This Month On The Blog: February 2016
The two big Australian SF Awards released their shortlists this month! Thank you to everyone who nominated me for the Ditmars – I’m up for several categories, continuing my ongoing deep and meaningful relationship with the William Atheling in particular. I’m also delighted have “Fake Geek Girl” nominated in the novelette category. Over at the Aurealis Awards, they’ve put in some new short fiction categories, and launched the brand new Sara Douglass Book Series Award – which has my Creature Court trilogy on the shortlist!
Congrats to all the nominees, it’s always fun when award season comes around.
Friday Links has Fearless Optimism
SF Women of the 20th Century:
16. Anne McCaffrey & The Rowan
Great Ladies of History:
Mary Vindicated: The Life & Politics of Mary Wollstonecraft
New Blog Feature:
Not Not If You Were the Last… February Stories! I’m trying to read enough short stories that I can rec 5 great ones a month. Particular shout outs for Kameron Hurley’s Patreon-exclusive Nyx novella The Heart is Eaten Last, and Joe Abercrombie’s highly entertaining female-centred grimy sword and sorcery adventure “Two’s Company.”
Issue #1 Comics Reviews!
Archie gets rebooted by Mark Waid & Fiona Staples.
Spider-Man now features Miles Morales as its titular character in one of its most iconic titles – by Brian Michael Bendis & Sara Pichelli.
Sheep Might Fly is well and truly flying! I have 70 regular listeners so far, which is lovely. Thank you for tuning in!
Fake Geek Girl Part 2
Fake Geek Girl Part 3
Fake Geek Girl Part 4
Fake Geek Girl Part 5
Fake Geek Girl Part 6
Galactic Suburbia is back, at 2/3 capacity while Alisa is on maternity leave.
Episode 136: In which Alex and Tansy leap back into 2016 to talk Awards (it’s that season again!), comics, novellas, mysterious London novels and epic feminist canon. Also, Molly Meldrum.
Episode 137: In which we welcome a new member of the Galactic Suburbia: Next Gen, and embrace the awards season.
Last Month on the Blog: January 2016
