Mostly people picture book launches or signings in bookshops – either glorious crowds besieging furiously signing author (optimum dream) or wretchedly solitary author sitting over table with copies and trying not to eye every passing browser like a hopeful vulture … Continue reading
Sylvia Kelso
About six years ago, I would have said you couldn’t teach anyone to write, in the creative sense. Then chance landed me with the second-year Creative Writing subject in my University’s then English department. After teaching that twice, and once … Continue reading
So, the Event – the Aurealis Award Gala Ceremony, to give the full title – is over; eight or ten authors or illustrators are feeling very happy, four times that number are feeling disappointed, or at the very least, slightly … Continue reading
Everybody who writes likes to have their work acknowledged, and awards and prizes are a major acknowledgement. Even if your work doesn’t actually win, it’s a thrill just to reach the short-list. (Publishers also like this, because it adds lustre … Continue reading
A few months ago, I did the writer-thing and set a short story about universes next door in my own backyard. The big fan palm in the corner was a prominent presence in that. Now, while the northern hemisphere slides … Continue reading
The third in Sylvia Kelso’s Chronicles of Rihannar, The Red Country was released just this October. There’s a Youtube Vid at and a free chapter to download from the Book View Café website Today … Continue reading