Sir Julius Vogel Awards announced
The winners of the Sir Julius Vogel Award were announced at unCONventional, the 33rd National Science Fiction Convention in Auckland, during New Zealand’s Queens Birthday weekend on 1-4 June. Winners...
2011 Aurealis Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2011 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The winners are: Children's fiction (told primarily through words) City of Lies (Lian Tanner, A&U) Children's fiction (told primarily through...
Locus Awards 2012 finalists announced
The top five finalists in each category of the 2012 Locus Awards have been announced by the Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Melbourne artist Shaun Tan has been nominated in the...
Booksellers, publishers find success at Supanova 2012
Booksellers provided space for genre authors to meet with fans at the Supanova pop culture expo at Melbourne showgrounds on 13-15 April. Dymocks North Sydney ran a book stall selling various...
Sir Julius Vogel Awards finalists announced
The finalists for the 2012 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced. Awards are presented in the professional award categories for best novel, best youth novel, best novella/novelette, best short story, best...
Hugo Awards shortlists announced
The shortlists for the 2012 Hugo Awards for science-fiction have been announced. The nominations for Best Novel include Among Others (Jo Walton, Tor), A Dance with Dragons (George R R...
New specialist bookstore opens in Melbourne
A new bookstore specialising in science-fiction, fantasy and horror books, has opened in Melbourne. Notions Unlimited Bookshop is located in Chelsea in Melbourne’s South East. Store owner Chuck McKenzie told...
In Brief
Dymocks Children's Charities launches seventh Book BankDymocks Children's Charities launched its seventh Book Bank at La Perouse Public School in South-Eastern Sydney this week. Each of the 47 students at...
‘Aurealis’ re-launched as emagazine
Australian fantasy and science-fiction magazine Aurealis has been re-launched as a free epublication. The latest issue of the magazine, Aurealis #45, has been released and is available to download from...
New digital speculative fiction publisher launched
A new independent Australian publisher, with a focus on speculative fiction and ebooks, has been launched. Hague Publishing, which will officially begin accepting unsolicited manuscripts in November 2011, has...
Tan wins Hugo Award
Australian illustrator Shaun Tan has won the 'best professional artist' category at this year's Hugo Awards for science-fiction, announced on 20 August at the 2011 World Science Fiction Convention in...
Sir Julius Vogel Awards winners announced
The winners for this year's Sir Julius Vogel Awards, presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand, have been announced. The winning titles are:Professional AwardsBest Novel -...
Australians make 2011 Locus Awards shortlist
A number of Australians have been shortlisted for the 2011 Locus Awards for science-fiction and fantasy writing, presented by the Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Zombies vs Unicorns (A&U), which features short...
2010 Aurealis Awards: winners announced
The winners of the 2010 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The winners are: Children's fiction (told primarily through words)'The Keepers' series (Lian Tanner, A&U)Children's fiction (told primarily through pictures)The Boy and...
Swancon36 / Natcon50: attendance up, national and WA awards presented
Science fiction and fantasy fans attended the 36th Western Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention (Swancon36) and the 50th National Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention (Natcon50), held simultaneously in Perth...
In Brief
The Nile offers free shipping in Oz, NZOnline bookseller The Nile announced this week that it is offering free shipping in Australia on all orders under $50 for a limited time. The...
HarperCollins creates global Voyager imprint
HarperCollins has announced its US imprint Eos Books will be rebranded as HarperVoyager ‘joining together with the celebrated Voyager imprints in Australia/New Zealand and the UK'. Michael Moynahan, HarperCollins CEO...
Ditmar awards shortlist: voting now open
Voting for the Australian SF ('Ditmar') Award for 2010 is now open, and will remain open until one minute before midnight Perth time on Wednesday 1 September.Nominated for best novel are:...
Shaun Tan nominated for Hugo Award
Shaun Tan is among the nominees for the 2010 Hugo Awards, to be announced at Aussiecon 4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention. First presented in 1953, the Hugo awards...
Aurealis award winners announced
The winners of this year's Aurealis Awards for the best science-fiction, fantasy and horror titles in Australia, have been announced.The 14th annual Aurealis Awards ceremony was held at the Judith...