{"id":32455,"date":"2016-06-09T18:45:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T06:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=32455"},"modified":"2016-06-10T12:15:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T00:15:53","slug":"fun-with-fellow-sff-folks-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2016\/06\/09\/fun-with-fellow-sff-folks-in-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun With Fellow SFF Folks in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just spent the last few days in Sydney and have had a fabulous time meeting up with lots of books and SFF folk.<\/p>\n

I would have liked to have gotten some photos onto the blog a little sooner, but I was just a bit too busy—in the best possible way, though, and I can still share some of the pics with you today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Today I thought I’d focus on meeting up with people. First and foremost in that regard was the opportunity to meet fellow SFF author and friend, Courtney Schafer<\/a>, in person — and I can think of nowhere better than in the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House with the Harbour Bridge in the background:<\/p>\n

\"Helen_Courtney_1a\"<\/a>L-R: Helen Lowe; Courtney Schafer<\/pre>\n
Afterward, Courtney and I headed in to see the wonderful folk at Galaxy Bookshop, where we hung out and talked books and spec fic for a while before signing some books. Fun!<\/p>\n
\"Galaxy<\/a>L-R: Helen; Craig (Galaxy); Courtney; Alison (Galaxy)<\/pre>\n
Later that evening Courtney & I had a few drinks with fellow SpecFic-ers from the Sydney scene, in this photo we’re with Adrian and Durand from Grimdark Magazine<\/a>. If Grimdark\u00a0 and more action-orientated SciFi is your thing, then I think you might like to check the magazine out.<\/p>\n
\"SG<\/a>L-R: Courtney; Helen; Adrian (Grimdark); Durand (Grimdark)<\/pre>\n
I was also very pleased to have the opportunity to meet up with the team at Hachette Australia. It’s always nice to put names to faces and talk books over afternoon tea. This is me with the lovely Sarah and Kimberley — and check out the mighty fine background display they did for Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/a>. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
\"Hachette-1a\"<\/a>L-R: Kimberley; Helen; Sarah<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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