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Index of Interviews  

Paul Collins in the Limelight I recently spoke to Paul Collins, author and owner/operator of Ford Street Publishing here in Melbourne.  Ford Street has a strong focus on the educational publication sector, with books ranging from picture books for children to YA (teens). This interview is a must for aspiring and emerging writers to more fully understand

Continuum is coming Paul Collins of Ford Street Publishing & guest speaker at Continuum 2013 reminds us that Continuum is coming at the beginning of winter. 00   

Hugh Howey in the Limelight Hugh Howey, guest of Supanova in 2013, started as a self-published author but is now published by large publishing houses and his bestselling novel Wool has been optioned for a movie. On his website, Hugh says: My Wool series became a sudden success in the Fall of 2011. Originally just

Tad Williams in the Limelight On 15 April 2013, I spoke to an author who claims he’s held more jobs than any sane person should admit to — singing in a band, selling shoes, managing a financial institution, throwing newspapers, and designing military manuals, to name just a few. He also hosted a syndicated radio

Steve Simpson – an Aurealis interview an interview by Dan Allan Steve Simpson lives in Sydney, mostly, and works on various speculations for which he is occasionally paid. This story is his second published fiction piece. He is interested in zombies, time travel, and potentially, time-travelling zombies. He predicts that there will be more writing

Chris Large – an Aurealis interview an interview by Dan Allan of Aurealis Chris Large lives in Tasmania with his two wonderful kids. His recent work has appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Damnation and Dames (Ticonderoga Publications), and is upcoming in Stupefying Stories and A Killer Among Demons (Dark Prints Press). He’s currently completing

Russell B. Farr in the Limelight Russell B. Farr is the founder of Ticonderoga Publications; Russell currently runs Ticonderoga with his partner, Liz Grzyb, both pictured left (photo courtesy of Cat Sparks, thanks). Russ blames SF personalities like Jonathan Strahan for his desire to start a publishing company in the 1990s. Ticonderoga Publications can be

Sarah Braybrooke in the Limelight Dark Matter is embarking on a series of interviews more expansive than ‘just’ authors: I’m interviewing a range of people in the publishing industry.  Authors, booksellers, publishers and assorted personalities will all step into the limelight in coming months. Today Sarah Braybrooke, publicist for Scribe Publishing, takes the limelight to talk

Battle of the Space Marines: the untold story If you’ve been following the space marine controversy since December, you will have seen an explosion from the science fiction community seeking to keep ‘space marines’ in the public domain as befits a science fiction icon first mentioned in 1932 and since incorporated into the SF of