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Kirstyn McDermott
Kirstyn McDermott is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography McDermott was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia on 31 October. She grew up in Woodberry, New South Wales and attended the University of Newcastle, Australia, University of Newcastle where she completed a Bachelor of Arts. In 1995 McDermott moved to Melbourne where she currently lives with her husband Jason Nahrung. McDermott is a member of the SuperNOVA writers group. McDermott was first published in 1993 with the short story "I Am the Silent Voyeur" being featured in ''Daarke Worlde'' No. 4. Her 2003 short story "The Truth About Pug Roberts", featured in the anthology ''Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural'', was nominated for the 2004 Ditmar Award for best short story. Her short story "Painlessness" won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best horror short story and the 2009 Ditmar Award for best Australian novella or novelette. In 2010 her first novel, ''Madigan Mine'', was pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area, which includes most parts of the local government areas of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council. Located at the mouth of the Hunter River, it is the predominant city within the Hunter Region. Famous for its coal, Newcastle is the largest coal exporting harbour in the world, exporting 159.9 million tonnes of coal in 2017. Beyond the city, the Hunter Region possesses large coal deposits. Geologically, the area is located in the central-eastern part of the Sydney Basin. History Aboriginal history Newcastle and the lower Hunter Region were traditionally occupied by the Awabakal and Worimi Aboriginal people, who called the area Malubimba. Based on Aboriginal language refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurealis Award
The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by '' Chimaera Publications'', the publishers of ''Aurealis Magazine''. Unlike the other major Australian speculative fiction award, the Ditmar Award, it divides work into subgenre and age categories, and is judged as such. The award was originally given out in the following divisions: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult. Two separate awards are given in each of those divisions, one for novels and one for short stories. A fifth division for Children's books was added in 2001 for fiction for 8-12 year olds, with separate awards for "Short Fiction" and "Long Fiction". With the 2008 Awards the "Short Fiction" children's fiction category became a category for "Illustrated Work/Picture Book". For the 2010 Awards, the two categories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadowed Realms
''Shadowed Realms'' was a dark flash fiction online magazine produced by Australian independent publisher Brimstone Press and edited by Angela Challis. A number of stories published in ''Shadowed Realms'' won, or were nominated for, several speculative fiction awards.Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive Retrieved 9 September 2007. Publication history The first issue was published in September 2004. Issue #11 was published in October 2006 and was the last issue released prior to editor Angela Challis' announcement that the webzine was to close. ''Shadowed Realms'' is currently on hiatus until the final two issues are published. The online magazine released two special issues during its run: Issue #6 - the Continuum 3 convention/ |
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] |
Southern Blood
''Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural'' is a 2003 speculative fiction anthology edited by Bill Congreve Background ''Southern Blood'' was first published in Australia in June 2003 by Sandglass Enterprises in trade paperback format. It was a short-list nominee for best anthology at the 2004 Bram Stoker Awards and the 2004 International Horror Guild Awards and for best collected work at the 2004 Ditmar Awards. ''Southern Blood'' features 16 stories from 16 authors. One of the stories, "La Sentinelle" by Lucy Sussex won the 2003 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story and the 2004 Ditmar Award for best novella or novelette. It was also a short-list nominee at the 2004 International Horror Guild Awards for best medium fiction but lost to Glen Hirshberg's " Dancing Men". Kirstyn McDermott's " The Truth About Pug Roberts" was a short-list nominee for the 2004 Ditmar Award for best short story but lost to Trudi Canavan's " A Room for Improvement". Conte ... [...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] |
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
''Cosmopolitan'' is an American monthly fashion and entertainment magazine for women, first published based in New York City in March 1886 as a family magazine; it was later transformed into a literary magazine and, since 1965, has become a women's magazine. ''Cosmopolitan'' is one of the best-selling magazines and is directed mainly towards a female audience. Jessica Pels is the magazine's current editor-in-chief. Formerly titled ''The Cosmopolitan'' and often referred to as ''Cosmo'', throughout the years, ''Cosmopolitan'' has adapted its style and content. Its current incarnation was originally marketed as a woman's fashion magazine with articles on home, family, and cooking. Eventually, editor-in-chief Helen Gurley Brown changed its attention to more of a women empowerment magazine. Nowadays, its content includes articles discussing relationships, sex, health, careers, self-improvement, celebrities, fashion, horoscopes, and beauty. ''Cosmopolitan'' is published by New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
