By CJ Dee, the titular WoW addict Hemet Nesingwary has been a constant companion throughout every World of Warcraft expansion (including ‘vanilla’ — the original …
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Too cool for school: dystopia readings
Dark Matter Zine readers expressed interest in what I’m learning as I wend my way through my Professional Writing and Editing degree. For ‘writing YA’ (not the …
Norma K Hemming Award shortlisht 2015
Norma K Hemming Award short list FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday 19th March 2015 Media release The following works have been shortlisted by the judges for …
Too cool for school: fairy tales
Dark Matter Zine patrons have expressed an interest in what I’m learning as I wend my way through my Professional Writing and Editing degree. For …
THE BRAGG UNSW PRESS PRIZE FOR SCIENCE WRITING 2015
There are two weeks left to submit entries for the 2015 Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing. Visit http://www.newsouthpublishing.com/scienceprize for more details and the Bragg Prize …
Change.org petition for Death to bring back Terry Pratchett
I saw it first on BBC News then found the petition myself. Fans set up a petition on Change.org for Death to bring back Terry …
Death has visited Discworld one final time: RIP Sir Terry Pratchett
Sir Terry Pratchett wrote over 40 Discworld novels in a career spanning decades. The Discworld books cover a huge range of subject matter and a …
The Village Genius
by CJ Dee On the night Fifty Shades of Grey came out, I had a ticket to see a little movie about arguably the smartest …
Spock has boldy gone
Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock on Star Trek’s classic series and in so many of the movies, died at the age of 83. …
2014 Aurealis Awards shortlist announced
The Aurealis Awards are a collection of judged awards focusing on science fiction, fantasy and horror by Australian authors and authors living in Australia. Best …
What’s happening at Dark Matter Zine
You may have noticed that Dark Matter Zine has changed. DMZ runs on WordPress, formerly on the Suffusion theme. The problem is that Suffusion was …
Wheel of Time s01e01: Winter Dragon. Review & rights issues.
By Nalini Haynes This story keeps unfolding so I keep updating this post. Review of the pilot In this day and age of advance notice …
Free online romance festival
Media release GET INVOLVED Join our free online romance festival this weekendAll weekend, join authors including Jill Mansell, Katie Fford, Anouska Knight and Tiffany Reiss …
Am I not pretty enough (to live)?
When I was in primary school, Andra, a science fiction series for children, aired repeatedly on television. I’ve never forgotten the queues of people waiting for …
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO new sequel
Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist return in a continuation of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series Media release from Hachette Australia This much anticipated continuation to one …