Something that rocks (or should that be 'which'?)
Announcing SCENTING THE DARK AND OTHER STORIES by Mary Robinette Kowal We here at SubPress are fans of elegant small collections such as Antiquities by John Crowley or The Devil in the Details by James...
View ArticleBecause there should always be more evil queens …
The talented and funny Mary Robinette Kowal has this to say about Evil Queens in Fantasy (a much maligned breed!) http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2009/04/evil-fantasy-queens.php
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Errr, I appear to be …
… eligible for the Campbell http://www.writertopia.com/awards/campbell This is the awesome Mary Robinette Kowal receiving the award – in her glorious vintage dress - in 2008 There is voting required,...
View ArticleLocus Awards
Yes, I’m behind (as always – why do you look so surprised?), but below’s the list of the 2010 Locus Awards Finalists. Some great names there (very happy to see Mary Robinette Kowal there!), but what...
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Scenting the Drive-by: Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary’s first novel, Shades of Milk and Honey, the fantasy novel Jane Austen should have written, was released into the wild this year (via the good graces of Tor and the lovely Liz Gorinsky). She...
View ArticleWisdom-ery
Y’all know how I like writerly wisdom. Here the lovely Mary Robinette Kowal gives signing lessons! Debut Author Lessons: 10 things about signing books One of the ways that an author connects to the...
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To make your ears happy …
… go here to hear the glorious Mary Robinette Kowal reading Elizabeth Bear’s The Tricks of London for Subterranean Press. So much goodness in the foregoing sentence one’s head might just pop!
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On how to give a reading
One of the things I spoke to the One Book Many Brisbanes mentees about last weekend was the importance of learning how to do a reading in public. Things like practice, realising that what looks lovely...
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Meanwhile, over at Writing Excuses
This is a great noise-pod – one day, Virginia, you too may earn yourself a writing assistant! No, you may not use them to send flowers to your mum or buy tasteless apology scarves for your...
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How gorgeous is …
… this? The cover of Mary Robinette Kowal’s latest lovely tome, Glamour in Glass. *sigh* Divine!
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Tor.com novellas announced …
… and I’m exceedingly pleased to say that mine, Of Sorrow and Such, which returns to the world of Sourdough to check on one of my favourite characters, Patience Sykes, is one of them! There are also...
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GenreCon 2015 – You Really, Really Need To Be There
There are still a few registrations left for GenreCon – they do close on 25 October, however, so if you’ve been wavering might I suggest you get your butt into gear? Now, let me be clear: this isn’t a...
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A Feast of Sorrows: Stories
A Feast of Sorrows: Stories is a new collection from Prime Books, containing twelve reprints and two brand new novellas. The lovely Theodora Goss has agreed to write the Introduction. Pre-order details...
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A Feast of Sorrows available for pre-order
Yes, as per the heading, my first ever US collection A Feast of Sorrows: Stories is available for pre-order. While it’s mostly a reprint collection of fairy tales and Sourdough/Bitterwood world...
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A Feast of Sorrows: Stories …
… is almost here. It will be out next month! You can pre-order it. Ze blurb: A Feast of Sorrows — Angela Slatter’s first U.S. collection — features twelve of the World Fantasy and British Fantasy...
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A Feast of Sorrows – Starred Review in PW!
A Feast of Sorrows: Stories Australian speculative fiction author Slatter’s U.S. debut is a compilation of her most notable stories along with several new ones, all of which showcase her incredible...
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A Feast of Sorrows – In My Hands, However Briefly
Got my paws on a physical copy – my sister’s, alas, so I had to sign it and give it back! And so I wait (im)patiently by the mailbox, waiting for my author copies to went their way across the sea,...
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Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2019
Delighted to say that I’ve got a story in this one! Especially delighted as this story was difficult to write and edit, so I’m Most Pleased. Even more delighted to see fellow Aussies Kaaron Warren and...
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THE BEST OF SHIMMER
I’m absolutely delighted to say that I’ve got a story in this lovely tome, THE BEST OF SHIMMER, coming in 2020. As “The Little Match Girl” was my first real sale when I started writing, I’m so happy...
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Happy Anniversary to Me
So I guess this arrival is timely as it reminds me that October is a sort of writing anniversary for me. I’d moved back to Queensland after 4 years in Sydney, specifically to give writing a go as a...
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