Category Archives: Books

News: Sabriel on the Way to Hollywood?

Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

The great news is that Garth Nix’s megaselling fantasy novel, Sabriel — the first book in his Old Kingdom Trilogy — may be filmed at last. Nix, who, as an ex-literary agent, has considerable knowledge of the industry and the … Continue reading →

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Trust Me! You Want this Book

Posted on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 by Robert Hood

Scene: the dump. Errol is a toy pig; Dave is the narrator’s older brother. They are tossing away junk scavenged from the attic. The narrator gets nostalgic about one of the old toys… For a moment I stood there, holding … Continue reading →

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New Journal on Weird Fiction

Posted on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

My first column of horror-related ramblings for Studies in Australian Weird Fiction has just appeared. Studies in Australian Weird Fiction (SiAWF) is a new non-fiction journal edited by Benjamin Szumskyj, James Doig, Leigh Blackmore, and Phillip A. Ellis, and published … Continue reading →

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Now available: The Workers’ Paradise

Posted on Sunday, March 2, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Workers’ Paradise, edited by Russell B. Farr and Nick Evans and published by Ticonderoga Publications, is one of the most exciting anthologies I’ve been in for a while. Though the editors’ description of it may suggest that it is … Continue reading →

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Big Win for “The Arrival”

Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

Back in 1991 I sold a story called “Groundswell” to Aurealis magazine — my first in that now-venerable Australian SF journal. The story was illustrated by a then little-known WA artist by the name of Shaun Tan. It was a … Continue reading →

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At the Aurealis Awards

Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

Cat Sparks and I just did a flying visit to Brisbane over the Australia Day weekend for the Aurealis Speculative Fiction Awards (for fiction written in 2007). I was a presenter in the Horror Short Fiction section (it went to … Continue reading →

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Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2007

Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2007 by Robert Hood

Brimstone Press have announced the arrival of the 2007 edition of Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror, edited by Angela Challis — the only dedicated Best of in the horror genre in this country. It showcases stories published in 2006, but … Continue reading →

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Giant Creatures: New Anthology

Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 by Robert Hood

Meanwhile, hot on the heels of the release of Daikaiju! 2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters and Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters vs the World comes news of a proposed anthology of “giant creature” stories: Permuted Press is now open to … Continue reading →

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Daikaiju! 2 Scores a Nomination

Posted on Friday, December 7, 2007 by Robert Hood

The finalists in the 2007 Aurealis Australian Speculative Fiction Awards have just been announced — and Chris McMahon’s epic giant monster story from Daikaiju! 2: Revenge of the Giant Monsters, edited by Robert Hood and Robin Pen, is on the … Continue reading →

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The Second Coming of Daikaiju! 3

Posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 by Robert Hood

A day on from my previous post, and Daikaiju! 3: Giant Monsters vs the World has appeared on Amazon.com, only two weeks from the launching of its short-run Australian edition. You can order it here.

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