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Category Archives: Australia
My #IWD2018 Ujima Show
A day early for International Women’s Day, I devoted most of my show yesterday to feminist issues. However, I started out in Australia by welcoming film critic, Tara Judah, to talk about Sweet Country. Tara is from Melbourne originally, so … Continue reading
Queering Localities, Day 2
Friday was pretty full on, including having to deliver my own paper, but I had a really great time and learned lots. Here are some highlights from day 2 of the conference. Louise Pawley from Brighton told us about an … Continue reading
New Dimension 6
Issue #10 of Dimension 6, the free Australian short fiction magazine, is now available from download from their website. The contents of this issue are: “The Other City” by Rjurik Davidson “Glide” by Natalie Potts “The Seven Voyages of Captain … Continue reading
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You Eat Ants?
As well all know from Disney’s Jungle Book, bears are famously omnivorous. Personally I tend to side with Bagheera over Baloo, but that’s feline solidarity for you. However, there are other creatures that eat ants. Australians, for example. Thanks to … Continue reading
The Emmys, Part Three
There are International Emmys. Who knew? Not me. It is starting to seem like every time I look at social media a new set of Emmys is being announced. I don’t mind, because the results keep getting better. Why? Well … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Awards, TV
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It’s Snapshot Week Down Under
The lovely people of the Australian speculative fiction community have this great little tradition of The Snapshot. Every few years they post a series of short interviews with the movers and shakers of the community, so the rest of the … Continue reading
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Last Day for GUFF Ballot
Today is the final day of voting for this year’s GUFF ballot. There is only one candidate, Jukka Halme. However, it is important that people do vote because voting is the only way that GUFF gets any money. Without votes, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Fandom
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Fury Road – Brief Thoughts
Wow. Two whole hours of solid stupid. As I said on Twitter last night, let no one now dare tell me that the plot of Jupiter Ascending makes no sense. And this, remember, is someone who is a life-long fan … Continue reading
What Exactly Constitutes a Terrorist Threat?
Those of you who follow me on Twitter may have seen me taking a renewed interest in the case of Monica Jones. She’s an American trans activist whose case I wrote about back in April. Recently Monica flew to Australia … Continue reading
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New Dimension 6
Issue 3 of Dimension 6, the Australia short fiction magazine, has just been published. It includes stories by Cat Sparks and Robert Hood, both of whom were on my post-Worldcon radio show. You can download copies of issue #3 for … Continue reading
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That Aussie Snapshot Interview
Mine can be found here.
Posted in Australia, Personal, Science Fiction
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The Australian Spec Fic Snapshot
Every few years our Australian friends get into a frenzy of interviewing, aiming to highlight as many of their fine writers as possible. It is a fine tradition started by Ben Peek and known as the The Australian Spec Fic … Continue reading
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New Dimension 6
Issue #2 of the free Australian speculative fiction magazine, Dimension 6, is now available. You can download it as a DRM-free epub or mobi, from the publisher’s website. This issue contains stories from Dirk Strasser, Alan Baxter and Robert N … Continue reading
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OK Australia, This Means War
Forget the cricket. That’s just sport, after all. And us Poms seem to rather enjoy losing (though we much prefer losing to West Indies). No, this is something much more serious: whisky. Last week an Australian whisky was named the … Continue reading
Aurealis Awards Finalists
Still on the subject of awards, Australia’s juried Aurealis Awards have announced their finalists (PDF). We have a lot of the books in the store. Congratulations first to Fablecroft who have several books up for prizes: One Small Step – … Continue reading
Australia Does Fan Film
If you thought that the special effects for Iron Sky were good, just take a look at this trailer for the forthcoming Star Wars Downunder. Star Wars Downunder Trailer from Michael Cox on Vimeo. Just wait until you see the … Continue reading
The Guardian Goes Down Under
I’ve been noting a lot of Australian political news on the Guardian website of late, presumably heralding a big push into that market. And now they have made a play for that culture that David Gower jokingly suggested that they … Continue reading
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Aurealis Awards Winners
Australia’s juried awards were announced at a ceremony in Sydney today. Based on their Twitter feed, here are the winners. Children’s Fiction (mainly words): Brotherband: The Hunters by John Flanagan (Random House Australia) Children’s Fiction (mainly pictures): Little Elephants by … Continue reading
Ditmar Winners
The Ditmar Award winners were announced at the Australian Natcon yesterday evening. I can’t see an official announcement yet, but based on Twitter reports the winners are as follows: Novel: Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin) Novella or Novelette: … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Awards, Clarkesworld, Wizard's Tower
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GUFF Deadline Approaches
James Shields reminds me that the deadline for voting in the current GUFF race is midnight on Monday. Details of the race are here, along with instructions on how to vote. Personally I’d love to see Mihaela win, but I … Continue reading
