Critical examination of bookish events, news and debate.
This weekend in Sydney, free love reigned… of the speculative fiction variety. Having been invited to join a host of local authors to promote and celebrate speculative fiction in 2012 – there was only one thing a girl like me could say… Yes, yes, yes! Towering high above Sydney in…
So, I suppose some of you are wondering why I’ve been asking writers this week: in how many fiction categories do you write? Well, I had a theory I wanted to explore… about genre. Now, don’t roll your eyes. Yes, ‘genre’ is a topic that’s so often debated these days…
What’s up world? Fantasy is the biggest-selling form of fiction. Yet the When Genres Attack team at Shearer’s Bookshop, Leichhardt, had to cancel their speculative fiction panel this week due to lack of interest? What the?
My husband asked me the other day… What do you think is more likely to be here on Earth – ghosts or extra-terrestrial life? It was a surprising question because my husband’s not usually the speculating type. Don’t get me wrong, he loves speculative fiction – movies, TV shows, the…
I gotta feeling… that tomorrow night’s gonna be a good night – a good, good night: #AurealisAwards Such was my tweet on Friday – and my prediction was spot on. Saturday night at the 17th Annual Aurealis Awards was a good night – a good, good night! Kicking off with…
We’re our own worst enemy – what!? As those of you who read my last blog post, or who like my Facebook page, will already know, I’ve been conducting a poll over the last couple of weeks, about what writers fear most about being a writer. The poll itself was…
Last week I was asked by a publishing company to answer some questions for an author profile page. One of the questions was: what is speculative fiction? Easy to answer, right? Well, I’ve read other people’s explanations of what comprises speculative fiction, and when friends ask me I usually name…
