Archive for May, 2010

Thought You Might Like This

So, sometime in March I went to a few things for Writers and Readers week, which was a part of the New Zealand International Arts Festival. As well as the solo Neil Gaiman talk (which heaps of people attended), I went to Once Upon A Time, which was a talk about children’s/YA lit with Neil Gaiman and Margo Lanagan.

Fastfoward to today, and me checking my feed reader. In the latest links and plugs post by Bibliophile Stalker, I saw that there was a podcast recording of that talk put up by Radio New Zealand.

I was quite chuffed by that, and immediately went off to check out the rest of the podcast. As well as the Gaiman/Lanagan talk, there was also one about writing for YA, which I downloaded but have yet to listen to.

I love finding (and sharing) random things like this.

My Soul Is Rushing Right Into Your Mouth

Ever had a song get stuck in your head? And it’s a song you love and so you don’t want it to leave?

That is the way I feel about The Vampire Waltz by Hannah Fury. Gorgeous and dark, especially the lyrics.

The light in your eyes beckons to me
It beckons so quietly, but I hear it clearly
You start walking towards me
Taking my breath and fearlessly setting me free
Oh, I feel it being drawn out
The blood flowing steadily into your mouth
This dark night, cruel and cold
You whisper softly, “Honey, you’ll never grow old”.

NZ Music Month Victory

I just found out that I won a contest over on the MightyApe fanpage for New Zealand music month. Yippee! T-shirt, frisbee and a CD. And since the CD is Brooke Fraser’s Albertine I thought I would share the first song from that album with you. :)

Isn’t she and her music gorgeous?

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