10 Australian YA Science Fiction Titles Not to be Missed
Looking for Australian YA Science Fiction rather than Australian YA Fantasy? Here are some top titles with some well-known books next to some you may be unaware of. Displaced Person – Lee Harding. What happens when you start to vanish along with everyone else? Identity, sense of self, sense...
The Future According to the BBC
For those who’ve been inspired by 10 Futures and who are constantly thinking about the future, here’s a thought-provoking site from the BBC. Logging on directly from your brain, anyone? ...
Retrocool! How 1967 imagined life in 2001.
Thinking ’10 Futures’, and here is a great article about what 1967 thought 2001 was going to be like. Retrocool!...
3CR and ’10 Futures’
Last Thursday, I chatted with David MacLean on Radio 3CR’s ‘Published or Not’. This program is always a delight for authors, for the presenters prepare thoroughly – by reading the book at issue, for a start. David’s interview was excellent, extremely attentive to detail and he certainly made me...
CBCA Notable Book
I’m highly chuffed that Extraordinaires 1: The Extinction Gambit has been gonged as a Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable Book. Congratulations, too, to the others on the list – it’s an honour to be in such company. The full list of Notable Books is here. ...
What’s 10 Futures About?
The best way to prepare for the future is to imagine it. In our imaginations we can anticipate where we’re going, where our lives might be, the shape of the world to come. 10 Futures is a very different book for me, a real departure from the wonderful Steampunk...