Australian Speculative Fiction Carnival

[xenith]

This is my first Carnival (so be nice ;). It seems to have been a quiet month, but summer can be like that. Still, I hope you'll find something of interest in the list below.

Shane Jiraiya Cummings hosts a series of guest authors for a Grand Conversation about ebooks

Margo Lanagan and others discuss Tender Morsels being removed from a list of "100 Young Adult books for the feminist reader"

Tehani's top reads of 2010

Sue Bursztynski is interviewed about her novel Wolfborn

On becoming a bit more of a grown up publisher: 15 Years of Ticonderoga Publications

Kathleen Jennings shows off her Illustrations from the Worlds Next Door anthology


The Craft of Writing

Carol Ryles on Writing Emotion

Mary Victoria hosts a series of guest authors talking about Writing Strong Women (but unfortunately I can't find a way to link to just that series of posts).

Rowena Cory Daniells asks the ROR group about Coming back to that Manuscript

Kaitlyn Fall on How to Turn 'F-It' Into 'Effort'

Deborah Kalin, um, writes about writer's block.

Gillian Polack writes about writer's expectations of history


Conventions & Awards

Swancon: Dealer's Room Prices

Swancon: Retro futurism Fanzines: They’re Fanzines, Jim, but not as we knew them

Swancon: Nominations for Tin Duck Awards

Swancon: Ditmar Nominations

Continuum: Programming suggestions

Continuum: The Chronos Awards

Jenny Blackford writes about her time at World Fantasy Con


Publishing News

Ticonderoga Publications announces the line-up for their bumper book of Australian vampire tales, Dead Red Heart

Twelfth Planet Press announce a new title in their Doubles series, Above/Below

Comments

[sue-bursztynski.livejournal.com]

Thanks SO much for including my interview, but since there have been a few, perhaps a link to whichever one you mean would be nice...? :-)

[monissaw.livejournal.com]

The link doesn't work?

[sue-bursztynski.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It does today. For some reason it didn't last night when I looked.