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March 28, 2015
Cold Comfort & Other Tales by David McDonald – review
David McDonald is an Australian speculative fiction author on the rise, with a lot of short fiction credits to his name and even a recent announcement of a novelisation of a Canadian movie in the works.
March 10, 2015
Some things I liked in 2014 that didn’t make the Ditmar ballot
I recently , and focused in on some of the items that I really liked that were on the list. I’ve been subsequently dwelling on a few things that I would have…
March 7, 2015
2014 Aurealis Awards – shortlist
I’m a bit late to the party, but the Aurealis Award shortlist for 2014 was recently announced. The announcement article can be found here, but for your convenience the shortlist is replicated below.
The Aurealis Awards are Australia’s premier speculative …
Australian Women Writers Reading Challenge – 2015
And here I go once again, diving into the wonderful world of the Australian Women Writers challenge for 2015. 2014 was a bit of a dip for me, unlike previous years I was reading and reviewing right up until…
Monthly Roundup – January & February 2015
Welcome to the first monthly roundup post for 2015. Can you believe it is March already? The pace of year scares the bejeesus out of me, I don’t mind telling you.
Earlier in the month …
February 15, 2015
The Marching Dead by Lee Battersby – review
The Marching Dead is the second book in the Marius don Hellespont series. I read (and very much enjoyed) the first book, a little while back, so was very pleased to get my teeth …
February 14, 2015
Zeroes – news
I usually leave news items to people that are better at it than me, like Sean Wright and Alex Pierce for instance. But one piece of recent Australian speculative fiction news has got me very excited, and I just had…
Ditmars preliminary ballot – Galactic Chat!
The preliminary ballot for the Ditmars (Australian SF awards – a voted award not jury picked) has come out and I’m very pleased to say that Galactic Chat has been nominated for the Best Fan Publication in Any Medium category.…
February 1, 2015
Authentic Empathy now available in Antipodean SF – Issue 200!
I have a new story published and online today! Authentic Empathy is the 10th story I’ve had published at the long term online magazine AntipodeanSF , and to make it even better, it is in the bumper issue 200.
AntipodeanSF…
January 25, 2015
Horizon by Keith Stevenson – review
Horizonis the debut novel of author Keith Stevenson. Stevenson has been active in the Australian speculative fiction scene as a publisher through his small press Coeur de Lion Publishing, which has developed a reputation for publishing …
