Month: March 2011

Doesn’t the cover look pretty? Supanova just announced further details of their Queensland Flood Appeal anthology “Tides of Hope.” On sale for $10 at Melbourne and Brisbane Supanova. It’s always great to have a story in the anthology that looks gorgeous (and I’m extra pleased to have worked with Chew Chan, who was one of…

Rachel Funari went missing while backpacking in Tasmania and was last seen on March 3 2011. Given the rugged wilderness area she was in and the searches conducted she is, in all likelihood, dead. More information here. Most recent police update. But she is more than one event, stuff Rachel did. I first met Rachel…

Hugo Award nominations and Campbell Award nominations are due at the end of the week. I haven’t done much spruiking in this regard, other than keeping my writertopia bio page up to date. But Mary Robinette Kowal wrote about me here, amongst other worthy candidates. And the Ferret (also eligible for the Campbell) wrote this lovely stuff…

I’ll be on a range of panels at Norwescon. This will be my first time on the other side of the table since coming to America! If you have any questions for Patricia McKillip or stuff you would love to see covered/mentioned in the other panels please let me know. My brain is hungrily exploring…

The collection of meditations on Clarion has been updated. I have now added Andy Romine’s mediations on what he learned at Clarion West. Edit: In March I have also added Tracie Welser, Frank Ard, James Wallace Harris and Babel Krieg.

The comic anthology will be available at Supanova Pop Culture Expo Brisbane & Melbourne this coming April for $10. 100% of the proceeds raised will be donated. It was an honour to be asked to contribute a 1 page script to the “Tides of Hope” anthology and a challenge to write something within those narrow confines.…