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Good news: Louise Cusack, Zola Jesus — come on down!
Found out last night that all-round nice person Louise Cusack will have her fantasy series given new e-life by Momentum, Pan Mac’s new e-pub arm. w00t! And in further good news, Zola Jesus has a new...
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Calling out for best of 2011, and launching Anywhere But Earth
Ticonderoga Publications have opened for submissions to their next year’s best of Australian and New Zealand fantasy and horror. Stories published this year are eligible; deadline to sub is January 20....
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Writerly round-up, including the Big Sleep I’ve just had and the one I’m...
I recently read The Big Sleep. Unfortunately, I’d recently watched the movie, too, so my head is filled with Bogie doing his thing. Unlikeable hero, much? I enjoyed the book, some laugh-out-loud sass,...
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No hope for Thoraiya and other writerly stuff
Thoraiya Dyer has reviewed Keith Stevenson’s monolithic (it’s more than 700 pages!) SF antho Anywhere But Earth and I *love* her comment about my story in it: Jason Nahrung, as usual, wrote...
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Writerly roundup: tips from Dr Kim, Aussies breaking out, Xmas tips
Start the writing/working week with a set of tips from Kim Wilkins, and grapple with the problem of prioritisation with Louise Cusack Bone up on stories by Aussies that would make fine Christmas...
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Dymocks still fumbling the D Publishing ball, and other writerly news
It has been a case of third time unlucky for Dymocks, which has presented three versions of its author contract for those wanting to publishing under its imprint — and been criticised each time for...
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WriteFest windows of opportunity, and other writerly news
Bundaberg’s WriteFest is a great event, one of those fairly intimate occasions when everyone’s just chilled out yet totally keen. This year the organisers have upped the ante, offering a workshop with...
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Snapshot 2012: Louise Cusack
LOUISE Cusack is an international-award winning fantasy author whose best-selling Shadow Through Time trilogy with Simon & Schuster was selected by the Doubleday Book Club as their ‘Editors...
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Writerly roundup, with added Dredd
An Aussie voicing Judge Dredd: that’s pretty cool. Alan Baxter reports there’s a new mobile phone game set in the world of Judge Dredd, with the said judge voiced by Kevin Powe, a Melbourne actor I’ve...
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Queensland Literary Awards finalists announced, plus some writerly advice
The Queensland Literary Awards short-lists have been announced. How wonderful to see how the community rallied to support these awards when the Queensland Government couldn’t be arsed. As the LNP rips...
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