Pip Ballantine’s newest work, a paranormal steampunk novella, Magic by Gaslight, is now out. It’s available from Kindle, Nook, and with Smashwords all for...
March Auckland Area Meet-Up
The March face-to-face meeting for Auckland members of SpecFicNZ will be held this Sunday, 18th March, at the...
The Apex Book of World SF, Volume 2
Congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Tim Jones whose story “The New Neighbours”, first published in his second short story...
Red Velvet and Absinthe
Congratulations to SpecFicNZ member Claire Buckingham whose first short story publication has just come out in Red Velvet...
Tales from the Bell Club
“Welcome to the Bell Club,” he said. “Commiserations on your membership.” ~ Helen Stubbs, Sayuri’s Revenge The Bell...
Angry Robot and Strange Chemistry
Following a successful Open Door period in 2011 in which they signed 3 debut authors, Angry Robot has...
Older Writers Grant
The Speculative Literature Foundation is accepting re-submissions and new submission for their 2012 OLDER WRITERS GRANT. The Speculative...
TOR.COM
Tor.com welcomes original speculative fiction short stories and poetry. They define “speculative fiction” broadly, including SF, fantasy, horror, alternate...
Fat Girl in a Strange Land
Congratulations to member AJ Fitzwater whose story “Cartography, and the Death of Shoes” has just been published in...
Flights of Fancy
We hope you are planning to attend Flights of Fancy, the SpecFicNZ/Book Month Event coming to Christchurch this...
AetherCon! The Steampunk Convention — Wellington
The Steampunk convention, AetherCon, is coming to Wellington later this year. Right now there is a facebook page devoted...
Novel Writing 101
Do you have experience writing, polishing and publishing a first novel? Have a success story to share? Something...
Fantasy Contest
Fantasy-Faction Anthology is running a no-fee fantasy short story contest with cash and publication prizes. Stories must be...
Get Your NZ Book Month Voucher
NZ Book Month and participating bookstores are offering $5 discount vouchers for books purchased during March. Get yours...
He Will Be Missed
Paul Haines died yesterday (the 5th of March) after a protracted battle with cancer. Paul was a larger-than-life character...