Tag: a book of endings
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And in today’s unusual discoveries…
… turns out you can still buy Redsine #7, edited by Trent Jamieson & Garry Nurrish, from about 2002. I loved Redsine and always wished it had continued for longer. It was a classy zine, and short (a good characteristic for a zine, imho: one-sitting-reading always scores well with me). And I love it not…
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Readers and writers and short stories
Honestly? I got into short stories because it seemed like a good way to learn to write. It’s become much more than that, of course, but I’ve not paused very often to think about what place they do have for me, and further what place they have for readers. I’ve been surprised by the amount…
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Auspicious endings
In good news, our little book-that-could, A Book of Endings, available now from Twelfth Planet Press, has been nominated for an Aurealis Award in the Best Collection category. Yay! Also, yay! to see such fine fellows as Paul Haines, Geoff Maloney, Robbie Matthews, Donna Hanson and Greg Egan in the collection, too. In fact, overall…
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Now you can hear the Hush
Over at Terra Incognita, my story Hush is now online as a podcast — AND coming soon to iTunes. Double the Hush! This time we don’t get the whiskey tones of Nick Evans, I’m afraid. The author has to read her own stories at Terra Incognita. Must be part of that whole global economic crisis…
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The books are in!
For anyone waiting on a copy of A Book of Endings from last week’s launch (where we ran out of books), the box has arrived! Distribution is imminent. I’m off to the World Fantasy Con in a little over a week, though, so we might have to make this quick. May have to be a…
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The votes are in
Lots of excellent endings in last week’s poll. Thanks, everyone. I had a blast reading through the nominations. I got to hear the ending to Ulysses (without having to read the book — thanks, Wendy! And great ending, too). I found myself in complete agreement with Stephen Dedman about the excellence of the ending for…
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Signed over
A huge thank-you to the people who came to the launch of A Book of Endings yesterday. NG Gallery put on a damn classy show (the catering was so artfully done most people actually *mistook* it for art), & the crowd was cheerful & kind & wonderful. I was blown away by the number of…
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End of endings
Since we happen to be discussing endings this week (and btw, some awesome endings being nominated over at the tell-me-your-favourite-ending poll — today’s your last chance to enter the competition!), it seems timely that IRoSF has just put up an interview called The Coming Dark, where Angela Slatter nails a few fellow Oz writers to…
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Pick your ending
I’ve been thinking about endings — as I am wont to do — & I thought I’d list a few of my favourites to inspire you to tell me your own favourite ending: * Best ending = LITTLE BIG, by John Crowley: I don’t often describe a book a ‘beautiful’, & that’s because I’m reserving…
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Sydney launch reminder
A reminder for anyone who’s free this Saturday afternoon (and also, in the vicinity of Sydney), that A Book of Endings will be launching locally: 3pm Saturday 10 October NG Art Gallery Upstairs at 3 Little Queen St Chippendale NSW 2008 (about 2 bus stops from Central Station or a 10-minute walk) Launch MC: Margo…