Welcome! To new CSFG members Helen Stubbs, Patty Jansen and Zena Shapter. Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, after her swag of Ditmar and Australian Shadows awards, who completed the trifecta for "Sky" with a win at the Aurealis Awards for Best Horror Short Story. To Simon Dewar, whose first pro sale, [...]
See here for an interview with Rik Lagarto on the Capital Letters blog, about writing for games. Rik's teaching a workshop on game writing at the ACT Writers Centre this Saturday, 1 June - follow the link to the interview for details. In Rik's own words: "inhale the awesome"* * [...]
CSFG's Next anthology is now an e-book! Available from Smashwords in most formats for the very reasonable price of USD $4.99.
by Ian McHugh (writing at ianmchugh.wordpress.com) I posited the idea recently, amongst a group of other writers in the bar at a convention, that the only difference between a successful writer and a regular crazy deluded person is a certain level of talent. This suggestion was roundly shouted down with [...]
CSFG now offers membership benefits to writers and creators of speculative fiction living outside of the Australian Capital Territory and surrounds, ie, in Outer Canberra. See here for details.
Conflux 7, Canberra’s speculative fiction convention, is set to get underway on Friday. A large number of multi-talented CSFG members will be there to launch books, speak on panels and participate in kaffeeklatches. If you’re keen to support them or are looking to find out more about the CSFG, you [...]