Angela Slatter's Blog, page 162
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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Queensland Writers Week Drive-by #3: Christine Bongers
[image error]Christine Bongers has worked as a broadcast journalist on the ABC, and in commercial television and radio, in Brisbane and London. She has also written and directed two environmental television documentaries, and run her own media consultancy.
Christine's first attempt at writing fiction was short-listed for the Varuna Manuscript
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October 10, 2011
Queensland Writers Week Drive-by #2: Linda Brucesmith
Linda Brucesmith is a Brisbane-based writer and public relations consultant.
Her public relations business and clients have provided her with unique perspectives on tourism, hospitality, food, horticulture, medicine, mining, dance, academia, media and the internet. She has worked as a magazine and newspaper journalist in Sydney, Melbourne,
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October 9, 2011
Queensland Writers Week Drive-by #1: Charlotte Nash-Stewart
Up and comer Charlotte Nash-Stewart is a new writer to look out for; her work is lyrical, disturbing and constantly challenging (in a good way). By day she is the Word Engineer, by night she's the fiction stalker.
1. I first knew I was a writer when
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