Earlier this year, I attended WORD, the Christchurch Writers Festival, where I saw Elizabeth Knox deliver the inaugural...
Win a copy of Frozen! (no, not that one)
With thanks to our friends at The Realm, we have a copy of Frozen to give away, book one in the...
Reconnaissance – Short Story Competition 2015.
Here is the information about the Short Story Competition to be held in conjunction with this year’s national science fiction and...
Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominations Open
From SFFANZ: Nominations for the 2015 Sir Julius Vogel awards are now being accepted. The nomination period will...
First Sentence Prize Draw
With the start of November, we know many of you are kicking off your frantic plans to write...
Wrapping your head around US Tax
by Beaulah Pragg What do we do, as New Zealand Authors, when faced with the prospect of interacting with...
Reconnaissance Update
It’s Full Steam Ahead for Reconnaissance the 36th New Zealand National Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention to be held...
Submission Opportunities: “Accessing the Future” and “Hidden Children”
Two anthologies that may be of interest to SpecFicNZ members: Accessing the Future from The Future Fire is...
Lecture series: Paleofantasy: What evolution tells us about modern life, 31 October – 12 November
Need to brush up on your stone-age psychology, and feel like Clan of the Cave Bear might be a wee...
The Empyrean Key; Ardentia Book 1
The Empyrean Key by J.L Tomlinson The Empyrean Key is YA High Fantasy set in the land of...
Judges needed for NZ Children’s & YA Book Awards
Booksellers NZ is now accepting expressions of interest to judge the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards for Children...
Upcoming science lectures around the country
Has your worldbuilding run out of steam? Are you looking for some new ideas, or ways of looking...
Self-publishing illustrated print books in NZ
Next up in our series on self-publishing in New Zealand Aotearoa: James Russell of Dragon Brothers Books decided...
The Don’t Girls
The Don’t Girls by Octavia Cade Bluebeard’s wife is told by her husband to never go into his...
Announcing the SHORTCUTS Novella Competition Winners
By Marie Hodgkinson, Paper Road Press First things first: huge thanks to SpecFicNZ for hosting this competition, and...