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A Podcast of Australian Author Interviews
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Friday Sep 19, 2014
Friday Sep 19, 2014
In this episode Mark Skypes in Alex Adsett, agent extraordinaire, and talks about (amongst other things) the making of an agent, what to look out for when signing a contract and the rise of small/independent press as taste setters and filters in an age of overwhelming content availability.
You can also hear why Alex makes the brave marketing move of advising authors why they don't always need an agent!
The excellent Alex Adsett Publishing Services website, http://alexadsett.com.au/, is mentioned at the end of the podcast as an excellent source of news and information about literary contracts.
Interviewee Website: http://alexadsett.com.au
Interviewee Twitter: @alexadsett
Credits
Interviewer: Mark Webb
Guest: Alex Adsett
Music & Intro: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Post-production: Sean Wright
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Friday Sep 05, 2014
Friday Sep 05, 2014
In this interview recorded by Alexandra Pierce, Angela Slatter talks about mosaic novels, PhDs, collaboration and being collected. Angela's forthcoming books include The Female Factory (with Lisa L Hannett), The Bitterwood Bible, and Black-Winged Angels.
Credits
Interviewer: Alexandra Pierce
Guest: Angela Slatter
Music & Intro: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Post-production: Sean Wright
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Email: galactichat at gmail dot com
Friday Aug 22, 2014
Friday Aug 22, 2014
In this episode we Skype in Ion "Nuke" Newcombe, publisher of the evergreen Antipodean SF online speculative fiction magazine, which Nuke started back in 1998 when most people were still learning to spell Internet.
In the interview we delve into what exactly is flash fiction, what makes good flash fiction and what kind of flash fiction Nuke likes. We also talk about Nuke's plans for the upcoming 200th edition of Antipodean SF and exactly how a speculative fiction specialist came to have the name Ion.
At the very end of the podcast, Nuke has included an excerpt from his radio program/podcast, where recent Ditmar award winner Zena Shapter reads her flash fiction piece Shy.
The excellent Antipodean SF website, http://www.antisf.com/, is mentioned at the end of the podcast, as is the site where Nuke's podcasts are stored (http://antisf.libsyn.com). Through the interview, Nuke mentions that people are welcome to submit flash fiction. If you want to do that, go to the contact page here http://www.antisf.com.au/contact.
Interviewee Website: http://www.antisf.com.au
Interviewee Twitter: @antipodeansf
Credits
Interviewer: Mark Webb
Guest: Ion "Nuke" Newcombe
Music & Intro: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Post-production: Sean Wright
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Email: galactichat at gmail dot com
Friday Aug 08, 2014
Friday Aug 08, 2014
In this interview recorded by Alexandra Pierce, Rosaleen Love talks about her experiences of publishing over the last thirty or so years, of being a feminist science fiction writer, and the use of the word 'slut'. Rosaleen's new collection is Secret Lives of Books.
Credits
Interviewer: Alexandra Pierce
Guest: Rosaleen Love
Music & Intro: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Post-production: Sean Wright
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Email: galactichat at gmail dot com
Friday Jul 25, 2014
Friday Jul 25, 2014
In this week's cast, we decided to do a Skype catch up with the team to talk about out recent Ditmar win. In addition to congratulating each other we also took the time to engage in a little reflection. We discuss podcasting as a way that authors can skill themselves up for interviews in other media spheres. We also talk about some of our favourite interviews and who we would interview if given the chance and money being no impediment.
Credits
Interviewer: Sean Wright
Guests: Mark Webb, David McDonald, Alex Pierce, Helen Stubbs
Music & Intro: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Post-production: Sean Wright
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Friday Jul 11, 2014
Friday Jul 11, 2014
This week Sean interviews Alan Baxter who will, at time of broadcasting have officially launched his new dark fantasy thriller Bound. They talk about the experience of being published by one of the big 5 as compared to smaller publishers, writing for computer games and how to write martial arts action well.
You can find Alan at his website or on twitter.
Credits
Interviewer: Sean Wright
Guest: Alan Baxter
Music & Intro: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Post-production: Sean Wright
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Email: galactichat at gmail dot com
Friday Jun 27, 2014
Friday Jun 27, 2014
- Nike's Website
- Tiptree Award and Nike's acceptance speech
- VIDA statistics, about who reviews and who gets reviewed: http://www.vidaweb.org
- Strange Horizons statistics, for speculative fiction venues (2013): http://www.strangehorizons.com/2014/20140428/2sfcount-a.shtml
Credits
Interviewer: Alex Pierce
Guest: Nike Sulway
Music & Intro: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Post-production: Sean Wright
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Friday Jun 13, 2014
Friday Jun 13, 2014
In this interview recorded by Helen Stubbs, Australian horror writer Rebecca Fraser talks about her love of horror, how environment and landscape influence her fiction, her Creative Writing Masters and using social media as a business.
Author Website: http://rebeccafraser.wordpress.com
Author Twitter: @becksmuse
Credits
Interviewer: Helen Stubbs
Guest: Rebecca Fraser
Music & Intro: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Post-production: Sean Wright
Feedback:
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Friday May 30, 2014
Friday May 30, 2014
This week Alex chats with acclaimed Australian science fiction author and friend of the podcast Marianne de Pierres,
Marianne is the author of the Aussie infused Cyberpunk Parrish Plessis series, the award-winning Sentients of Orion science fiction series and the upcoming Peacemaker SF Western series. When she's not doing that she writes Burn Bright- a gothic science fiction series for Young Adults and lighthearted crime under the name Marianne Delacourt.
In this chat Alex asks Marianne how she became part of the scene, the reason why Marianne seems to have her fingers in all genre's and what's next in store. You can find Marianne or her digital presence at www.mariannedepierres.com and www.tarasharp.com.au and www.burnbright.com.au
Credits
Interviewer: Alex Pierce
Guest: Marianne de Pierres
Music & Intro: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Post-production: Sean Wright
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Email: galactichat at gmail dot com
Friday May 16, 2014
Friday May 16, 2014
In today's chat Sean interviews Ditmar Best New Talent nominee SG Larner. They talk about her writing process, the advantage of mentorship programs and writing both literary and genre fiction. For fans of poetry we also touch on writing speculative poetry and the Australian scene.
Author Website: Forego Reality
Author Twitter: @StaceySarasvati
Credits
Interviewer: Sean Wright
Guest: SG Larner
Music & Intro: Tansy Rayner Roberts
Post-production: Sean Wright
Feedback:
Twitter: @galactichat
Email: galactichat at gmail dot com