The ebook launch of The Never Never Land, CSFG's speculative anthology of Australian myths, yarns and campfire stories, is coming on 1 July 2016. We interviewed some of the authors to hear what inspired their unique version of the sunburnt country. 'Beyond the Factory Wall' by Rivqa Rafael is about [...]
The ebook launch of The Never Never Land, CSFG's speculative anthology of Australian myths, yarns and campfire stories, is coming on 1 July 2016. We interviewed some of the authors to hear what inspired their unique version of the sunburnt country. "Tirari Desert, Saturday" by Thoraiya Dyer is a pointed [...]
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 [...]
CSFG members have been busy as usual – here’s the latest news. Congratulations in particular to everyone who picked up various awards and gongs! And here’s to a bountiful and successful writing year in 2016! Short story Alan Baxter has enjoyed a few publications in an end-of-year rush: “How Father [...]
CSFG luminary Donna Maree Hanson is currently doing a blog tour to promote her Dragon Wine duology: Shatterwing and Skywatcher. Ian McHugh has an extensive interview with Donna about the reception to the books' launch last year and to the thorny topic of writing about confronting subjects. Here's an [...]
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 [...]
CSFG Secretary Elizabeth Fitzgerald has been running a series of interviews over at her Earl Grey Editing Services blog around the theme of the writing community (also tea). In a recent installment of "Brewing Community", Ian McHugh, one of the editors of CSFG's upcoming anthology The Never Never Land, talked [...]
As usual, the brave little quokkas and quolls of the CSFG semi-autonomous collective have been busy racking up wins, plaudits and sparkling achievements! Here's just some of their outstanding accomplishments for the month of July! Awards In possibly the biggest news of the month and a distinctive career highlight, Kaaron [...]
CSFG members have been busily working away at their craft and appear to be taking over Australia’s premier online magazine of speculative fiction Aurealis, if this month’s news is anything to go by. Congratulations to everyone getting their art out there! For those of you eager for news of CSFG’s [...]
Workshops, training and other events CSFG includes a number of members who provide training through workshops and courses of study. the following opportunities are coming up very soon: The art of science fiction and fantasy (Woden Library, Wednesday 18 March 12:30 - 1:30 pm) Gillian Polack will be presenting an [...]