Interesting piece in Vulture about how the X-Men comic “Days of Future Past” has influenced comics since 1981....
Taika Waititi’s production company seeking new scripts
Piki Films brings together New Zealand’s funniest storytellers, responsible for the country’s highest grossing films. They are Taika Waititi,...
Regional Groups and In-Person Meet Ups
If you’ve ever wanted to meet up with fellow SpecFiccers in your local area, we now have several regional...
Book review: When We Wake, by Karen Healey
When We Wake by Karen Healey begins in Australia in the year 2027. It’s all told from the...
Dealing with copyright infringement as an indie author
As if you don’t have enough issues to keep track of, trying to be author, marketing guru, social...
The power of the sci-fi franchise novel
Interesting piece in The Guardian about the power of the sci-fi franchise novel. Apparently more people will read the...
Interview with member Alan Baxter
SpecFicNZ member Alan Baxter‘s new book, Bound, is coming out in July 2014 from HarperVoyager Australia. We asked...
Announcing the SpecFicNZ Publishing Grant
We are pleased to announce the new SpecFicNZ Publishing Grant, which will provide funding to local publishers to promote the...
Interview: Getting published with Gecko Press
Booksellers NZ has interviewed children’s author Paul Beavis and Gecko Press publisher Julia Marshall about how Beavis’ book...
Submission opportunity: Global short story competition
Each month, Inscribe Media runs a global short story competition, with a first prize of GBP 100. More...
Elite: And Here The Wheel
Elite: And Here The Wheel by John Harper Robert Garry, ex-military officer, wants nothing more than to maintain...
Book review: The Martian, by Andy Weir
The biggest buzz in international sci-fi book circles at the moment is The Martian by Andy Weir: Robinson...
New Release: Lost in the Museum
A new Te Papa anthology of wacky fun from Phoenix Writers, a group that includes many SpecFicNZ members…Get...
Submission opportunity: BNZ literary awards
BNZ is putting out the call for New Zealand’s best published, novice, student and short story writers, as the...
Book review: Misplaced, by Lee Murray
Lovely review of Misplaced by SpecFicNZ member Lee Murray on Bookman Beattie’s blog: Set in Tauranga, Misplaced follows a teenage boy, Adam,...