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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Selena Wang Interviews Charlie Higson

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Charlie Higson, the author of the Young James Bond and The Enemy series was kind enough to agree to an interview with The Great Raven . I...

My First Book Trailer - ouch!

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It started when I was with the Random House folk at Supanova. They told me about a book trailer competition they're running for teenager...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Vale Sarah Jane!

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I couldn't sleep this morning, so I got up and went on-line to check out the Swancon program - I'm heading off tomorrow very early a...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Today I am Going To...

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Okay, this entry belongs more in Livejournal than in my literary blog, but Livejournal keeps giving me trouble opening, so here goes. It...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

BURN BRIGHT By Marianne De Pierres. Random House Australia, 2011

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Review first published on January Magazine I have a history with this author. When we first met, at a writers’ workshop at Aussiecon 3, she ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

SALTWATER VAMPIRES By Kirsty Eagar. Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin, 2010

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In 1629, a Dutch ship, Batavia , on its maiden voyage, was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. The captain and some of his crew left...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Woot! CBCA Notable

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I'd like to say Wolfborn was on the shortlist, but as you'll know from my last post, it isn't. It is, however, a Notable. Haven...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

The CBCA shortlist for 2011

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Here it is - just found it on the CBCA web site a short time ago. I've read some of the books on the older readers list and one on the y...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

A Super(Nova) Weekend

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Who would have thought I could get so much out of a whole weekend in the dealers' room? I usually like to go to panels, but I had a deal...
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Tuesday, April 05, 2011

ASIM Issue #50

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Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine has just released its 50th issue. Okay, I'm biased, being a member of the co-op and I did choose o...
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Saturday, April 02, 2011

Supanova and Me

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I don't normally go to Supanova. There are only so many "pop culture expos" you can go to in a year. I've been attending A...
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Saturday, March 19, 2011

The Whole Megillah

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Today is Purim, the Jewish festival when we celebrate Queen Esther saving her people from the evil Haman. We read the Megillah, the Book of ...
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Shaun Tan does it again!

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Rejoice! Having won a Best Artist Hugo only last year, our very own Aussie Shaun Tan has now won an Oscar for the short film based on his bo...
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Blood Maidens By Barbara Hambly. Severn House Publishers, 2010

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It's 1911. Oxford university lecturer and former spy James Asher and his doctor wife Lydia are asked by their vampire friend Don Simon ...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

From Slushpile to Art

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I answer inquiries for Andromeda Spaceways - both general ones and art inquiries. I also arrange with artists for them to illustrate stories...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

First Writers' Club for the Year

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Today we had our first meeting of the campus writers' club. There were some new Year 7 students who had joined us. The usual suspects fr...
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Phryne Fisher goes TV

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I just heard, tonight, at a meeting of Sisters In Crime - the wonderful Phryne Fisher novels of Kerry Greenwood are finally making it to TV,...
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Friday, February 04, 2011

Whale's Tale review copies

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I've had a request from Liz Bright at Peggy Bright Books, asking me to offer, on her behalf, review copies of The Whale's Tale by E...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Various promos for my book

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I've been very lucky in the promotions field. If anyone wants to hear the interview I did with Robert Jan on Zero G, there's a direc...
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Monday, January 24, 2011

Look What I Found! A new Barbara Hambly book!

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Yesterday I was in the library when I stumbled across a brand new book in the series that started with a book that's called either Immor...