The Shirley Jackson Award nominees have just been announced. Below are the six finalists for Best Novel (links to my reviews): Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (FSG Originals) Bird Box, Josh Malerman (Ecco) Broken Monsters, Lauren...
Read MoreSo the world fantasy award nominees were announced a few days back. If you don’t already know who is on the ballot, you can find out here. Overall it’s a ballot I endorse (because, of course, World Fantasy has been...
Read MoreYou lucky people! There are new episodes up of both Shooting The Poo guest starring Oscar award winner Shaun Tan and Writer and the Critic featuring another award winner Rob Shearman. Thanks to the guests these are two of our...
Read MoreOn Friday I head off to Adelaide for the very first time* to be at the Adelaide Writers Festival. I’ll be on two panels. The first is “On and Off The Page” and is on the Saturday at 12:00. It features Megan...
Read MoreBecause I’m a realist and I know I’ll run out of time, I thought I’d throw my nominations for novella, novelette and short story together in one post. Novellas ‘‘Times Table’’, Robert Shearman (Everyone’s Just...
Read MoreI’ve tried to be a bit more pro-active this year with my short fiction recommendations, tweeting the stories I really enjoyed on the @lastshortstory account.* Because I have a full time job, a family, do two podcasts and enjoy...
Read MoreSo, following all that kerfuffle last week, I thought I’d mention the reviewers who I read on a regular basis and who inform my book-buying. I’ll go out on a limb here and say that David Hebblethwaite is the best...
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