I have been watching this whole Danish cartoon thingy with the sinking feeling of someone watching a landslide gathering momentum and debris on its rapidly widening downhill path. I know its roots: people staring across a deep divide in utter … Continue reading
This morning we went for our usual morning walk at dawn, along the banks of a river through a nearby park. On the mudflats, migrating egrets come and go with the seasons, as do many other Russian and Chinese visitors, … Continue reading
Ben Peek wrote an article for Strange Horizons about the Australian Aurealis Awards and the short fiction that was short-listed this year. The article has earned him a lot of flak, especially on his live journal and that of fellow … Continue reading
Today’s my birthday. And my stock answer to anyone asking how old I am is : “Quite a bit older than I’d like to be.” To give you a few clues, when I was born : No one knew what … Continue reading
Penguin ACE have just made public the cover to the US edition of book 3 of The Isles of Glory. It’s a glorious cover, and even though part of me wonders just why the character is wearing so little, I … Continue reading
My life has been described by one of my editors as “impossibly exotic” – although really it is not my life, but me, that’s the exotic. I’m the uprooted plant, the exotic who doesn’t belong, always living in someone else’s … Continue reading
