Tag: Melinda Moore

Conspicuous Acts of Cultural Consumption

Peeps Doing Cool Stuff: February 2014 Edition

Somewhere along the line, I got out of the habit of posting about peeps releasing cool stuff into the world. I’m not sure why, ’cause I got some pretty awesome peeps and they’re doing some very cool stuff, but my blogging habits are arbitrary these days despite my best intentions. With that in mind, lets rectify this oversight, and allow me to recommend the following: Review of Australian Fiction, Volume Nine, Issue Three The concept behind the RAF is actually pretty cool – they grab an established writer, get them to pick an up-and-comer to work with, then produce an issue that features (generally) novella or novelette length work that would be hard to sell elsewhere. This issue features the always impeccable prose of Angela Slatter as the established author, paired with emerging Brisbane fantasist Linda Brucesmith. The upside of Angela publishing here is that I now know that RAF has finally abandoned the god-awful Book.ish ebook platform it used