I’m excited to be part of the South Coast Writers Festival on August 19th and 20th. I’ll be in conversation with the great John Birmingham on Saturday and chatting speculative fiction on Sunday.
Author John Birmingham’s novels run the gamut from history to science fiction, from military thrillers to time-hop adventures, but they are all peppered with a rollicking humour and an interest in the politic of resistance and survival. In conversation with award-winning horror author, Alan Baxter, John Birmingham discusses the third book in his Cruel Stars space opera trilogy and guides us on how to tackle fascists in space.
From haunted familiar worlds to unrecognisable futures, speculative fiction summons us to enter the uncanny. Mykela Saunders, editor of This All Come Back Now, the Aurealis Award-winning, world-first collection of blackfella speculative fiction, and Alan Baxter, multi-award-winning author of horror, supernatural thrillers, and dark fantasy, talk speculative writing with the University of Wollongong’s Chrissy Howe.
All the details here: https://southcoastwriters.org/festival2023