Angela Slatter's Blog, page 98
September 21, 2014
First Review: The Bitterwood Bible
Sean Wright has kindly reviewed The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings over at Goodreads.
The Bitterwood Bible is a neat package that has allowed Slatter to explore, examine and re-imagine the fairy/folktale milieu. There’s a balance achieved here too; I never felt that I needed to rush through the stories to the larger
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Landfall!
And in today’s mail are my beautiful author copies of Black-Winged Angels from Ticonderoga Publications. Huzzah!
Black-Winged Angels in the wild!
The first sighting of my limited edition reprint collection, Black-Winged Angels, from Ticonderoga Publications has been made! Art by Kathleen Jennings and Introduction by Juliet Marillier. The wording bits by me.
My friend Nicky is imbibing stories with her morning coffee. I have pilfered her photo.
All I can do now is sit back
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Gifts for the One Who Comes After
One of my favourite people – who also happens to be one of my favourite authors – is Helen Marshall … and lo! She has a new collection out, which is always cause for rejoicing and opening bottles of bubbly substances. Gifts for the One Who Comes After is the latest
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September 20, 2014
The Female Factory
This is what I spent the best part of yesterday doing: reading over the galley for The Female Factory.
It’s typeset, the cover is under construction, and we’re starting to seek out reviewers.
It’s almost a real thing!
September 17, 2014
Dreams in the mail
These beautiful things arrived today from Swan River Press.
Dreams of Shadow and Smoke is a tribute anthology for J. S. Le Fanu, he of Carmilla and Uncle Silas fame (among many, many others).
And it contains my story “Let the Words Take You”, a riff on “The Child that Went With
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September 15, 2014
Suspended in Dusk is out!
Suspended in Dusk has been released into the wild with a brand new cover. It’s available from here and here. Simon Dewar and Books of the Dead have done a very nice job indeed.
“Disquieting and at times terrifying, Suspended in Dusk shows that horror can, and should, have
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September 5, 2014
Galactic Chat
Dreamers
Over at Galactic Chat I talk Random Alex’s ear off!
And oh, sweet jebus, I say ‘You know’ a lot.
I’m sorry.
Go here.
September 1, 2014
Brisbane Writers Festival
The Brisbane Writers Festival starts tomorrow and continues til late on Sunday 7 September. I’ll be wandering around, so if you’ve got any books you want signed, feel free to approach!
I’m on a panel on Saturday, and am given to understand there’ll be a signing afterwards.
So, You Want to Write a Book
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Happy bookday to me!
Photo by Tartarus Press
Today is the official release date for The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings! In the UK, at least, coz here in Oz we’ve already had 1 September. But it’s all good, it’s like having two bookdays. Why is there no cake?
Bitterwood can be ordered
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