We’re entering ‘The Age of [What]?’ After posting my blog “Times have changed for fantasy writers… or have they?” about the timeless struggles authors endure because of genre-restraints, one of my readers posted a very clever discussion point in reply, relating to the rise of urban fantasy. I love a…
WARNING: due to the astounding level of input from a gargantuan range of fantastic Australian authors, this blog has essay-length proportions. What does it mean to be a writer living in Australia in 2011? Does our glorious country inform what we write, or the way we write it? Does it…
SPOILER ALERT: Jennifer Byrne Presents “Fantasy Panel Special” will not air until 12 July 2011. Last week, I watched a live recording of “Jennifer Byrne Presents” with Lev Grossman, Matthew Reilly, Jennifer Rowe and Fiona McIntosh. They were discussing the recent marginalisation of fantasy from mainstream fiction, ‘recent’ since bookshops…
