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Closure of the Flensing Factory

Hello!

Due to a change in my circumstances (for the better!) I’m closing the Flensing Factory.

Any current mentees and clients I’ll continue working with you until the end of our agreements, but won’t be taking on new clients.

Having said that, I’m going to be working for the Australian Writers’ Centre and will be teaching, mentoring and assessing manuscripts for that august organisation, so check out their website https://www.writerscentre.com.au/

If you’re looking for an editor, I can offer recommendations – email me on me@angelaslatter.com.

The Strange, the Weird and the Uncanny podcast

Hello, my poor neglected blog.

Yesterday I had the privilege of reading on Daniel Braum’s podcast The Strange, the Weird and the Uncanny.

An experience made even better by reading alongside of Kathe Koja, Nathan Carson, Philip Fracassi and Dan himself.

You can listen here if you so wish.

Great stories, much horror.

Plus goats.

Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards!

Voting is now OPEN for the Courier Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award! The judges have shortlisted eight books by Queensland authors. Polling closes 16 Aug with only one vote allowed per person. http://ow.ly/zcXB50FytGD #QldLitAwards

And I’m so excited to say that All the Murmuring Bones is on that list! As is Kathleen Jennings’ Flyaway, a book close to my heart.

Judges’ comments on All the Murmuring Bones:

Miren O’Malley is the last of the O’Malley lineage, a once-great family that now finds itself on hard times. An clever mix of gothic tale and short story, this brilliant novel builds a world that makes you believe in magic and monsters. Truly a magnificent achievement.

Aurealis Awards!

Hello, my poor neglected blog.Am utterly delighted and honoured to have won the Aurealis Award for Best Collection for The Heart is a Mirror for Sinners! Most of the honour comes from being a finalist alongside some of Australia’s – nay, the World’s – finest writers, who(m) I also get to call my friends: Lisa L. Hannett, Juliet Marillier, and Tansy Rayner Roberts. Thanks to the judges and the committee for all their hard work, and to @editormum75 for accepting on my behalf.Thanks to @pspublishinguk for producing this book, to Mr Kim Newman for writing the Introduction, and to @daniele_serra_art for the glorious cover art.Here’s to the day when we can all get together in person to do these ceremonies!!! The full list of winners is here.

Arcana

Now that I’ve crawled out from under the weight of finishing Morwood (it’s been sent off to my wonderful editor at Titan Books, Cath Trechman), I am trying to catch up on All The Neglected Things.

That includes this rather glorious anthology from Rhonda Parrish, Arcana.

 

Ze blurb:

Tarot card decks have twenty-two major arcana, filled with symbolism and imbued with meaning. Explore the greater secrets and ideas behind those cards with the stories and poems of Arcana. Discovery awaits in tales such as a grasping king struggling with his legacy, an alchemist setting a golem out on a mission of revenge and a woman finding what she didn’t know she was looking for.

Each story is like drawing a card from the deck–you never know what it might reveal.

Featuring stories by Sara Dobie Bauer, Greg Bechtel, Beth Cato, Eliza Chan, Kevin Cockle, Sara Cleto, J.G. Formato, Chadwick Ginther, Joseph Halden, Gabrielle Harbowy, Jim C. Hines, Diana Hurlburt, L.S. Johnson, Dan Koboldt, C.S. MacCath, Susan MacGregor, Cat McDonald, Annie Neugebauer, Alexandra Seidel, Angela Slatter, Sarena Ulibarri, Brittany Warman and BD Wilson.

Links for purchase can be found here https://www.rhondaparrish.com/home/publications/anthologies/arcana/

Australian Shadows Awards – update

Absolutely delighted to learn that I won the Australian Shadows Award for Best Collected Work this evening! The Heart is a Mirror for Sinners and Other Stories got a gong. Thanks so much to PS Publishing for making it such a beautiful book and to Daniele Serra for his glorious artwork! Huge thanks to the judges and to my fellow finalists.

Congrats to all the other winners and finalists in all categories (you can locate them over on Twitter @AustHorror).