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June 2009 Reviews

dark_curse.jpg Dark Curse
by Christine Feehan
Reviewed by Lorraine Cormack
procession_dead.jpg Procession of the Dead
Book 1: The City Trilogy by D.B. Shan
Reviewed by Mitenae
right_hand_god.jpg The Right Hand of God
Book 3: Fire of Heaven by Russell Kirkpatrick
Reviewed by Lorraine Cormack
blood_of_dreams.jpg Blood of Dreams
by Susan Parisi
Reviewed by Lorraine Cormack
debt_of_bones.jpg Debt of Bones
by Terry Goodkind
Reviewed by Lorraine Cormack
midnight_never_come.jpg Midnight Never Come
by Marie Brennan
Reviewed by Lorraine Cormack
confessions_pod_person.jpg Confessions of a Pod Person
by Chuck McKenzie
Reviewed by Lorraine Cormack
reformed_vampire.jpg The Reformed Vampire Support Group
by Catherine Jinks
Reviewed by David Buchbinder
demons_lexicon.jpg The Demon's Lexicon
by Sarah Rees Brennan
Reviewed by Tansy Rayner Roberts
SpiritTPB Spirit
by Gwyneth Jones
Reviewed by Tansy Rayner Roberts


News Feed

Friday June 26, 2009

Issue #2 of Midnight Echo, the magazine of the Australian Horror Writers Association, is available to the public.

Space Opera supremo Alastair Reynolds, author of The Prefect and House of Suns, has landed an unprecedented 10-year, 10-book, £1M book deal from Gollancz

Nominations for the Chronos Awards, for achievements in Victorian (Aus) Speculative Fiction and Art, close by midnight, Sunday 28th June 2009

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Tuesday June 16, 2009

Australian Horror Writers Association's Australian Shadows Award, is now open for 2009 but with a major difference — this year, the Award has expanded from one to three categories. Awards will be issued for the best works in Short Fiction (short stories), Long Fiction (novellas, novels, and single-author collections), and Edited Publication (for editors of anthologies and horror fiction magazines). Reading period is open from now until December 31. Works of horror and dark fantasy written or edited by Australians and first published in the 2009 calendar year are eligible. Authors, editors, or publishers seeking to enter eligible work must contact Award Director Shane Jiraiya Cummings (shane@brimstonepress.com.au)

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Thursday June 11, 2009

The Australian Science Fiction Awards, the Ditmars, were announced and presented over the weekend. ASif! proudly took home a gong for the Best Fan Production. We'd like to thank our readers and those who voted for us. A list of all the winners can be found at the Conjecture 2009 website.

Two new books by Damien Broderick revealed.

The winners of the Sir Julius Vogel Awards were recently announced and blogged live by Cheryl Morgan.

The June issue of The Internet Review of Science Fiction is now available.

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