Category: News update

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.…

I meant to grab a photo of the cast, but in the heady atmosphere I forgot both nights. Damn! If anyone has any photos or video from the play I would love love love to see it. Anyhow it was grand to see Maxima Vrugleplex live and I’m excited to see where it will go.…

There have been some interesting discussions about Speculative Fiction in recent times Cat Valente as always wrote some interesting thought provoking stuff. The Ferret posted a poll… and from that this blog post was born. Trying to articulate what Spec Fic means to me. I don’t expect people to feel obliged to take on my…

Described by Ken Schneyer as a “weird, disturbing little story,” Shape for Her is now up on Moonlight Tuber. I hope you enjoy it.

I got to listen a sneak preview of some of a little bit of Maxima Vrugleplex yesterday. I am so full of excited meats I may explode! I may have teared up a to hear a tiny fragment of it come to life. My beauty is premiering This Friday and closing This Saturday (Jan 28-Jan…