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Jo Anderton
Jo Anderton is a writer of fantasy, horror, and other types of speculative fiction. She has been a finalist for and won multiple awards for her work. Anderton is a marketing co-ordinator for an Australian book distributor, but spends her nights and weekends writing dark fantasy, science fiction, and horror. In 2011, Anderton published her first book in the Veiled Worlds trilogy, ''Debris''. Her second book in the trilogy, ''Suited'', appeared in 2012. The third book, ''Guardian'', was published by FableCroft Publishing in 2014. In 2013, Anderton published her first short story collection, entitled ''Bone Chime Song and other stories'' (FableCroft Publishing), which won both the Aurealis Award and the Australian Shadows Award for Best Collection, as well as being shortlisted for the Ditmar Award Best Collected Work. Awards and shortlistings *"Mah Song" from ''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' (FableCroft Publishing), Best Short Fiction, 2013 Ditmar Award results, Ditmar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ticonderoga Publications
Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996 and now run by Farr and Liz Grzyb. The publisher specializes in collections of science fiction short stories. History and current Ticonderoga Publications was founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996. Co-partner in Ticonderoga Publications is editor Liz Grzyb. The publisher initially specialized in collections of science fiction short stories. Between 1996 and 1999, it published collections by Steven Utley, Sean Williams, Stephen Dedman, and other writers. According to Peek, "Under Farr, Ticonderoga Publications gathered a reputation for producing sturdy, thick-papered, elegant collections."Ben PeekTroy, ''Strange Horizons,'' 23 May 2006 Ticonderoga Publications suspended producing books in 1999 when the Australian government brought in the GST (Goods and Services Tax) that raised the price of books by ten percent, with the editor concentrating on hi ]instead. In 2005, Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmos (Australian Magazine) People
The cosmos (, ) is another name for the Universe. Using the word ''cosmos'' implies viewing the universe as a complex and orderly system or entity. The cosmos, and understandings of the reasons for its existence and significance, are studied in cosmologya broad discipline covering scientific, religious or philosophical aspects of the cosmos and its nature. Religious and philosophical approaches may include the cosmos among spiritual entities or other matters deemed to exist outside the physical universe. Etymology The philosopher Pythagoras first used the term ''kosmos'' ( grc, κόσμος, Latinized ''kósmos'') for the order of the universe. Greek wikt:κόσμος, κόσμος "order, good order, orderly arrangement" is a word with several main senses rooted in those notions. The verb wikt:κοσμέω, κοσμεῖν (''κοσμεῖν'') meant generally "to dispose, prepare", but especially "to order and arrange (troops for battle), to set (an army) in array"; also "to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Writers
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Australian Women Writers
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Rabia Gale
Rabia or Rabiah is the transliteration of two Arabic names written differently in Arabic text however they may be written similarly in the Latin script: * An Arabic, usually male name (' ) meaning "Spring" * An Arabic, female name (' ) meaning "Spring" or "Fourth Female" People Male name Rabīʿah () * Rabiah ibn Kab, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad * Ayyash ibn Abi Rabiah (died 636), companion of Muhammad * Utbah ibn Rabi'ah (died 624), pre-Islamic Arab tribal leader * Rabiah ibn Mudhar, 6th-century Jewish king in present-day Yemen * Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah, 7th-century caliphate general * Salman ibn Rabiah (died 650), military governor of Armenia * Fouad Mahmoud al Rabiah (born 1959), Kuwaiti national formerly imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay * Robert Rabiah (born 1986), Australian film actor and writer * Tawfiq Al Rabiah, Saudi minister * Abu Hamza Rabia (died 2005), Egyptian member of al-Qaeda * Hamad Abu Rabia (1929–1981), Israeli-Arab politician * Hassa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angry Robot Books
Angry Robot is a British-based publishing house dedicated to producing modern adult science fiction and fantasy, or as they call it “SF, F and WTF?!?”. The Nottingham-based company first released books in the UK in 2009, and since September 2010 has simultaneously been publishing its titles in the US as well, as a distributed client of Random House. All titles are released as paperbacks and eBooks. History Angry Robot was founded in August 2008, when Marc Gascoigne, previously publisher of Games Workshop’s Black Library and Solaris imprints, was hired by HarperCollins UK to create a new science fiction imprint. The intention was to create an experimental line that would complement the existing Voyager imprint, which focussed mainly on big-selling fantasy titles. Angry Robot would be able to trial some different business methods – buying world rights to allow co-publishing in the US and UK, issuing eBooks and potentially audiobooks as standard alongside print editions, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine
''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' or ''ASIM'' is a fantasy and science fiction magazine published out of Canberra, ACT, Australia. The publishers of ''ASIM'' describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is currently edited by Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Incorporated and is published quarterly. Although originally sold only in Australia, subscriptions for ''ASIM'' are now available worldwide through Amazon.com and other online vendors. History The first issue of ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' was released in June 2002 as a slightly larger than digest size print magazine. Although the publishers of ''ASIM'' continued to offer it as a print magazine, in April 2006 they began releasing an electronic PDF version of the magazine beginning with issue #22. In June 2007 ''ASIM'' released a series of "best of" anthologies in the PDF format. There are a total of three anthologies in the series; one for science fiction, one for fantasy and on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSFA Small Press Award
The WSFA Small Press Award was inaugurated by the Washington Science Fiction Association in 2007. The award is open to works of imaginative literature (e.g. science fiction, fantasy, horror) published in English for the first time in the previous calendar year. Furthermore, the Small Press Award is limited to short fiction—works under 20,000 words in length—that was published by a small press. The nominees are narrowed down by a panel elected by the WSFA membership, and these finalists are then judged by the entire WSFA membership to select a winner. Throughout the process, the author and publisher of each story are kept anonymous. The winning story is announced at Capclave, the WSFA convention held in the Washington, D.C. area each October. Winners * 2007 Award: "El Regalo" by Peter S. Beagle (published in ''The Line Between'', Tachyon Publications) * 2008 Award: "The Wizard of Macatawa" by Tom Doyle (published in Paradox Magazine, Issue 11) * 2009 Award: "The Absence of St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayelle Press
Kayelle Press, founded in September 2010, was an independent publisher of speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, and horror) for younger readers (aged between 9 and 12 years), young adults and adults. Currently (July 2015), its webpage says that the press is "closed," and it thanks both readers and writers for having supported it. It was located in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. Titles 2010 * Cat's Eyes (Land of Miu, #1) by Karen Lee Field ( (pbk.) and (eBook)) — 10 December 2010. 2011 * Hope: An anthology of speculative fiction to help raise suicide awareness edited by Sasha Beattie ( (pbk.) and (eBook)) — 7 October 2011. * The Land of Miu (Land of Miu, #1) — originally published with the title of "Cat's Eyes" in Dec 2010 ( (pbk.) and (ebook)) — 25 Nov 2011. 2012 * The King's Riddle (Land of Miu, #2) by Karen Lee Field ( (pbk.) and (eBook) — 25 January 2012 * Night Terrors Anthology edited by Karen Henderson ( (pbk.) and (ebook)) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
