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The Australian Spec Fic Snapshot 2014 – Holly Kench
Holly Kench is a writer and a feminist, with a classics degree and a fear of spiders. She lives in Tasmania, Australia, where a lack of sun provides ample opportunity for hiding indoors and writing...
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The Australian Spec Fic Snapshot 2014 – Raymond Gates
Raymond Gates is an Aboriginal Australian writer based on the Gold Coast, whose childhood crush on reading everything dark and disturbing evolved into an adult love affair with writing horror. He has...
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The Australian Spec Fic Snapshot 2014 – Karen Wyld
Karen Wyld lives by the sea, nestled between scrub, hills and vineyards. She’s had an eclectic working life, and currently works in Aboriginal workforce development. From dabbling with poetry as a...
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The Australian Spec Fic Snapshot 2014 – Ambelin Kwaymullina
Ambelin Kwaymullina is an Aboriginal writer and illustrator from the Palyku people. The homeland of her people is located in the dry, vivid beauty of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Ambelin...
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The march to global domination continues!
Some more Aussie Snapshot news! The collated list of interviews is up on SF Signal. Thanks to the team there for hosting us, and hopefully it will mean more international exposure for our snapshotees....
View ArticleA delightful short list surprise!
So, yesterday morning I woke up to an email. It was very early by my standards, my eyes were a bit fuzzy, and to be honest I wasn’t sure why I had been sent it. I could see that a story from an...
View ArticleWSFA Small Press Award Winner Announced
The winner of the WSFA Small Press Award was announced today at Capclave 2014. Congratulations to Alex Shvartsman on his winning story, Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma! I know it is one of those things...
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Galactic Chat 58 – Ken Liu
In this latest episode of Galactic Chat, I get to talk to one of my favourite writers – Ken Liu! I have to apologise to all our listeners, because I was completely starstruck, and not very articulate....
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Lest We Forget
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short...
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A Conversational Journey through New Who – S06E04 – The Doctor’s Wife
David is coming to New Who for the first time, having loved Classic Who as a kid. Tehani is a recent convert, and ploughed through Seasons 1 to 6 (so far) in just a few weeks after becoming addicted...
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This Shattered World launches in Australia!
Many of you would already have, or be meaning to, read the AMAZING These Broken Stars by Meagan Spooner and Aussie author, Amie Kaufman. These Broken Stars was a tour de force in YA science fiction,...
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I’m running for FFANZ delegate!
You’re probably asking, what is a FFANZ delegate? FFANZ is the Fan Fund for Australia/New Zealand, and is designed to send a fan delegate from NZ to Australia every second year, and an Australian to NZ...
View ArticleGalactic Chat 61 – Kameron Hurley
In this latest episode of Galactic Chat, I get to talk to another one of my favourite writers—Kameron Hurley. I discovered her writing through the Bel Dame Apocrypha (God’s War Trilogy), one of the...
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I’m going to New Zealand!
I am very excited to announce that I am going to Reconnaissance, the 36th New Zealand National Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Convention as the FFANZ Laureate! It will be held over Easter 2015....
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Sale to Dimension6
In a delightful early Christmas surprise, I received an email yesterday telling me that my submission to Dimension6, “Red in Tooth and Claw”, had been accepted. Dimension6 is a relatively new market,...
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“Cold Comfort and Other Tales” Ebook Release
A few months ago, I was delighted to announce that I had reached an agreement with Lindy Cameron of Clan Destine Press to reprint my short story, “Cold Comfort”, which first appeared in that most...
View ArticleMy 2014 in Review
So, 2014 has come and gone. Wow. Time flies, huh? Looking back, 2014 was a much better year than I realised. Even though I only had one story published, there were a number of significant milestones...
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Useless Questions Radio Play
Earlier this year at Conflux, my good friend Laura E. Goodin asked me if I would be willing to help her out with a performance of her radio play, “Useless Questions”. I have done a bit of acting in...
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Obligatory Ditmar Post for 2015
I feel like I have been a bit self promotional lately, with the FFANZ stuff, the ebook release and trying to boost the signal of the Galactic Chat interviews I have been lucky enough to do. So, I am...
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