Tag Archives: Australia

New Novel: Blackwater

Art cards by Kathleen Jennings

So, I’m in a weird place at the moment, having delivered one series I’m not sure what (if anything) will be published next as far as novels are concerned. But I am working on
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Australian Goodreads Giveaway

winter1Okay, for anyone interested in the Australian Goodreads Giveaway of Winter Children and Other Chilling Tales, go here to enter.

 

Crossroads of Canopy: Thoraiya Dyer

thoraiya-dyer_2016_by_catsparksThoraiya Dyer is an Aurealis and Ditmar award-winning, Sydney-based writer and lapsed veterinarian. Her short science fiction and fantasy has appeared in Clarkesworld, Apex, Cosmos, Analog and various Australian and US anthologies. Four of her original
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E.G. Wilson: 12-36

RachelE.G. Wilson cut her authorial teeth writing Sherlock fanfiction at uni when she should really have been studying. She fell into writing science fiction after being inspired by Star Wars, Firefly, and Tolkien’s Legendarium, and has since won NaNoWriMo every year since 2012.
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Jan Goldie: Little Thunder

jan-goldie-mclarens-1aug-2933Jan Goldie writes books and short stories. Her latest creation is a children’s fantasy adventure about a boy called Brave and a girl named True. The book features a magical world, strange creatures and months of travel without
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Make Contact 2016!

contactNext year Brisneyland is hosting the NatCon and you know you want to be there. It’s over the Easter Weekend so there will be lots of chocolate, and the heat won’t be too awful so said chocolate won’t melt before you eat
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Listening to …

Chris Meade of if:book, London (sister-cousin of if:book, Australia) talking about the future of the book. Very interesting comments about content -v- container. Two things that got caught in my magpie mind:

1. Literature isn’t made of paper.

2. The book is a souvenir that you keep for afterwards.

http://futureofthebook.org.uk/