Interviews with Australian SF writers and publishers
This page contains a summary of interviews I have conducted with (mostly) Australian SF writers and publishers. The red herring in the list is the international fantasy bestselling author Stephen R. Donaldson. The opportunity to interview Donaldson came about quite by accident after my brother and I had been to Monash University to hear Donaldson speak. This was my first ever interview and it shows, but nevertheless it started me thinking about writing and publishing SF, not the least because Donaldson's successful Thomas Covenant books were rejected by every fiction publisher in America, including Del Rey Books the publisher who finally published the series!
When I launched the Australian SF Writers' News my idea was use the magazine to help build a network for Australian SF writers, a way to share information about markets, encourage new writers and to publish articles of interest to the local SF writing community. It seemed natural to include interviews with the Australian writers who were finding publishers for their work. I also managed to interview a couple of book publishers who were at the forefront of realising the potential of locally written science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction.
Click on the names of the interviewees to visit their home or wikipedia pages. Click where indicated to read some interviews online. Click on blue publication links or cover thumb-nails to see more details about the magazine or journal.
Interview
Publications
CoversStephen R. Donaldson Dark Horizons (Journal of the British Fantasy Society), Issue 27, Summer 1983
Yellow Submarine - France, 1983
Martin Middleton The Australian SF Writers' News #2, June 1992
Sirius #1, March 1993
Sean McMullen The Australian SF Writers' News #3, September 1992 Paul Voermans The Australian SF Writers' News #4, December 1992
Interzone #76, October 1993
Rick Kennett The Australian SF Writers' News #5, March 1993
Sirius #2, June 1993
Victor Kelleher The Australian SF Writers' News #6, June 1993
Sirius #4, February 1994
Roxarne Burns The Australian SF Writers' News #7, September 1994 Sherry-Anne Jacobs The Australian SF Writers' News #9, March 1994
Sirius #5, September 1994
Sean Williams The Australian SF Writers' News #10, June 1994 Paul Collins Sirius #7, December 1994 Isobelle Carmody Sirius #8, March 1995 Paul Jennings Sirius #9, July 1995 Louise Thurtell Eidolon #21, April 1996 Sean McMullen Eidolon #21, April 1996
Interzone #107, May 1996
Garth Nix Eidolon #22/23, September 1996 Click here to read interview online at Eidolon.net. Eidolon #22/23, February 1997 Lucy Sussex Eidolon #24, June 1997 From Sydney to Troy: An Interview with Simon Brown"
Science Fiction - A Review of Speculative Literature # 41, Volume 15, Number 1, 1998.
(interview conducted in collaboration with Van Ikin)
Eidolon #27, April 1998 Eidolon #27, April 1998
(interview conducted in collaboration with Van Ikin)
Click here to download interview “Smoking Mirrors, with a Hint of Scrimshaw” from Terry's web site. Interzone #146, August 1999
(interview conducted in collaboration with Van Ikin)
