In conjunction with the premiere viewing of the award winning film Visual Futurist – the life and work of Syd Mead at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace in Cremorne, on 18 March, 2010; celebrated concept artist, Syd Mead worked on such films as Blade Runner, Tron, Aliens and Star Trek will be interviewed live on stage.
Book tickets at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace.
The first weekend of March is looking to be very exciting for Sci/fi fans of Australia. The Hub productions are hosting a Stargate convention and have managed to secure one of the most impressive Stargate lineups ever seen, not only just in Australia, but worldwide.
The event will be held on March 6th in Sydney and March 7th in Melbourne and people can visit www.thehubproductions.com for more information or to purchase tickets. Alternatively they can call on 02 9874 7171.
ABC RN's The Book Show on Cormac McCarthy's The Road and the movie adaptation. http://bit.ly/bErwyU stream or download
Vote in the David Gemmell Legend Awards – Aussies on the list include Miller, Canavan & Marillier http://tinyurl.com/y9
Deborah Biancotti's story collection A Book of Endings shortlisted in the Crawford Award http://bit.ly/a7tHJs Congrats!
The Small Picture Podcast interviews Duncan Lay http://bit.ly/dqMe1T mp3 or stream
Kylie Chan interview "Blending East with West" at The Straits Times Blogs http://bit.ly/bnGHcY
Two interviews with Foz Meadows: http://tinyurl.com/y868gec & http://fozmeadows.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/it-has-begun/
Sean Williams is "standing for election in SFWA, as Overseas Regional Director on the most excellent Scalzi/Kowal ticket" http://bit.ly/96SCti
Marianne de Pierres http://bit.ly/cc2FfH and Tracey O'hara http://bit.ly/d2DjrQ "show you theirs" at Tara Moss's blog. (Their desks, that is)
Link from last year I missed: Authors from the Apex Book of World SF Discuss the Global Reach of Speculative Fiction http://bit.ly/dxEVAQ
The Small Picture Podcast interviews Kylie Chan http://bit.ly/cClcXg
Kate Forsyth interviewed by Robert Salisbury at the Manly Writers Group. Part 1 of 5 at YouTube http://bit.ly/8lTvbi
Congratulations to Shane Jiraya Cummings and Andrew McKiernan for their shortlisting in the Bram Stoker awards for horror fiction. Cummings (author) and McKiernan (illustration) have picked up their shortlist for superior achievement in a collection. The Bram Stoker awards will be announced later this year.
Everyone welcome to Ford Street's launch of Foz Meadows's Solace & Grief at the Carlton Library, 667 Rathdowne Street, Carlton on 20 February at 2pm for 2:30pm. Kirstyn McDermott will be launching it!
Bookseller + Publisher says " a clever and funny supernatural romp, with a chilling underside" and "Solace & Grief is solid and a welcome addition to the burgeoning vampire book market". There's more, but come along and read it for yourself!
If you're living in Sydney, you'll be pleased to know that Scott Westerfeld is launching the book at Books Kinokuniya, Sydney,
Level 2, Galeries Victoria
500 George Street
Sydney on Sunday, March 7 at 12:30pm
RSVP info@fordstreetpublishing.com.
The Aurealis Award winners were presented at a glittering ceremony in Brisbane on Saturday 24th January. Chimaera Publications and Aurealis magazine would like to congratulate all winners in all categories, but especially Trudi Canavan, Paul Haines, Pamela Freeman and Cat Sparks for their continued success and friendship.
As editor of Aurealis and on behalf of Chimaera Publications I'd like to publically thank all the people associated with Fantastic Queensland over the last six years for the hard work and effort they have put into organising and developing the Aurealis Awards.
All these volunteers associated with Fantastic Queensland have helped bring the wealth of Australian SF talent to the eyes of more and more local readers.
I've been representing Aurealis and Chimaera Publications at the Awards ceremony for the past four years. Over that time I've come to know how hard the organisers work. I'd like to especially like to thank the following: Lea Greenaway for being the first and friendliest face I met in 2007; Ron Serduik for being such an open, responsive and friendly co-ordinator, his unfailing work has been inclusive and supportive to all those eligible for the awards; Kate Eltham who in her quiet and efficient way has been instrumental in turning the Aurealis Awards into a professional event; and finally Damon Cavalchini is a quiet administrator whose dedication to the Awards whose skills are shown at the event, as the entertainment and delivery of the awards has always proceeded seemlessly.
Chimaera Publications is in detailed negotiations with a party to take over running the Aurealis Awards and hope to make public an announcement soon on the new hosting arrangements.
Stuart Mayne, Editor
The nominating period for the Hugo Awards commenced 1 January 2010, and nominations must be received by 13 March 2010. However, in order to be eligible to nominate, you must have purchased a membership of the 2010 World Science Fiction Convention (Aussiecon 4) by 31 January 2010 or have been a member of the 2009 World Science Fiction Convention, Anticipation. For more information visit the aussiecon website.
Nominations for the annual Hugo Awards – considered the ‘Oscars’ of the science fiction and fantasy community – are now open. The winners of these prestigious awards will be announced at a special ceremony at Aussiecon 4, the next World Science Fiction Convention, which will be held in Melbourne 2 – 6 September 2010.
Jenny Blackford, World Fantasy Awards judge and Aurealis published author kindly sent through the following links to rare reviews of Aurealis:
