{"id":15128,"date":"2012-08-05T06:30:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=15128"},"modified":"2012-08-05T12:32:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T00:32:24","slug":"yesterday-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/yesterday-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday &#038; Tomorrow&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15132\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/yesterday-tomorrow\/blenheimspecficnz-016a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15132\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15132\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15132\" title=\"Blenheim&amp;SpecFicNZ 016a\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/BlenheimSpecFicNZ-016a-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/BlenheimSpecFicNZ-016a-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/BlenheimSpecFicNZ-016a-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/BlenheimSpecFicNZ-016a.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christchurch SpecFicNZ-ers, plus award bling \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday we had the first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.specficnz.org\/\">SpecFicNZ<\/a> meetup we&#8217;ve managed in Christchurch for quite some time in the post-earthquake ethos of generally disrupted lives, and certainly significantly fewer places where it&#8217;s possible to hang out and have fun.<\/p>\n<p>So it was good just to get together and talk about what we all love&#8212;speculative fiction (SF\/Fantasy\/Horror) in all its forms, including writing it which we all do. We also took the opportunity to celebrate some Christchurch speculative successes over the past few months including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>KD Berry winning the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sffanz.org.nz\/sjv\/sjvResults-2012.html\">Sir Julius Vogel Award<\/a> for Best New Talent, primarily for <em>Dragons Away<\/em> (Bluewood Publishing)<\/li>\n<li>Jane Higgins winning the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksellers.co.nz\/awards\/new-zealand-post-childrens-book-awards\/diary-kiwi-soldier-wins-children%E2%80%99s-book-year\">NZ Post Children&#8217;s Book Awards&#8217;<\/a> Honour Citation (YA) for <em>The Bridge<\/em> (Text Publishing)<\/li>\n<li>and <em>The Heir of Night<\/em> winning the <a href=\"http:\/\/gemmellaward.com\/profiles\/blogs\/david-gemmell-legend-award-winners-2012-announced\">Gemmell Morningstar Award<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And I think we all enjoyed seeing some of that bling on the Christchurch speculative fiction table. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>More importantly though, it was nice to re-establish a sense of being a community and decide to &#8216;do it again more often&#8217; &#8212; we&#8217;ll be aiming for a regular first Saturday of every month get-together gig at Under the Red Verandah cafe, but watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.specficnz.org\/\">SpecFicNZ<\/a> site for more details: or better still, join up and go on the email.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14933\" style=\"width: 145px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/07\/23\/meet-helen-lowe-i-am-interviewed-by-australian-author-rowena-cory-daniells\/rowenacorydaniells\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14933\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14933\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14933\" title=\"RowenaCoryDaniells\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/RowenaCoryDaniells.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/RowenaCoryDaniells.jpg 135w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/RowenaCoryDaniells-130x150.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rowena Cory Daniells<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So that was yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Coming up tomorrow I have a guest post by <a href=\"http:\/\/rowena-cory-daniells.com\/\">Rowena Cory Daniells<\/a> on <em>\u201cFantasy, The Poor Cousin of Science Fiction\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have now had a sneak preview and can tell you that Rowena has put together a great post &#8212; so be sure to check it out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>And then later in the week&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15142\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/yesterday-tomorrow\/meavatar\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15142\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15142\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15142\" title=\"Ripley Patton\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/meavatar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ripley Patton<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yes, there should be another guest post on Thursday, this one from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ripleypatton.com\/\">Ripley Patton<\/a> who&#8212;as some of you may already know&#8212;is currently embarked on a kickstarter for her YA novel <strong><em>Ghost Hand<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve invited Ripley to come on <em>&#8220;&#8230;Anything, Really&#8221;<\/em> and post on what she was trying to achieve, as an author, with the <strong><em>Ghost Hand<\/em><\/strong> story&#8212;aka the &#8220;big idea&#8221; behind the book.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be more information about the kickstarter but in the meantime, you can check out the project&#8212;and the fabulous, &#8216;just revealed&#8217; cover by Kiwi artist <a href=\"http:\/\/kuracarpenterdesign.blogspot.co.nz\/\">Kura Carpenter<\/a>&#8212;right <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/553002528\/ghost-hand-a-young-adult-novel\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we had the first SpecFicNZ meetup we&#8217;ve managed in Christchurch for quite some time in the post-earthquake ethos of generally disrupted lives, and certainly significantly fewer places where it&#8217;s possible to hang out and have fun. 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