Monthly Archives: September 2011
And another lovely review of Sourdough and Other Stories
… by Paul Charles Smith – over here. ‘Empty you heart of its mortal dream’ – that title should have a story attached to it! Mmmmmm.
Tartarus Press is a publisher best known for its lavish reprints of old
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The Vend Drive-by: James Findlay
A graduate of the University of New South Wales Media Communications Degree, James Findlay has written and directed a variety of short films and documentaries over the years. His horror short, ZZZZ, screened in festivals around Australia
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A Book of Horrors
Just a reminder that A Book of Horrors will be
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Before I head off into PhDery …
… a word from Sean Williams about indie press over at the lovely Fablecroft.
It seems strange now that there was ever a time when small press was thin on the ground in Australia, but in the early nineties
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Squeeee!
Twelfth Planet Press will be opening, briefly, for novel submissions! TPP, the punchy indie press is home to Peter M. Ball’s Bleed and Horn, Tansy Rayner Roberts’ Love and Romanpunk, Lucy Sussex’s Thief of Lives … and to editor and publisher Alisa Krasnostein, who is a
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The Ditch Drive-by: Lisa Tuttle
American-born, UK-based Lisa Tuttle is writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror as well as an editor and reviewer. She was the 1974 winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, won the
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Yesterday in Maleny
Yesterday, I was due to do a reading at the Outspoken festival in Maleny (thanks to Steven Lang for the invite and Kate Eltham for the recommendation!), so Significant Other and I jumped in
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The Broken Drive-by: Stephen M. Irwin
Stephen M. Irwin is a Brisbane-based writer of speculative fiction and an award-winning director and screenwriter – Car Pool won Best Comedy at the 2007 St Kilda Film Festival and in 2008 Ascension won Best Short, Sci-Fi London.
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Sweet! Infinite Adaptations …
Happy-happy-joy-joy! In today’s mail is the latest WQ magazine – the Adaptation issue.
My excitement? Is caused by seeing the article I wrote about the enduring power of fairy tales.
Critic and writer Marina Warner
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Sunday afternoon listening
I just found out that the interview I did with Ion Newcombe in a dark and cold alley outside the Independant Theatre in Sydney after the Aurealis Awards in May. The bonus is that you also get to
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