Creative Troublemarker. Mum. Geek Whisperer. PR wizard. Journalist. Clutz. Translator. SF fan. Activist. SFera member. Breastfeeding nut. Conrunner. Author.
Before I had a child I never felt overwhelmed by the number of books on my to read list. These days that list just keep getting longer and longer, while the number of books I read a week has sadly depleted. Yes, the trip to Australia helped. (I positively gorged!) But still. This was all […]
Read More Locus Awards 2013Got a really interesting email today from the young Austrian author whom I have already mentioned on this blog. It is a great initiative by a German publisher who is planning an anthology of 80 SF stories from around the world. I would love to see Australian authors as well as non-English speaking European featured […]
Read More Around the world in 80 storiesAustralian volunteer-run SF conventions surprised me with their numbers. Some 350 members at a con is considered a good turnout and the con is counted as large. In Croatia, SFeraKon attracts a thousand people and other are not far behind. Furthermore, smaller Croatian cons consider themselves unworthy of a guest of honour. Australians, on the […]
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