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June 5, 2018

Recently, and soon

I’ve had a busy few months year, editing Mother of Invention (it’s with the printer now!), writing, and taking on the gothest side gig ever: doing admin and proofreading gravestones for a monumental stonemason. Belated writing news… My Ecopunk story, “Trivalent”, was … Continue reading →
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Published on June 05, 2018 03:25

June 12, 2017

Augmented reality: spec fic from my Hasidic childhood

At Continuum 13, I was on a panel about speculative fiction from our childhoods. We were each asked to speak for a few minutes, so I thought I’d reproduce my talk here (I went a little off-script, but this is … Continue reading →
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Published on June 12, 2017 22:31

May 31, 2017

It? Is? June?

The passage of time never fails to take me by surprise. So here we are, it’s June, and I’m announcing my next big thing: Mother of Invention: a speculative fiction anthology of diverse, challenging stories about gender and artificial intelligence. I’ll be … Continue reading →
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Published on May 31, 2017 18:11

February 6, 2017

Challenging normative ideas

This interview was originally published at News & Press from The Future Fire. Chinelo Onwualu is a writer, editor and journalist living in Abuja, Nigeria. She is a graduate of the 2014 Clarion West Writers Workshop, which she attended as … Continue reading →
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Published on February 06, 2017 22:41

December 30, 2016

Ends and beginnings, 2016 edition

In the spirit of recounting the good things that happened to me in this global annus horribilis, here’s my year in review. In (mostly) chronological order… My writing year kicked off in earnest (I’m sure I wrote stuff before then, … Continue reading →
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Published on December 30, 2016 23:16

September 27, 2016

“Function A” in Year’s Best YA Speculative Fiction 2015

I’m very excited to announce that my queer cyberpunk Sleeping Beauty retelling, “Function A.save (target.Dawn)”, has been reprinted in Twelfth Planet Press’s Year’s Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2015. Seriously, look at that ToC! I’m chuffed. The Year’s Best is available now in print … Continue reading →
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Published on September 27, 2016 17:27

August 12, 2016

The Australian Spec Fic Snapshot 2016: Nick Tchan

Nick Tchan (writing as Nick T. Chan) is a writer from Sydney, Australia. He’s sold stories to Lightspeed, Aliterate, 2nd and Starlight, Writers of the Future, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, and Galaxy’s Edge. In addition to random and … Continue reading →
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Published on August 12, 2016 22:00

August 10, 2016

The Australian Spec Fic Snapshot 2016: Janeen Webb

Janeen Webb is a multiple award-winning author, editor and critic who has written or edited ten books and over a hundred essays and stories. Janeen is a recipient of a World Fantasy Award, a Peter McNamara Achievement Award, an Aurealis Award, and a Ditmar … Continue reading →
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Published on August 10, 2016 22:00

August 8, 2016

The Australian Spec Fic Snapshot 2016: Helen Stubbs

Helen Stubbs is an excitable fiction and feature writer living on the Gold Coast, Australia. She loves expanding the vibrancy of local arts and culture through writing and creating community arts projects (like Writers Activation and Contact 2016) and partnerships … Continue reading →
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Published on August 08, 2016 22:00

August 6, 2016

The Australian Spec Fic Snapshot 2016: Gillian Polack

Gillian Polack has published five novels, two anthologies, two significant works of non-fiction, many far less significant works of non-fiction, and a historical cookbook. One of the novels (Ms Cellophane/Life through Cellophane) was a Ditmar Finalist, as was one of … Continue reading →
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Published on August 06, 2016 22:00