[crossposted: http://kirstynmcdermott.com/2011/05/04/brimstone-press-closing-down-sale/]

Brimstone Press, the Australian small press who published Macabre: A Journey Through Australia’s Darkest Fears and the brand new Paul Haines’ collection, The Last Days of Kali Yuga, are closing their doors. Those two books will still be available in some ( Read more... )

[crossposted: http://kirstynmcdermott.com/2011/04/30/ditmar-awards-random-notes-and-musings/]

The prevailing theme of the discussions/debates/flamewars surrounding the 2011 Ditmars this past week has been that the awards process is broken and needs to be fixed. As I talked about yesterday, the productions and publications of one small press ( Read more... )

[crossposted: http://kirstynmcdermott.com/2011/04/29/ditmars-awards-and-myth-information-2/]

This is the first of two posts I plan to write about the latest Ditmar Awards controversy which ran rampant in certain corners of the internet over the past couple of days. I'm not going to name names or list a series of links. If you don't already know ( Read more... )

[crossposted: http://kirstynmcdermott.com/2011/04/28/swancon-megapodcasts-and-ditmar-awards/]

SwanCon36 was a wonderful convention and merriment was had by all. I was on a lot of panels and even managed to sit in the audience for quite a few that I wasn’t involved with - which doesn’t always happen, depending on how busy I am catching up with ( Read more... )

[crossposted: http://kirstynmcdermott.com/2011/04/21/win-books-with-aussie-author-month/]

Somehow I keep forgetting to post about this. To help celebrate Aussie Author Month during April, the Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (ASFFWA) is giving away a truckload of books by Australian writers - including my own novel, Madigan ( Read more... )

[crossposted: http://kirstynmcdermott.com/2011/04/20/swancon-2011/]

I’m off to SwanCon over at the Hyatt Hotel in Perth this Friday and it’s turned into quite a busy convention for me! Here’s all the official panels and other fun stuff I’ll be doing:

• 2.00pm - Friday, 22nd April - Plaza 1
  SF Book Club: The Windup Girl
  Discussion panel with Robin ( Read more... )

[crossposted: http://kirstynmcdermott.com/2011/04/19/years-best-australian-fantasy-and-horror-2010/]


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[crossposted: http://kirstynmcdermott.com/2011/04/16/australian-shadows-award-winners-announced/]

I awoke this morning to the wonderful news that my short story, “She Said” (from Scenes from the Second Storey), has won an Australian Shadows Award! I think this is one of the best stories I’ve written and I’m so very, very pleased to see it recognised ( Read more... )

[crossposted: http://kirstynmcdermott.com/2011/04/14/the-writer-and-the-critic-episode-6/]

The latest episode of our podcast is now available for direct download and streaming from the website or via subscription from iTunes. Feedback is most welcome!

Here are the show notes:

The Writer and the Critic elects to stay at home and rest its feet this ( Read more... )

[crossposted: http://kirstynmcdermott.com/2011/04/11/the-periodic-table-of-storytelling-and-cultural-gender-bias/]


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