Finalists for the Aurelais Awards have been announced. Congratulations to Sean Williams, Trudi Canavan, Glenda Larke, Tansy Rainer Roberts, Tracey O’Hara, Kaaren Warren, Felicity Dowker, Alisa Krasnostein, Jonathan Strahan, Deborah Biancotti, Robbie Matthews & Donna Hanson, Emily Rodda & Marc McBride, Cat Sparks, Paul Haines & Geoff Maloney, Lucy Sussex, Scott Westerfeld and every other [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sf’
Aurealis Awards
Posted in Aurealis, horror, Robbie Matthews, science fiction, sf, Werewolf Detective, tagged Aurealis, Johnny Phillips Werewolf Detective, sf on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Conflux Virtual Mini-Con Sunday 3oth August 2009
Posted in Conflux, conflux6, fantasy, horror, science fiction, sf, Virtual Mini-Con, tagged Conflux, Conflux 6, fantasy, Gillian Polack, horror, science fiction, sf, urban fantasy on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This year’s Conflux Virtual Mini-Con will be held on Sunday 3oth August 2009. The program (like most programs it is a moving feast – so note that things might change) is: 9am to 9.30am – Welcome, introduction and Conflux generally. 9.30 to 10.30am Liz Argall 10.30 to 11.30am Gillian Polack 11.30 to 12.30pm Richard Harland [...]
Story Competition closes end of July
Posted in Conflux 6, fantasy, sf, tagged Conflux, Conflux 6, contest, sf on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Time is running out to enter this year’s short story competition. Stories must be on the theme of the convention – “Secrets”. They must be a maximum of 2000 words and contain a speculative element. Otherwise, the sky is the limit. Stories that fail in any of these elements will be judged ineligible. Entries will [...]
Locked out of Whedon’s Dollhouse
Posted in Dollhouse, Joss Whedon, sf, tagged Dollhouse, Joss Whedon, sf on April 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Watch DOLLHOUSE Week starts Monday 27 April. I’d like to join in, but I can’t because I live in Australia, and I am consequently excluded. If I buy US DVDs they may not work on my player. In the www age, you’d think copyright laws coud be a bit more global with less time lag. [...]
Conflux 6 (Secrets)
Posted in Conflux, Conflux 6, tagged Conflux, Conflux 6, fantasy, horror, sf on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shh! TOP Secrets! The Conflux 6 Website is up and running. Information will be added as our intrepid spies relay their findings from deep and dangerous undercover.
Ultimate Guide to Modern Writers of Fantastic Literature: 1990-2009.
Posted in fantasy, magic realism, sf, Uncategorized, tagged fantasy, magic realism, sf, slipstream on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During last couple of years, Avi Abrams from Dark Roasted Blend has been compiling information about new and promising writers in science fiction, fantasy, horror and slipstream (magic realism). The result is an an amazing database on the Ultimate Guide to Modern Writers of Fantastic Literature: 1990-2009. I am awed. http://www.darkroastedblend.com/
Subject to Alteration – Fiction
Posted in fiction, tagged fiction, sf on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve uploaded a quirky, upbeat short story about an unlikely heroine whose life is out of control.
Conflux 6 – Southern Gothic
Posted in Conflux 6, fiction, Gillian Polack, sf, tagged Conflux, Conflux 6, Gillian Polack, sf on November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Canberra – October 2009 – Conflux is on again for lovers of horror, fantasy and sf. Conflux 6 is digging up Secrets from many times and places, with a particular fondness for secrets of the Louisiana bayous. There is a flavoursome bridging of three time periods in thee centuries. How did this happen? Did someone [...]
