Lots of exciting activity going on with CSFG members during this winter months. Canberra's wet and miserable weather seems to be spurring us to great (indoor) efforts! Sales and Publications Tim Napper's story 'The Great Buddhist Monk Beat Down' will appear in an upcoming edition of Galaxy's Edge Magazine. Tim [...]
CSFG is really excited to announce we have been given a bunch of free passes to THE WITCH! To win one, you need to write us a flash fiction piece in 200 words or less on the theme below and post it to the CSFG mailing list. (Only CSFG members [...]
Update: Edited to correct the spelling of Rivqa's name - sorry Rivqa! Awards Season Several of the major Australian genre awards are upon us, with nominations recently announced for the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards. CSFG members were well-represented on the shortlists: In the Aurealis Awards shortlist: Kimberley Gaal featured with [...]
We have comparatively little news to report this month – so little that I suspect we’ve missed something huge – but as usual CSFG members have been busily infiltrating the ranks of the world’s SFFH elite! Short stories Tim Napper is continuously his riotously busy writing year with sales of [...]
It's the end of the year, and CSFG is on hiatus until early February, but that doesn't mean our members aren't busy beavering away at their craft. Several CSFG members have reported exciting publication news: Novels Justin Woolley's first novel A Town Called Dust is out now from Momentum. Zena [...]
Events Gillian Polack is guest of honour at Liburnicon in Croatia Sales and Publications Gillian has sold more than three books to Satalyte Publishing, including Langue[dot]doc 1305, which will have a pre-release at Loncon. Donna Hanson, writing as Dani Kristoff, has a new book out from HarperImpulse, The Sorceror's Spell. Donna [...]
"Protocol", the first of Simon Petrie's seven drabbles at SpekLit. "Mappa Tuesdi", David Walker's latest flash fiction at AntiSF.
Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, who continues to win all of the awards, taking out Best Science Fiction Short Story at the 2013 Aurealis Awards with her story "Air, Water and the Grove". To Rob Easterbrook for finishing his PhD! Covers! Alan Baxter's forthcoming novel, Bound Patty Jansen's new novel,For Queen [...]
Sales, Wins and Publications Ian McHugh has sold a short-story collection, with the working title of Angel Dust, to Ticonderoga Publications. Ross Hamilton's novella "It Hides in Darkness" won the Creative Unpublished Authors Print Ready Competition. Shauna O'Meara's story "Blood Lilies" won the Australian Horror Writers' Association (AHWA) Flash Fiction [...]