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As I keep repeating, I am a lousy photographer and it does not look like that might be changing any time soon. Luckily, Croatian fandom has no lack of talented people with good cameras. Zvonimira Ivaniševic attended her first ŠTRUMF and these are her photos.
Read More More ŠTRUMF 2015 photosAfter a few years in Croatian fandom, when I finally got to know most of the people crazy enough to do esefnal things such as conrunning, writing workshops, publishing and such as a hobby, I realized how awesome all these people were. (And I will present each one of them separately on this blog so […]
Read More ŠTRUMF, the Croatian version of SMOFOccasionally, I get asked to speak on TV. A couple months ago it was about the awesome Russian SF film Kin dza dza! which was aired on Croatian TV, today it was about the fictional worlds of Milena Benini, one of the best and most versatile Croatian SF writers. As I was trying to squeeze […]
Read More Milena BeniniMy Dad is fiercely Croatian. Every time I feel sorry or angry about my parents’ decision against emigrating to Canada in 1976 – they were there and so was I, in my Mum’s belly – I remind myself that with his being as Croatian as he is, with everything that entails, I might have grown […]
Read More Culture Death By PoliticsAn annual celebration January 26 marking the anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet of British Ships at Port Jackson, New South Wales in 1788. For me, a day when I like to remember why I like it so much: 1) There is no other English-speaking country where you can hear national (immigrant) languages […]
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