Aurealis Awards finalists announced
The finalists for Australia’s premier speculative fiction awards, the Aurealis Awards, have been announced on the website. Great to see some new names in the mix as well as the stalwarts, and...
View ArticleBooks of 2009
Thank goodness for December. After a tumultuous 2009, it’s nice to have a month to draw breath in, to hunker down and finally get that heart massage I’ve been yearning for. I owe Chuck McKenzie a...
View ArticleWriting round-up
Writing: it’s easy, right? Take a couple of weeks, knock out that yarn that’s been banging around in your noggin’ ever since you read that thriller on your Gold Coast holiday back in whenever and...
View ArticleCatching up with the cool kids: 12 for Christmas
Wow. December already. It’s been all hands on deck here at Chez Hectic, but outside the wheels have been turning. Some happenings of interest, 12 in fact, because that’s suitably Christmassy: Ian...
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