Angela Slatter's Blog, page 177
May 29, 2011
Outpost of Sweden or How to Take Over a Country Using Ikea
Is us - less guns, more towel rails
Saturday began with the words from the Significant Other: 'I've never been to Ikea, so let's go to Ikea. I feel like doing coupley things.'
I had been to Ikea, but it was four years or so ago and my memory had papered
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May 26, 2011
Wooooot! Shout-out to Sharon and Allan Cohrs
Two of my sister's best friends, Sharon and her husband Alan, have just returned from summitting Mt Everestt – because it's just not cold enough in Brisbane, apparently!
Sharon is a breast cancer survivor and one of the gutsiest people I know.
Here's her latest journal entry, about the climb.
May 25, 2011
For the eMinded amongst ye
The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales will soon be available as an ebook from Ticonderoga.
Ahem. Why, yes, it is the book that won this year's Aurealis Award for Best Collection.
Huzzah for downloading bookish thingies to technical, hand-held and portable whatsits! (The sound you hear is my Geeky Significant
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May 24, 2011
Drive-by from Trumpetville: Peter Tennant
Peter Tennant is an award-winning review and columnist for Black Static and a prolific writer of speculative fiction. His fiction has appeared in venues as diverse as Jennings Magazine, Dreams from the Stranger's Café, Axiom, Visions, Sackcloth & Ashes, and Whispers of Wickedness, to name but a
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May 23, 2011
New Journal
This 
is the beautiful journal Brain got me for my birthday (from Florentine in Syndey). And the uber-cute bookmark. And today the bird'ish-raven necklace arrived today (appropriate for our Midnight and Moonshine collection).
I'm not quite sure how I can bring myself to write in something so lovely!
May 22, 2011
On Approaching Authors for 'Stuff' – Part Deux
I think I'm going to have to add a couple of things to the post On Approaching Authors for 'Stuff'.
1. When asking an author for stuff, don't make it as part of a very obvious bulk email to a bunch of other authors. A scattergun technique is disrespectful and
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Shiny, shiny awards suitable for hand to hand combat
Brain (Lisa L Hannett) and I arrived in Sydney on Friday and promptly indulged in our major vice: ordering room service. We talked until late, then woke up to more room service (What??)
Then we went for a walk on Saturday morning and wandered through the Pitt St mall
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May 18, 2011
Meanwhile over at Read Horror
The lovely Michael Wilson asks me some questions over at Read Horror: The Voice of Horror Literature. It's short, sweet (ish) and here.
