The Ongoing Angst of Successful Writers 4 – Lisa L Hannett

It’s time to continue this series of “Ongoing Angst” guest posts. Last week we heard from Kaaron Warren, Jo Anderton and Angela Slatter. This week we’ll hear from Lisa L Hannett, Trudi Canavan and Margo Lanagan. So what’s it all about?...

The Ongoing Angst of Successful Writers 3 – Angela Slatter

Here’s the third of this very exciting series of guests posts. It’s award season at the moment and lots of very deserving people are having their wonderful work recognised with nominations and wins of some of Australia’s (and the world’s) most prestigious prizes. But...

The Ongoing Angst of Successful Writers 2 – Jo Anderton

Here’s the second of this very exciting series of guests posts. It’s award season at the moment and lots of very deserving people are having their wonderful work recognised with nominations and wins of some of Australia’s (and the world’s) most prestigious...

The Ongoing Angst of Successful Writers 1 – Kaaron Warren

I’ve got a very exciting series of guests posts coming up over the next week or so. It’s award season at the moment and lots of very deserving people are having their wonderful work recognised with nominations and wins of some of Australia’s (and the...

Aurealis and Shadows Awards finalists for 2012 announced

It’s award season again and the first couple of shortlists are out. The Aurealis Awards for fantasy, sci-fi and horror, and the Australian Shadows Awards for horror. All the finalist lists for both of these are really strong – it’s great to see so...

One week left to get your Ditmar nominations in

Nominations for the Ditmar Awards officially close at midnight next Wednesday (Canberra time). If you haven’t nominated work you enjoyed last year, please find a few minutes to do so. The more people involved, the better and more accurate our awards are as an...