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CRANKY LADIES OF HISTORY: Elizabeth Tudor, last Queen standing

Welcome to Women’s History Month 2015, which has the theme “Weaving the stories of women’s lives”, which fits perfectly with our Cranky Ladies of History anthology project! After 18 months of work, including our successful crowd-funding campaign in March last year, we … Continue reading

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Cranky Ladies bits and bobs

Tansy and I wrote a post for John Scalzi’s Big Idea series over at his blog. If you are interested in knowing more about how Cranky Ladies of History came to be, check it out here! Some of our wonderful … Continue reading

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CRANKY LADIES OF HISTORY: Juliet Marillier’s author notes for “Hallowed Ground”

Welcome to Women’s History Month 2015, which has the theme “Weaving the stories of women’s lives”, which fits perfectly with our Cranky Ladies of History anthology project! After 18 months of work, including our successful crowd-funding campaign in March last year, we … Continue reading

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Cranky Ladies of History, the launch report

The launch got off to a slightly rocky start, as I was struck down with plague just prior to the arrival of co-editor Tansy Rayner Roberts (flying in from Tasmania) on the Saturday afternoon. Kaaron Warren (and her sidekick) swept … Continue reading

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On International Women’s Day and “Making It Happen”

On Friday 6 March, 2015, I was privileged to speak at the CSIRO Staff Association’s International Women’s Day luncheon. When I was invited to be the guest, I have to admit I was a little intimidated – all the speakers … Continue reading

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CRANKY LADIES OF HISTORY: A few notes on Nora (of Kelmendi)

Welcome to Women’s History Month 2015, which has the theme “Weaving the stories of women’s lives”, which fits perfectly with our Cranky Ladies of History anthology project! After 18 months of work, including our successful crowd-funding campaign in March last year, we … Continue reading

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NAFF Voting by Paypal

If you would like to vote for NAFF (see post here for details), please select your preferred candidate from the dropdown.   Choose your preferred candidate! Liz Barr $5.00 AUDElizabeth Fitzgerald $5.00 AUDMaureen Flynn $5.00 AUD

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It’s LAUNCH MONTH for Cranky Ladies of History!

Welcome to Women’s History Month 2015, which has the theme “Weaving the stories of women’s lives”. This is pretty cool, as it fits perfectly with our Cranky Ladies of History anthology project! After 18 months of work, including our successful crowdfunding campaign in … Continue reading

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Win a Cranky Ladies hardcover!

This Rafflecopter giveaway is open for ONE WEEK ONLY as we lead up to launching Cranky Ladies of History. You cannot buy the hardcover of the book – it was created as a reward for our Pozible campaign and has only … Continue reading

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Awards and Cranky Ladies excitement!

The Aurealis Awards shortlists were announced overnight, and we’re so delighted to see Phantazein appearing in the Best Anthology category, along with “Ghost of Hephaestus” by Charlotte Nash (from Phantazein) getting a nod on the Best Fantasy Short Story ballot! Congratulations Charlotte, … Continue reading

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