The Le Guin-terview is a new feature for SpecFic NZ, inspired by the Proust Questionnaire (or, more directly,...
SpecFic Monthly Bulletin
Here at SpecFicNZ HQ we are always looking for new ways to support our members and promote their...
Calculating the weight of your fantasy creatures
Three-headed dragon; Ivan Bilibin, 1912 (public domain) As writers, we have to get things right. We have to...

Book Review – ‘Where We Land’ by Tim Jones
Review by Tabatha Wood Originally published in 2015 under the title ‘Landfall’, cli-fi novella ‘Where We Land’ by...
In conversation with Darian Smith
Episode Four of the SpecFicNZ Podcast: This episode features an enjoyable chat with Darian Smith, author of the...
Register for GeyserCon and go in to Win!
Rotorua is ready for us! Our presenters and panellists are locked in, the costumes are being primped and...
Worldcon 2020 needs you!
You probably already know that New Zealand was selected as the site for the 2020 World Science Fiction...
Review of recent survey of members
Thank you to all of our members who responded to our recent survey. The committee really appreciates your...

NZ Writers Income Survey
Invitation to NZ Writers: Copyright Licensing New Zealand is conducting their bi-ennial survey of NZ writers’ incomes and...
Lifetime membership – we need your help
At the last SpecFicNZ AGM, our new lifetime membership policy was ratified. Fortunately no rats were injured, and...
Genre-8: Flights of Fantasy (Dunedin)
Genre-8: Flights of Fantasy As the poster says: come along to the Dunedin Public Library’s fourth floor at...

Lexicon Winner Published in Andromeda Spaceways
Robinne Weiss’s short story, The Pied Piper, has just been published as the cover story in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine....

The Kingfisher’s Debt by Kura Carpenter (a review)
Of course Dunedin is the home of Fair Folk and Elementals in the middle of a never ending...

Into the Sounds by Lee Murray
Into the Sounds NZDF Sergeant Taine McKenna is back again. This time, it’s not a military assignment, but...

Dunedin Author Kura Carpenter : The Kingfisher’s Debt (Urban Fantasy)
Dunedin author, Kura Carpenter’s Debut novel The Kingfisher’s Debt is available on preorder until the 10th August 2018...