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.
Aurealis reviews on the sf site
Jenny Blackford, World Fantasy Awards judge and Aurealis published author kindly sent through the following links to rare reviews of Aurealis:
NZ SF awards open for nominations
The Sir Julius Vogel sub-committee of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Association of New Zealand is currently accepting nominations for science fiction, fantasy or horror works first published or released in the 2009 calendar year.
Nominations open on 1 January 2010 and close on 31 March 2010 at 8pm.
New SF writers resource
Aurealis slush reader Mark Turner has started up a new website that aims to act as a conduit for all interested in writing and publishing. Writrade Showcase! is a social network for writers, editors, agents, artists, marketers and promoters, reviewers, and of course all readers and fans of writers and the writing industry.
The site has only been up for a week and has already gained a solid membership.
Links of Interest @AurealisXpress from our December Edition
Recently posted to our Twitter page:
Blasting Through Writer's Block with Kate Forsyth (7 February 2010) NSW Writers Centre http://bit.ly/7zQuEB
From aXp contributor Crisetta: "My story "Numbers" is on twittertales.wordpress.com. An early story, but I'm fond of it!
Latest Terra Incognita SF podcast has Deborah Biancotti reading "Hush" & Keith Stevenson reviews Kaaron Warren's Slights http://bit.ly/LAnUA
ABC's Life Matters Talkback asks listeners "what is it with vampires?" http://bit.ly/8sMXmY Audio available to stream or download.
Joel Shepherd interview at Tor.com | Sasha: Her Sword is Her Power http://bit.ly/4BkYFA
Exclusive Keri Arthur story in the new Spectra Pulse http://bit.ly/5OTqM
Iain Banks talks to The Book Show's Romona Koval about Transition http://bit.ly/4oP1Jp
The Book Show's Off the Shelf segment with China Mieville. Streaming audio or download. http://bit.ly/6YKPws
Office hours during the festive season
The Aurealis office will be closed from Friday 18 December 2009 and reopen Monday 11 January 2010.
Friday 18 December will be the last post day for orders before Christmas.
Happy festive season from Aurealis.
New Australian Small Press online TMP
The Mayne Press, publisher of Paul Haines' Aurealis Award shortlisted title, Slice of Life has a new website – http://www.themaynepress.com
TMP is publishing Slice of Life as a fundraising venture for the Paul Haines' cancer fund. Support a worthy cause and buy a copy of frighteningly paranoid tales.
Weblog links @ Twitter
Recent links of interest:
Shaun Tan interview @ The Star "Striking, surreal and unsettling" bit.ly/2NBHS
Jonathan Strahan & Jack Dann contribute to SF Signal Mind Meld on creating anthologies bit.ly/HyO8K & bit.ly/b1nbf
At Writer Unboxed blog, Sophie Masson gives her answer to a reader question on "Fairytale as a basis for fantasy" bit.ly/Do1N2
All in the Mind explores The Singularity with scientists and sf author Richard K Morgan bit.ly/gJEKN – mp3 & transcript available.
Michael Pryor was guest poster @ The Random Blog recently. His intro post is here: bit.ly/AzjYD and he continues posting on the subjects of Steampunk, series, history, and more.
Reminder: The Aurealis Awards close Saturday 31 October 2009. Find the nominated works here bit.ly/OaqxG
Reading the text: Joel Shepherd interview at Grinding to Valhalla bit.ly/3NIPbO
Here's the transcript bit.ly/fBweE and video bit.ly/OMOyY (scroll down) of Jennifer Byrne Presents (First Tuesday Book Club): Monsters and Bloodsuckers
And finally, I'm redesigning the blog. Here's a pic of what I've done so far bit.ly/15mKCa I'd appreciate any comments, either via Twitter or email: ax@aurealis.com.au. Thanks.
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AurealisXpress Reviews from July Edition
Better late than never, I've uploaded the reviews from our July edition of aXp to LibraryThing. You can find them there or on the front page of our blog. Enjoy.
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Read The Last Stormlord Online
Glena Larke's new book The Last Stormlord, the first in the Watergiver trilogy, is being released soon and Voyager Online has let us know that it's available to read online through the HarperCollins Browse Inside application. aXp's reviewer Crisetta MacLeod loved it, as shown in the quote featured in their blogpost. Check out her full review at LibraryThing or at our blog.
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