Angela Slatter's Blog, page 161
October 18, 2011
First Book of Horrors review
And what a review! Woot. *snoopy dance*
In the introduction to this collection Stephen Jones makes an impassioned plea to reclaim the horror genre from the gathering hordes of vapid vampires and cliched zombies "for those who understand and appreciate the worth and impact of a scary story", well
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October 17, 2011
Down the Rabbit Hole: WEIRDFICTIONREVIEW.COM
Myrtle Von Damitz
I seem to have agreed to become the managing editor for Ann and Jeff VanderMeer's new weirdfictionreview.com site, which is launching the end of this month. The site is being created by Luís Rodrigues and the awesome art of the Myrtle Von Damitz (see? See?) is featured
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PhDery … almost done
So, on Friday I did my final seminar for PhD – which is the penultimate torture before the torture of sending it out to examiners.
It was easily the worst presentation I've ever done – but equally, it doesn't count for anything. It does give you a chance to
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October 16, 2011
Congrats to …
Toby Tremayne, who won the signed copy of A Book of Horrors!QWC's Publishers & Agents Seminar
[image error]QWC's Publishers & Agents seminar is on Thursday 20th October - I believe it's the last one for the year. If you're looking for info about publishers and agents and want the opportunity to hear from the horses' mouths, then go to book a spot.
October 13, 2011
Queensland Writers Week Drive-by #5: Lee McGowan
Lee McGowan is a writer. Well, he wants to be a writer. Hey, at least he knows there's a difference. He's studying a PhD in Creative Writing at QUT, Brisbane, so he's currently just practising. To fill his time, prevent him from turning over a few lazy hundred words
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October 12, 2011
Queensland Writers Week Drive-by #4: A A O'Callaghan
Amanda O'Callaghan was born in Brisbane and lived in the southern suburbs for the first two decades of her life. After living in England and Ireland for many years (and being an advertising executive in one incarnation), she returned to her home city, where she writes and teaches.
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Airing the briefs
Over at Deborah Biancotti's place, she's running a series of Blog Briefs on Burnout. Mine is there today, and there's a great series of wisdoms from clever folk like Karen Miller, Sean Williams, Martin Livings and Tansy Rayer Roberts.
T'is here.
In today's mail!
The gorgeous Mrs Midnight from Reggie Oliver and Tartarus Press, two from Lindqvist and Cronin's The Passage.
October 11, 2011
The Opposite Drive-by: Narrelle Harris
The Opposite of Life by Narrelle M. Harris had Charlaine Harris (that's Sookie's mum) breathless. A vampire novel that does something new and is set in Melbourne, the novel was a huge achievement for the author and Pulp Fiction Press.
Narrelle's first novel was the crime/thriller, Fly By Night
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