huzzah!

Progress

This is what 20,000 words look like when piled up.

That is all.

Now, on to the next 20k.

Midnight and Moonshine continues

This was how I spent my morning last Saturday, with the lovely Kathleen Jennings.

We were inscribing the signing sheets for the Midnight and Moonshine limited edition super-pretty hard cover version.

Now the sheets are with Dr
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