Just spreading the word... The Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand (SFFANZ) has a news notification service. The service is designed as a notice board of all sorts of information relating to the local SF/F scene - book launches, competitions, conventions or just notification of cool stuff happening ( Read more... )

 Greetings,
I am travelling around New Zealand before Au Contraire/Aussiecon 4 and would love to meet some Kiwi fans, especially artists. I am heading down North Island to South Island and then looping back up to Wellington. Please drop me a line if you would like to meet up.

I am currently running a logo contest for the writers association I’ve founded here in New Zealand.
SpecFicNZ will finally launch in 2010 and we need a kick-ass logo to plaster on our website, print on our promotional material, and  tattoo on the foreheads of all the Core members.
If you are an artist, a wanna-be-artist, or simply a rad doodler, we ( Read more... )

... featuring contributions from our GoHs, and an infamous Village People filk some of you might have heard at Conscription.

Ever heard of Russell Kirkpatrick?  Lyn McConchie?  Phillipa Ballantine?  Helen Lowe?

Do you know which of these New Zealand spec fic authors has coauthored three books with Andre Norton?

Which of these New Zealand authors can claim 2008's bestselling debut fantasy/scifi novel in the US (according to Bookscan)?

Which one of these spec fic writers  ( Read more... )

So how many of you are aware that the National Science Fiction Convention is going to be in Wellington next year? It's the weekend before the WorldCon, so why not start your holiday a few days early? Or it's a far more affordable alternative if you can't make it across the ditch.

So why tell you now? The first progress report for the convention ( Read more... )

So how many of you are aware that the World Science Fiction Convention is going to be in Melbourne next year? Yes, I know Melbourne is in Australia and this is an NZ group, but this is as close as the Worldcon ever gets to us, so we should be considering it a local event. Start planning now.

So why tell you now? The first progress report for ( Read more... )

Yip! Squeee!  And all manner of joyous expletives!  I can now officially announce that my sci-fi story, The Derby, has made it to the short-list for a Sir Julius Vogel Award for best short story published by a New Zealand author in 2008.

And it is thanks, primarily, to all of you!   Thank you for your nominations and wonderful comments to the SJV ( Read more... )

Happy Valentines Day!  My roses are words and my box of chocolates is a new speculative fiction Website created by the Wily Writers Group (mainly angelmcc  who is a one-person wonder).

There are three free stories up and two for purchase as audio or print downloads.  Don't miss The Death of Captain Bloodcake and the Fall of the Horrid Whore by joelasutherland  and  ( Read more... )

My story, The Derby, that appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #33 in March of 2008, is now in the process of nomination for The Sir Julius Vogel Award ( Read more... )