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Deborah Biancotti
Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ''Altair (magazine), Altair'' and won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best horror short story. In 2001 she won the Ditmar Award for best new talent. Biancotti's fifth short story, "King of All and the Metal Sentinel" was published in 2002 and won the 2003 Ditmar Award for best Australian short fiction. In 2007 her story "A Scar for Leida" won the Aurealis Award for best young-adult short story. Biancotti is now based in Sydney. Awards and nominations Bibliography Short fiction *"The First and Final Game" (2000) in ''Altair (magazine), Altair #6/7 (ed. Robert N. Stephenson, Jim Deed, Andrew Collings) *"All the Monochrome Butterflies" (2001) in ''Mitch?2: Tarts of the New Millennium'' *"Fixing the Glitch" (2001) in ''Mitch?3: Hacks to the Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Aurealis Award For Best Collection
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people. Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's books, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction. The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orb Speculative Fiction
Orb Publications is a publisher based in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine ''Orb Speculative Fiction''. History Orb Publications began publishing the ''Orb Speculative Fiction'' magazine in 1999. ''Orb Speculative Fiction'' ''Orb Speculative Fiction'' (also known simply as ''Orb'') was first released in 1999 and was edited by Sarah Endacott. In 2002 ''Orb'' #2 was a short-list nominee in the Ditmar Awards for best collected work but lost to '' Earth Is But a Star'', edited by Damien Broderick. ''Orb'' again was nominated for best collected work in 2005 and 2008 for the issues six and seven respectively. Two authors have won awards for their stories featured in ''Orb''. Sue Isle's " The Woman of Endor" won the 2001 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story and Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agog! Smashing Stories
''Agog! Smashing Stories'' is a 2004 Australian speculative fiction anthology edited by Cat Sparks. Background ''Agog! Smashing Stories'' was first published in Australia in 2004 by Agog! Press in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for best collected work at the 2005 Ditmar Awards but lost to ''Black Juice'' by Margo Lanagan. ''Agog! Smashing Stories'' features 20 stories by 20 authors. Two of the stories featured in the anthology won an Aurealis Award. Brendan Duffy's, " Come to Daddy" won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story and Louise Katz' " Weavers of the Twilight" won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story. Four other stories were also short-list nominees and the Ditmar Awards and the Aurealis Awards – " The Border" by Richard Harland was a finalist for the Aurealis Award for best horror short story, Simon Brown's, " Water Babies" was a nominee for the 2005 Ditmar Award for best novella or novelette, and Ben Peek' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Australian Tales Of The Supernatural
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Agog! Terrific Tales
Agog! Press was an independent Australian book publisher, specializing in speculative fiction short story collections. Founded in 2002 by Cat Sparks, the press published nine anthologies of speculative fiction. In 2006 Agog! Press forged a collaboration with United States publisher Prime Books, which has led to international (US) distribution of Agog! titles in both hard and soft cover. Titles *''Agog! Ripping Reads'' (2006), ed. Cat Sparks, *'' Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales'' (2005), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, *''Daikaiju!2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters'' (2007), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, *''Daikaiju!3: Giant Monsters vs the World'' (2007), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, *''Agog! Smashing Stories'' (2004), ed. Cat Sparks, *''Agog! Terrific Tales'' (2003), ed. Cat Sparks, *''Agog! Fantastic Fiction'' (2002), ed. Cat Sparks, *''AustrAlien Absurdities'' (2002), ed. Chuck McKenzie and Tansy Rayner Roberts *''Scary Food: A Compendium of Gastronomic Atrocity'' (2008) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borderlands (magazine)
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Cat Sparks
Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Sparks has produced ten anthologies of speculative fiction. Writing She has won thirteen Ditmar Awards for writing, editing and artwork, her most recent in 2014, when her short story ''Scarp'' was awarded a Ditmar for Best Short Story and 'The Bride Price' one for Best Collected Work. She was nominated for the Aurealis Peter McNamara Convenors' Award for Excellence in 2003 and won one in 2004 for services to the Australian SF publishing industry. In 2006 Sparks was convenor of the Horror judging panel of the Aurealis Awards, and in 2008 she was Guest of Honour at the Conflux 5 Science Fiction Convention in Canberra. Sparks has concentrated on her writing in recent years. In 2004 Sparks graduated the inaugural Clarion South Writers' Work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agog! Fantastic Fiction
Agog! Press was an independent Australian book publisher, specializing in speculative fiction short story collections. Founded in 2002 by Cat Sparks, the press published nine anthologies of speculative fiction. In 2006 Agog! Press forged a collaboration with United States publisher Prime Books, which has led to international (US) distribution of Agog! titles in both hard and soft cover. Titles *''Agog! Ripping Reads'' (2006), ed. Cat Sparks, *''Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales'' (2005), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, *''Daikaiju!2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters'' (2007), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, *''Daikaiju!3: Giant Monsters vs the World'' (2007), ed. Rob Hood and Robin Pen, *''Agog! Smashing Stories'' (2004), ed. Cat Sparks, *''Agog! Terrific Tales'' (2003), ed. Cat Sparks, *''Agog! Fantastic Fiction'' (2002), ed. Cat Sparks, *''AustrAlien Absurdities'' (2002), ed. Chuck McKenzie and Tansy Rayner Roberts *''Scary Food: A Compendium of Gastronomic Atrocity'' (2008) ed. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Congreve
Bill Congreve is an Australian writer, editor and reviewer of speculative fiction. He has also published the work of Australian science fiction and horror writers under his MirrorDanse imprint. Biography Congreve's first work was published in 1987 with his short story "Collector" which was featured in the Summer 1986/1987 edition of Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine. In 1992 Congreve's first edited anthology was released by Five Islands Press, featuring a short story and introduction by Congreve as well as 10 other stories by different authors. In 1994 Congreve founded his publishing company MirrorDanse Books which specialises in science fiction and horror. Congreve won his first award in 1996, winning the William Atheling Jr. Award for his essay "The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction" which he co-authored with Sean McMullen and Steven Paulsen. At the 2007 Ditmar Awards Congreve won the professional achievement award for his work in MirrorDanse Books and the first two vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert N
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
