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Surprisingly, this year has been a bit of an awards nomination bonanza for me. I’m on the shortlist for the Australian Shadows Awards for The Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism. It’s for my piece on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa at Weird Fiction…
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All the Things That Happened at Swancon 43
I went to Swancon over the Easter long weekend for the first time ever! I usually try to make it to the National Science Fiction Convention and Continuum each year. Anything else is a bonus! Unfortunately there weren’t a lot…
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Where I’ll be at Swancon 2018
This year Swancon is the National Science Fiction Convention and I’m excited to be attending for the first time! Please come and say hello to me if you’re attending! I’m looking forward to meeting lots of writers and creatives from Western…
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Did I reach my goals in 2017? And my 2018 goals…
The real answer? Yes and mostly no. But I had a pretty good year anyway. That’s the short version. Looking back on 2017, I felt like the first half of the year was crazy good. I got shortlisted for a…
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The Best Books I Read in 2017
Each year I sum up the wonderful books I’ve read over twelve months. They’re not necessarily published in 2017, but I like to share what I’ve been reading. My tastes generally run to genre fiction, especially noir and weird fiction.
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Genrecon 2017 Wrap Up
Last weekend went to one of the biggest writing conventions in Australia: Genrecon. It’s held every two years in sunny Queensland. I had a blast last time I went, so I wasn’t about to miss out this time. The last…