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Continuum’s dark fairytale magic
Continuum is over, my throat is sore, I’m a little tired: standard convention hangover, then. Kirstyn has a new Chronos award — for Madigan Mine. There was much talk of vampires, fairytales and...
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Bluegrass Symphony hits the right note, y’all
If you like your spec fic with a Southern flavour — lots of Tabasco, mebbe some grits on the side — then Bluegrass Symphony should hit your literary taste buds. The collection, published by...
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Calling out for best of 2011, and launching Anywhere But Earth
Ticonderoga Publications have opened for submissions to their next year’s best of Australian and New Zealand fantasy and horror. Stories published this year are eligible; deadline to sub is January 20....
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Fantastic news: Lanagan, McGahan and double the Alison!
Firstly, Margo Lanagan is being feted at Adelaide Writers Week. A thoroughly deserved recognition of a very fine author. Secondly, the Wheeler Centre is back in the swing, and has posted a video of...
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AWWNYRC #2: The Shattered City, by Tansy Rayner Roberts
This is the second book I’m reading as part of my list of 10 for the Australian Women Writers 2012 National Year of Reading Challenge. The Shattered City Book 2 of the Creature Court trilogy by Tansy...
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Salvage: words in the seawrack
As part of the Wednesday Writers guest post series over at Ebon Shores, I’ve offered some background to the inspiration and development of the novella Salvage that Twelfth Planet Press is publishing...
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GenreCon for Sydney in November
From the Queensland Writers Centre bulletin, a great event for genre writers: The Australian Writer’s Marketplace is proud to announce GenreCon! Rydges Paramatta, November 2-4th 2012 GenreCon is a...
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Snapshot 2012: Scott Westerfeld
SCOTT Westerfeld is the author of five books for adults and 13 for young adults, including the New York Times-bestselling Uglies and Leviathan series. The latter was illustrated by Keith Thompson, and...
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Snapshot 2012: Sophie Masson
NEW South Wales writer Sophie Masson has written more than 50 books ranging from fantasy to history, mystery to graphic novels. In 2011 her historical novel, The Hunt for Ned Kelly, won the Patricia...
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Snapshot 2012: Louise Cusack
LOUISE Cusack is an international-award winning fantasy author whose best-selling Shadow Through Time trilogy with Simon & Schuster was selected by the Doubleday Book Club as their ‘Editors...
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The Year of Ancient Ghosts: haunting stuff
The Year of Ancient Ghosts (Ticonderoga Publications, 2013) is the first collection for Brisbane writer Kim Wilkins, who has more than 20 books to her credit. Her work spans children’s, YA, adult dark...
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