Angela Slatter's Blog, page 145
April 24, 2012
April 21, 2012
Just in case you were wondering …
As part of the reinvigoration of Booklifenow, Jeremy L. C. Jones asked Lisa Hannett and I about our collaboration process.
So our answer, in the form of a guest post (interpretive dance being impractical), is in two parts. Part One is up now.
For the most part, writing
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April 17, 2012
Cate Gardner at This is Horror
Awesome Flash Fear by Cate is here.
The car stopped outside the caravan they’d stayed in when Sean went missing. Keith caught his breath and waited for the shake in his muscles to cease. His parents didn’t always remember Sean. For months, they’d insisted Keith
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Seahearts Salon in Brisneyland
So, next week the lovely and luminous Margo Lanagan will be headlining at Avid Reader, with a team of appropriate literary handmaidens as the support act.
On Thursday 26 April, from 6-8pm there will be readings by emerging authors, Peter M. Ball, Gary Kemble and
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April 16, 2012
Hello, GenreCon!
And so there is this, GenreCon, which is an initiative of the Australian Writer’s Marketplace, and is being shaped and force into submission by Peter M. Ball’s organisational skills. It’s running from 2-4 November this year in Sydney.
What is it precisely?
GenreCon is a three-day convention for Australian fans
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Over at 40k …
… I answer some questions for Letizia Sechi about short stories, fairy tales, advice for new writers, and peering into the entrails of ebooks to predict the future.
Go here.
April 13, 2012
In the mail, comes happiness
From last week’s mail, Reggie Oliver’s beautiful Egaeus Press tome, Shadow Plays, and Fablecroft’s gorgeous little To Spin a Darker Stair, with stories by Faith Mudge and Catherynne M. Valente and with, of course, illustrations by Kathleen Jennings.
Pretty, pretty additions to the sagging bookshelves in our library.
