The Asham Award is an English prize for short-stories written by women. This book is a collection of winners and well-placed stories from the competition. I’ve never heard of it before, but gee the quality is good. “Spirit” I’ve never heard of before. The “How to Write Sci-Fi/Fantasy” books are ones I’ve borrowed before, and…
The other day I posted this update on Twitter: My husband has just counted all the pairs of shoes I own. Apparently, I have 23. He thinks this is a VERY large number. What say you? Here are some of the replies I got: * @Saresa – meh, it’s a perfectly respectable size. I have about…
Something exists called the 2009 Australian Publishers Association Members Directory. A copy arrived for me the other week because I am a member of the APA, and I turned to my page: There I am with Murdoch Books and Museum Victoria. I can assure you most other major players and well-respected publishers are in there…
* The Secrets to Women’s Handbags – 50 women spill out their handbags to be judged. * Weird Japanese Inventions – need I say more? * Detailed Starship Comparison Chart – not only for Sc-Fi lovers out there. I reckon Riley would like this on his wall. * Man Decorates His Basement With $10 worth of…
Nothing says “Life Bites Back At Absent Mother” more than having my daughter getting sick this week, nay, at the very hour of our reunion in the city on Sunday. With all the Swine Flu flyers plastered up over the public toilets in the city, I admit I got a little paranoid, but no fear,…
I spent Sunday afternoon on my table selling Surprise! in amongst a diverse and fascinating range of literary journals, zines, and small publishers. I was sharing my space with Helen and we both looked after each other’s things while the other occasionally ducked off for food, and so I didn’t get as much of a…
Good afternoon everyone, my name is Karen Andrews and welcome to our session ‘The Revolution will be Downloaded’. As we begin, we’d like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we sit today, the tribes of the Kulin Nation. Many of us here will know that recently Ashton Kutcher was in a great…
I’m home, everyone. What a weekend. I don’t think I slept more than a few consecutive hours each night. I’ll write about it in stages over this week, as I am quite tired. It was an exciting Friday afternoon. Some of you may know that central Melbourne was partially evacuated due to a chemical leak. That…
