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Diary of a Ditch Witch
Art by Kathleen Jennings
This is my favourite new discovery: Diary of a Ditch Witch with Tara Tine.
Irish myth and legend, witchcraft and curses.
Language warning for those with delicate ears – but it’s fecking brilliant.
Listening to it while
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Preorder: The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales
Yes! At long last (my fault entirely) The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales is available for preorder from Tartarus Press. The words are by me, the art by Kathleen Jennings and the very lovely introduction by Helen Marshall.
This is
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The Bone Lantern
So a couple of years ago, artist Lorena Carrington and I met at the Bendigo Writers’ Festival. We got on well, I sent her some books and she sent me some glorious art. One of those pieces of art
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The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales
An extract from the Afterword:
This book has taken a long time to write.
I began it at the end of 2013, after The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings had been sent off to Tartarus Press. I was fortunate enough to be
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Scribbles
In between a million other things, I’m trying to make sure I keep writing my own things … they make me feel happy, grounded when the world is a bit topsy-turvy (like now, end of year, moving house, deadlines, etc). So here is my current scribble, untitled (but let’s call it “Nest” for the moment), but I think it might
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How To Be A Writer
Art by Kathleen Jennings as always
So I was supposed to be answering interview questions, but for some reason I wrote this. Everyone’s experience and advice will be different, but this is mine.[1].
A writer
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It’s Halloween #2
Artwork by Kathleen Jennings (as pretty much always)
So, in honour of the doors between worlds opening this eve, and all manner of things walking through, here is an older story of mine, “Words” (first published in The Lifted
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Bitterwood
Re-stocked The Bitterwood Bible cards today, and remembered how much I love the cover of the book. Kathleen Jennings’ artwork always seems to be drawn straight from my head.
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GenreCon 2017 Plenary Address
That title is a fancy way of saying I ranted at a bunch of nice people at 9.20am this morning. It was fun!
Here’s the transcript of my rant.
Awards Don’t Matter
Good morning to you all, hungover or otherwise.
My name is, as
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The Tallow-Wife
Random Alex says lovely things about The Tallow-Wife over here …
“I can always rely on Angela Slatter to shatter my heart.”
My work here is done. *swirls cape*