Struggling with the Booktopia vacuum? Here is a very *cool* and *useful* site that finds the nearest bookstore with the book you want: yourbookstore.io/
And shout out to @amplifybooks still thriving and ready to take your orders!
Awful. Awful way to die. The anxiety they must have had getting on to it in the first place. The noises the vessel inevitably made before it tore apart. The families not knowing what happened, and may never truly know.
Those poor migrants. They only wanted a better life.
The Speculative Fiction Festival is next week! See me on the panels Editors, Agents and Publishers, Oh My! and Is the Future Hybrid? on 24 June at Writing NSW, discussing publishing options and realities for authors of spec fic. Get your tickets here: writingnsw.org.au/whats-on/eβ¦
Huge difference to work with someone who βreckons someone will probably buy thisβ versus someone who *gets* your work and will share your joy and passion and fight for it. Especially when these are generally long-term relationships.