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

[gillpolack.livejournal.com]

I told everyone it's your first carnival. If they're not nice, it's not my fault! (Nothing is my fault today. I am unblamable until the fever goes down.)

May you do another carnival in a month where more people post (and post Nyssa information about their posts!).

[monissaw.livejournal.com]

And when I have more idea of what I'm doing so I can do better at gathering things as I go. (I didn't realise it ran from the 15th to the 15th either. I assumed it was based on calendar months)

[gillpolack.livejournal.com]

The last couple have been delayed, though, so this was just a catch-up month, really, to get things back on track. I'm guessing, anyhow, given that the march one has already started to go up. (I'll post about it in March, I think - too confusing having it posting in stages, starting now - it's all announcements anyhow, and I read it for the articles and commentary.)

[monissaw.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I get confused about it enough as it is, without all the extra posts.

[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...? :-)

[jennyblackford.livejournal.com]

Oh, I had no idea it was 15th to 15th. Perhaps this information could be (ahem) more widely disseminated.

[sue-bursztynski.livejournal.com]

That was narrow of me. It is indeed a very good Carnival! :-)

[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.