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in InterviewsInterview with Jane Mondrup, author of Zoi
Jane Mondrup is the author of the science fiction novel Zoi, published by Spaceboy Books in June 2025. It is a first contact story in which the alien is a cell-like, space-dwelling creature. The core idea comes from biology, while the story also plays with concepts like the nature of consciousness, self vs. other, and […] More
Excerpt from Jen Michalski’s All This Can Be True
We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Jen Michalski’s All This Can Be True, which releases on June 3, 2025 with Keylight Books. For fans of Modern Lovers and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo comes a tender queer romance about one woman’s rediscovery of choice, hope, and wild love in the wake of her husband’s […] More
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Playlist for Zander Hatch’s Rose Island
By Zander Hatch My debut novel, Rose Island, follows former Marine Jake Harper and his team of clandestine operators sent on a rescue mission to a mysterious island where they must battle mercenaries and survive an approaching hurricane. I love movies and when I write I imagine what it would look like on the big […] More
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Winners announced Indie Book Awards 2025
Australian independent booksellers have announced DUSK by ROBBIE ARNOTT (Picador Australia) as the best book from the last year, and the winner of the Indie Book Awards 2025 Book of the Year. The Book of the Year is voted by independent booksellers across the country from the six category winners. Bookseller judge Claire Leyton from Paperchain Bookstore Manuka (ACT) described Arnott’s book: “From the very beginning I was captivated by the language and story. Robbie paints this beautifully vivid
Kathe Koja shares her SKIN playlist
By Kathe Koja SKIN is a novel that loves sound: the wrench and clang of metal, the hiss of water hitting iron, the murmurs and shrieks of an audience, the whisper of blood on the knife. So of course it needs a suitable playlist. Inspired by a reader’s question during the Meerkat Press launch, here’s […] More
Independent Book Review: The Source of Storms by Angelina Kelly
Starred Review: Welcome to a thrilling world with ancient magical creatures and age-old rivalries bound to fight once more. THE SOURCE OF STORMS by Angelina Kelly reviewed by Alexandria Ducksworth.
5 Coming of Age Fantasies
Sarah Connell Fantasy, and Historical Fantasy in particular, brings us back to a time where tales were passed down through songs and spoken traditions. The prophecies, the magic, the life or death choices all feel visceral because they come from a place of shared ancestry. The collection below features coming of age Fantasies. Each explores […] More
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Foreword Reviews: Mid-Century Modern Designers
Mid-Century Modern Designers: Celebrating the seductive lines of classic designs, Dominic Bradbury’s coffee table book “Mid-Century Modern Designers” is sure to please aesthetes and home decorators alike. Their palettes “colorful and joyful” and their designs “taking…
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Reactor Magazine: Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for Jan and Feb 2025
This season’s indie press titles include ambitious looks at consciousness and intelligence along with memorable trips into literary history.
The Star Bound Playlist
By Bruce McCandless III Emily Carney and I wrote our book Star Bound: A Beginner’s Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard’s Rockets to Goldilocks Planets and Everything In Between, with the aim of creating a space history for the rest of us. No complicated equations. No technospeak or rocket-talk. We focus instead on […] More
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