Mihaela Marija Perković's Blog: Rantalica, page 10
July 17, 2015
FantaSTikon 2015: The first SF con in Split
You may think Croatia has enough conventions with some six or seven annual ones running steadily for years but Croatian fandom disagrees! The southern part of the country has been quiet for some time and now we know why – … Continue reading
July 16, 2015
Interview: Aleksadar Žiljak, the GoH
Aleksandar Žiljak may be the most known name of Croatian SF literature outside of Croatia. He is certainly the most translated Croatian genre author and I have already talked to him as have other people, Charles Tan at SF Signal … Continue reading
July 15, 2015
How the Colonial Universe Came To Be
Or how it went down when I published my first novel Prolaz za divljac (The Wildlife Crossing). In the time that preceded publishing my first novel, my dear editor Mihaela played a game with me. It was a game called … Continue reading
June 13, 2015
Archipelacon – The Nordic SF & Fantasy Convention – June 25–28, 2015
Heat brings me down. Everybody is always so happy when it becomes warm, I get irritated, irritable and pissed off. I used to think that it was because I was fat. Although it is not a usual reason for losing … Continue reading
June 12, 2015
When work is a pleasure you can take your kid to: Animafest
This evening, at the Zrinjevac park I am going to have a piknik with my son. And husband. And some friends. And since its Animafest weekend, I am will be watching a cartoon. Fit for kids, fit for adults and … Continue reading
The SFera Book Club: Terry Pratchett
The best part of a convention is often the discovery of other people enamoured with the same books, characters and worlds. But I came to the world of fandom late and made friends with those who had similar reading interests … Continue reading
June 2, 2015
Shippers everywhere
Watching Avengers: Age of Ultron made me think that shipping has gone mainstream. Shippers have become so vigorously unashamed of their ships (not to say proud) that they have become visible to the point where is impossible to ignore them. … Continue reading
June 1, 2015
The race is STILL on – GUFF nominations deadline extension
Due to technical issues, Gillian Polack and I are extending the deadline for the nominations for the 2016 Southbound GUFF delegates! The new deadline is Tuesday, June 9th, 2015! Want to go to Australia and meet an awesome and diverse … Continue reading
May 18, 2015
Post-con depression: the Zagreb Book Festival
Post-con depression is best cured by attending – or indeed organizing – another event. Shamrokon taught me that! (Liburnicon taught me that maybe three con weekends in a row might not be the brigthest idea in the world even if … Continue reading
May 16, 2015
SFeraKon 2015: Friday
The first day of SFeraKon, one would think, is when the organizing team is most crazy. Nope. But the day does start for them a lot earlier than it does for all the members who start coming in larger number … Continue reading
