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Anywhere But Earth Update #4

We’re in the long straight in terms of reading for Anywhere But Earth and the submissions are coming in thick and fast but quality is patchy. Since our last update, I’ve added only four new stories to the ABE line-up:
‘Sibo’ by Penny Love
‘Alien Tears’ by Wendy Waring
‘Hatchway’ by Simon Petrie, and
‘Eating Gnashdal’ by Jason Fischer.

But each [...]

Review – Death Most Definite by Trent Jamieson

Trent Jamieson is well known in speculative fiction circles as a significant talent, writing beautifully crafted tales that often have a baroque sensibility and resonate on an emotional level.

I thought I knew the type of first novel Trent would write, but Death Most Definite delivered quite a surprise. The tone of the piece is incredibly light, [...]

Terra Incognita Podcast 23

The Terra Incognita Speculative Fiction podcast is a monthly showcase of the best Australian Speculative Fiction read by the authors who created it. TISF 23 is up now, free on the TISF website (www.tisf.com.au) as well as on iTunes.

The latest podcast features Nathan Burrage reading his near future SF story ‘Black and Bitter, Thanks’ and also [...]

Paul Haines reads!

Paul Haines will be reading an extract from his multi-award winning X6 novella, ‘Wives’, this Saturday (11/9/10) in Melbourne’s Federation Square as part of the SPUNC Writers Showcase.

The Small Press Underground Networking Community (SPUNC) and Art Fix bring a showcase of great writers to Fed Sq.

Featuring :
Pooja Mittal – Subliminal Dust (Odyssey Books)
Josephine Rowe – How [...]

Wives clean up!

Congratulations once again to Paul Haines for the Australian dark fiction juggernaut that is ‘Wives’. The X6 novella had a good week starting with a Sir Julius Vogel Award for best novella at the New Zealand natcon Au Contraire, and topping it off with a Ditmar for best novella at the Australian natcon ‘Dudcon’ run as [...]

Independent Inkwell – Australian Small Press on TV

coeur de lion publishing editor Keith Stevenson and Blade Red Press publisher Alan Baxter are just two of the Australian independent publishers you can see in the upcoming TVS documentary Independent Inkwell: Australian Small Publishing.  The half hour show delves into the work and motivations of local, independent publishers, and finds out not only what makes [...]