Angela Slatter's Blog, page 181
April 12, 2011
The Postscripts Drive-by: Nick Gevers
Nick Gevers is an influential man in the field of speculative fiction, being both a critic and an editor. He's been a reviewer and columnist for Locus and is the editor of PS Publishing's
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To the Swanconatorium!
Luckily I have raised my head from where it's been buried in my PhD and noticed that next week is Swancon. It's lucky coz I'm going and am on two panels while I'm there:
Fairytales in Today's World with Angela Slatter, Ellen Datlow, Jenny Blackford, Richard Harland, Amanda Pillar,
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April 11, 2011
Book Review of Allison Hewitt Is Trapped
This is one of the books I recently received in the mail and I was interested enough to take a break from my PhD and novel writing to read it.
Allison Hewitt Is Trapped by Madaleine Roux
Debut zombie novel! That is, debut novel about zombies, not written by a zombie.
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April 9, 2011
New Anthology from Coeur de Lion
Coeur de Lion Publishing is bringing out a new anthology of science fiction called Anywhere but Earth. Edited by Keith Stevenson, it will appear late'ish in 2011.
Margo Lanagan 'Yon Horned Moon'
Richard Harland 'An Exhibition of the Plague'
Sean McMullen 'Spacebook'
Lee Battersby 'At The End There Was a Man'
Jason Nahrung 'Messiah on the
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April 5, 2011
The Literary Remains Drive-by: R. B. Russell
Ray Russell is the other half of Tartarus Press. He is a writer, publisher, illustrator and all-round nice guy. His work inlcudes the collections Putting the Pieces in Place and Literary Remains as well as the novella Bloody Baudelaire, all of which have met with
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April 2, 2011
The Writer, Small Press, and eBook Rights: A Dilemma
Here's the thing: no one makes much money from small press in Australia.
Writers don't get rich publishing through small presses, and the small presses are run for love not money. Some of them simply implode after being run by well-meaning and enthusiastic amateurs who don't understand things like
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March 30, 2011
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #22
How could I forget this? My story, Lavender and Lychgates, from the Sourdough and Other Stories collection has been selected for the latest Mammoth Book of Best New Horror.
#22, no less – longevity much?
The editor is legendary Stephen Jones, and a ToC buddy is the awesome Robert Shearman
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Calling All Hambly Fans
Go here to check out Open Road's author profile of the awesome and prolific Barbara Hambly. There is a video also!
When I teach …
… this is the stuff I tell you not to do.
March 28, 2011
Justice – an absolute freaking JOKE
A 190cm police officer beats the proverbial out of his 160cm wife and gets a $2000 fine. Oh, sure he won't do it again, he's sorry.
I think my favourite line is:
Westergerling's lawyer applied for a spent conviction order, arguing a conviction would unfairly impact on both his career with the police force and work as a model.
Big man didn't
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