Angela Slatter's Blog, page 182
March 23, 2011
For those of you in Syndey with time on your hands …
… just over 8 minutes to be precise, why not go along to the screening of Sisters at the Night of Horror Film Festival?
The session is taking place at Metro Screen, Paddington Town Hall (Cnr Oxford Street and Oatley Road, Paddington), Wednesday, April 6, at 6:30pm. Sisters will be screening in competition for: "Audience Choice Award: Best Australian Short Film".
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March 22, 2011
The Queen of Us All
Ursula Le Guin was interviewed by the Beeb back in January – I only just listened to it now. She is just freaking awesome and more than holds her own against a somewhat bombastic doorknob.
Listen here.
The Knowledgeable Drive-by: Rosalie Parker
Rosalie Parker is one half of the fabulous Tartarus Press, which produces very beautiful books. She's also an author in her own right and the author of the very lovely and subtly disturbing The Old Knowledge and Other Strange Tales (Swan River Press). Her short stories have appeared
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March 21, 2011
Aurealis Awards Shortlists are Out
Courtesy of the speedy good graces of Dr Tansy Rayner Roberts, the shortlists have been posted here.
I'm so happy to see so many talented friends on the lists! Includes (obviously) Lisa L Hannett, Kirstyn McDermott, Tansy RR, Trent Jamieson, Marianne De Pierres, Dirk Flinthart, Margo Lanagan,
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March 20, 2011
A snippet from Sun Falls (Plus!)
Coz in my head, Terry looks like Lena Headey
Here's a bit of a snippet from my story Sun Falls, which appears in the upcoming anthology of vampire fiction from Ticonderoga Publications, Dead Red Heart.
Sun Falls
I tap the fingers of one hand against the
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A snippet from Sun Falls
Coz in my head, Terry looks like Lena Headey
Here's a bit of a snippet from my story Sun Falls, which appears in the upcoming anthology of vampire fiction from Ticonderoga Publications, Dead Red Heart.
Sun Falls
I tap the fingers of one hand against the
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Some Goodly News …
… to go with the site redesign (Thank you, Significant Other).
Nice review of Dead Red Heart over at Publishers Weekly, including a shout-out to my Sun Falls. Wooot!
And also good things about the next Scary Kisses anthology!
March 15, 2011
The Surreal Drive-by: Stephen J Clark
I always used to look at Tartarus Press covers and wonder idly about the lovely, creepy illustrations on the covers. Then I got the illustration for the cover of my very own Tartarus book andI learned where a lot of them came from – Stephen J Clark. His
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Marketing a Book – Timing is Everything
I – well, when I say "I", I mean me in concert with the Significant Other – have been working on a trailer for The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales. When I say "working on", I mean I choose the pretty pictures and the
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