At the recent AGM, a number of our Core committee retired, including long-standing Treasurer Immi Paterson-Harkness and our...
SpecFicNZ supports DUFF and FFANZ funds
In recognition of the support of our fan community in encouraging and promoting New Zealand creatives ‒ writers,...
Black Amber series – A review
Black Amber: A New Fate & Red Bullets By Nathan Simpson (Reviewed by Emma Hart) For those of...
SpecFicNZ Review Programme
At SpecFicNZ it is our mission to promote speculative fiction. To this end, we would love to showcase...
LIGHT IN MY DARK
TWO BOYS LOVE HER. TWO WORLDS NEED HER. ONLY SHE CAN SAVE THEM BOTH. LIGHT IN MY DARK...
The Mechanicals by Nix Whittaker
A steampunk adventure with a plot to take over the Empire and a kidnapped bride. Hara and Gideon...
Interspecies (The Inlari Sagas) Volume 1 – The Paperback
Interspecies has had a good run thus far, reaching the top-ten of two Amazon bestseller lists and staying there...
Sir Julius Vogel in the News
Otago Daily Times article by Wellington writer Steven Sedley The Sir Julius Vogel Awards, New Zealand’s Science Fiction...
Steam Press Writing Contest
Steam Press Short SF Story Competition Steam Press, renowned for titles such as Mansfield with Monsters, The Prince...
NZ Book Council – Genre Sales Data Gathering
On Tuesday 21 June, Paul Mannering and Lee Murray visited Stephanie Soper and Catriona Ferguson of the New...
LexiCon 2017 Guest of Honour Announced
Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire, renowned Californian urban fantasy and horror author, filk composer and cartoonist, has been confirmed...
SpecFicNZ Writers Well-Represented at Recent Sir Julius Vogel Awards
Sir Julius Vogel Awards At the recent National Science Fiction Convention (Au Contraire 3) held in Wellington over...
Au Contraire 3: Guest of Honour Speech AJ Fitzwater
Christchurch based author of short fiction and Clarion graduate, AJ Fitzwater was a Guest of Honour at Au...
Au Contraire 3 Short Story Winner
The Au Contraire 3 Short Story Award 2016 presentations, sponsored by SpecFicNZ, were held at Au Contraire 3...
SpecFicNZ 2016 AGM
This year’s Annual General Meeting for SpecFicNZ members was held in Wellington on Sunday the 5th at Au...