Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, whose novella "Sky", having cleaned up all the available Australian national awards, has gone on to win the international Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella! To Simon Petrie, whose novella "Flight 404" won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best Novella/Novelette! The cover illustration, by original [...]
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, [...]
Next was launched at the Conflux 9 convention on 26 April and can be purchased now! $24.95 plus postage. Pay by Paypal or Contact Us. And get a second CSFG book for half price when you purchase Next! See the CSFG Publishing page for more details and more special offers.
Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren for winning... well, pretty much everything on offer: Through Splintered Walls won the Ditmar and Australian Shadows awards for Best Collection and "Sky" won the Ditmar for Best Novella and Australian Shadow for Best Long Fiction. To Nicole Murphy for launching her In Fabula-divino anthology at Conflux 9 [...]
UPDATED! Book Launch Friday 26 April, 6-7pm - launch of Next, edited by Simon Petrie and Rob Porteous Dealer's Room From 1pm, Thursday 25 April - come see the special offers at the CSFG dealers table Workshops Thursday 25 April, 12-3pm - Writing using the five senses with Gillian Polack Friday 26 April, 8-10am [...]
by Chris Andrews (writing at fandelyon.com) With Conflux kicking off this Thursday, I thought a post about pitching to agents and editors was in order. Why? Other than having a good time and catching up with friends at Conflux, I’ll be moderating a panel on pitching (with two agents and [...]
The following special offers on CSFG books will be available at Conflux 9: FREE copy of Encounters with any purchase upon presentation of the voucher from your con bag! Get Gastro for a dollar with every Conflux Cookbook! $21 for the pair. $44.95 for Elsewhere + The Outcast + Masques + Winds of Change (that's $64.75 [...]
6pm, Friday 26th April, Rydges Capital Hill, Canberra Janeen Webb (World Fantasy, Aurealis and Ditmar Award winner) Richard Harland (Golden Aurealis and Aurealis Award winner) Readings from emerging CSFG authors Leife Shallcross and Rik Lagarto Get your copy of Next signed by the contributors. Get a voucher for a HALF-PRICE [...]
CSFG member Nicole Murphy will be launching her anthology In Fabula-divino at Conflux 9: Take eight authors, work them like they’ve never been worked before and what do you get? Working for the devil, running from zombies, talking your way out of a throat slashing… The In Fabula-divino project – eight months of mentoring, [...]
Guest post by Ian McHugh The first drafts of stories tend to be turds. That can be a difficult thing to admit about your newly completed masterpiece, but it’s okay: Mythbusters have proved that you really can polish a turd. The easiest way to figure out how to polish up your [...]