Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Ditmar shortlists are out!

And we’re so excited to be on them! It’s a fantastic list again this year, and I’m very proud to have been involved with so many great projects that have been recognised. Congratulations to all the shortlistees – a privilege … Continue reading

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Goodreads giveaway: Cranky Ladies of Ladies

Goodreads Book Giveaway Cranky Ladies of History by Tehani Wessely Giveaway ends February 28, 2015. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

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2014 Awards eligible works

It’s that time of year when nominations begin to open for Awards for 2014-published work. Below is a list of the work we have that is eligible, and the categories generally applicable, should you be interested in nominating. Novel Guardian … Continue reading

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It’s Year’s Best time!

It’s that time of year when it seems a bunch of Year’s Best anthologies are announced, and we’re so pleased to see a number of our 2013-published stories recognised. Our own Focus 2013, which collects award-recognised Australian stories, features DK Mok’s … Continue reading

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Tehani’s Conflux schedule

Barring unforeseen changes, I’ll participating in the following program items at Conflux: SECRET TIME LORDS: Most Time Lords apparently perished in the Great Time War. Ah, but did they? Our panellists speculate on Time Lords hidden amongst us.  6pm Friday, Forest … Continue reading

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News, reviews and NEW BOOKS!

Tsana at Tsana Reads and Reviews has lovely things to say about Guardian by Jo Anderton, including: I highly recommend it to fans of technological fantasy or just fantasy which differs from the mainstream. The worldbuilding is very original and one … Continue reading

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Winners! FakeCon Photo Competition

A couple of weeks ago we had some fun with the #FakeCon hashtag, which helped console us poor sods left behind while everyone else had fun at Worldcon in London. As part of that, we invited people to share their … Continue reading

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Have some #FakeCon fun with Photoshop!

On Friday night a little fun started on Twitter amongst us poor sad plebs (aka Team “Not At Loncon3”), with the hashtag #FakeCon getting some traffic. It’s certainly cheered ME up, and we’d like to spread the love! FableCroft (“official” … Continue reading

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FREE BOOKS FOR WORLDCON!

I’m a bit under the weather, and I’m watching jealously as so many friends are making their way to Loncon3, this year’s Worldcon, so I’ve decided to express my pique with FREE BOOKS! For the duration of Worldcon, the following … Continue reading

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Snapshot 2014: Daniel O’Malley

Dan O’Malley graduated from Michigan State University and earned a Master’s Degree in medieval history from Ohio State University. He then returned to his childhood home, Australia. He now works for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, writing press releases for … Continue reading

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