Calling all scifi and speculative fiction fans! If you're in Adelaide this coming weekend, consider checking out the annual #SpecFicFest to be hosted by the South Australian Writer's Centre. Over two feature packed days Australian authors from around the spec fiction and sci fi genres will be participating in panel discussions, Q&A sessions, and workshops covering all areas of speculative and science fiction.
It'll be one of the most exciting genre festivals to feature in Adelaide this year! For further details, visit the event registration page now at the South Australian Writer's Centre.
FEATURING: Gillian Rubinstein, Sean Williams, Lisa L Hannett, Ben Chandler, Jason Fischer, DM Cornish, Tony Shillitoe, Jo Spurrier, Tehani Wessely and Dean Mayes.
Yep - that's me at the end of that fine list.
And I'm a touch nervous, I'm not gonna lie.
I'll be chairing one of the panel discussions on Saturday May 7th along side New York Times best selling author Sean Williams (Twinmaker, Star Wars - The Force Unleashed) and Aurealis Award Winner Jason Fischer (Everything Is A Graveyard, Quiver). We'll be discussing the genre of Speculative Fiction and how it has evolved over the past 50 years.
And on Saturday evening, in the company of these amazing authors, I'll be performing an original piece of speculative fiction at the #SpecFicFest's "Quick & Dirty" Event at the Producers Hotel, Grenfell Street in Adelaide.
This is a free event where you can come along, enjoy some sweet wood oven pizza, some cold beers and listen to some amazing stories in a relaxed atmosphere.
Exciting times! I'm really looking forward to the event and I'm sure it'll be a grand weekend.
DFA.
I'm pleased to be able to announce here that I will be a part of the Indie Author Showcase at this years Clare Writers' Festival - The Write Week! in the beautiful Clare Valley, South Australia. The Festival runs from the 25th November to the 1st of December and will feature an amazing line-up of authors and writers including internationally recognized Sean Williams, P.D. Martin and Fiona McIntosh. The week long festival will also include a packed program workshops, author talks and launches.
I'll be there on the afternoon and evening of the 30th November (a Saturday) talking about my novels "Gifts of the Peramangk" and "The Hambledown Dream" and signing copies for readers. There will be a gourmet barbecue on offer as well as the best of the Clare Valley's wines to sip.
Situated a little over a 90 minute drive north of Adelaide, the Clare Valley has established itself as one of the premier wine growing regions in Australia as well as nurturing a vibrant arts and food culture, becoming a mecca for all things both artistic, literary and culinary. The Clare Writers' Festival - The Write Week!, which kicks off just in time for a gorgeous Australian summer will showcase all that is great and good about the region and the week long festivities promises to be a fantastic event on the calendar.
I hope you can spread the word and perhaps make a day of it to come up and immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the Clare Writer's Festival.
DFA.
