Thanks to everyone who joined us for the AGM last week. There’s was some great discussion around ways...
Notice of AGM
This year SpecFicNZ will hold our annual general meeting at 8pm on Wednesday 30 September. You can read...
SpecFicNZ seeks Digital Librarian (PAID)
Have you seen our other post about the SpecFicNZ Online Catalogue? Click here to take a look! To...
Introducing the SpecFicNZ Online Catalogue!
The SpecFicNZ Core is excited to bring you a project which has been in planning for several weeks...
Books from our Backyard – a new book fair for NZ authors
On Sunday, 15th November 2020 a new book fair is going to debut in Auckland. Organised by SpecFicNZ...
CoNZealand Follow-up—Where can I find more NZ Speculative Fiction?
Kudos to the organising committee and all the amazing volunteers who made CoNZealand interactive and fun, in spite...
CoNZealand book launch of Icarus – Taylor Neeran Chronicles #4 July 30, 2020
Icarus, book #4 in the Taylor Neeran Chronicles by J J Mathews launched on July 30, 2020 at...
Review: The Last Circus on Earth, by B.P. Marshall
I found the premise of this book intriguing. The action tripped along with good flow and a quick...
You’re invited! Christchurch book launch of No Man’s Land by A.J. Fitzwater
Join Paper Road Press publisher Marie Hodgkinson and author A.J. Fitzwater on 15 July to celebrate the launch...
No Man’s Land
A dog with a coat like the night sky and a scent like starlight. The hiss of strange...
Underground War
Underground War, by Mike Reeves-McMillan. Dedicated agents fight against determined adversaries who want to bring down the realm....
The Stone Wētā by Octavia Cade
We talk about the tyranny of distance a lot in this country. That distance will not save us. With...
Interview with Mandy Hager, author and president of the NZSA
Out now on all good podcast apps or listen to it here:
Grotesque by Lee Murray (a review by Piper Mejia)
Strange, mysterious, magnificent, fantastic, hideous, ugly, incongruous, unpleasant, or disgusting, but most importantly distorted, are synonyms for grotesque. This...
Scholarship Initiative for CoNZealand Announced
CoNZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) being held in Wellington in July, has announced a scholarship...