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Aurealis Awards finalists announced
The finalists for Australia’s premier speculative fiction awards, the Aurealis Awards, have been announced on the website. Great to see some new names in the mix as well as the stalwarts, and...
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Australian vampire movies
With Daybreakers about to hit the big screens, here’s a quick round-up of other Australian vampire movies: Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, 1974. Directed by Bruce Beresford. Stars Barry Crocker, Barry...
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Daybreakers – what a bloody mess
Oh dear. And it seemed like such a good idea at the time. The vampires have taken over the world and established a night-time society, sadly seemingly stuck in much the same pattern of commerce as...
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Awards news
Good news on two fronts today regarding excellence in Australian fiction. Firstly, several Australians have made the finalists list for a Hugo, to be awarded at Aussiecon 4 in Melbourne in September:...
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The Loved Ones – skin-deep Aussie torture porn
First, the good news: Australian horror movie The Loved Ones looks very good. Nice effects, effective acting — I really enjoyed Lauren McLeavey’s psycho killer Lola — and some wicked camera work...
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Classic Australian spec fic
Two quick links to tease your wallet: Aurealis releases a set of “classic Australian SF” novels (published originally 1880s-1930s; I suspect the SF is speculative fiction rather than pure science...
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Dead Red Heart available to pre-order
Ticonderoga has announced that its mammoth collection of Australian vampire stories, Dead Red Heart (including my rural gothic yarn ‘Children of the Cane’), is now available to pre-order online. It is...
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Andrew McGahan’s White Earth chosen for Our Story
As part of the National Year of Reading, the Our Story program set out to select one text from each state and territory to fly the flag for a reading campaign. Six titles were shortlisted for each;...
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Kevin Matheson, outback vampire, rides again!
Here are the covers for the ‘Vampires in the Sunburnt Country’ duology: Blood and Dust* and The Big Smoke, courtesy of Clan Destine Press. And look what happens when you put them side by side on the...
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In Your Face – speculative fiction with bite!
In Your Face, an anthology of confronting speculative fiction from FableCroft Publishing, will soon be in the wild (next month!)! This volume contains 22 stories from some of Australia’s biggest...
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