Episode 80: Finding a place in the world

<p>With co-host Perry still overseas, David discusses some recent awards and goes on to interview Rob Gerrand about writing and publishing in Australia, and then Murray MacLachlan about growing up in New Zealand and discovering science fiction and fantasy.</p> <ul><li>Introduction (00:21)</li> <li>General News (03:31) <ul><li><a href='https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2022-hugo-awards/'>2022 Hugo Award Winners</a> (01:05)</li> <li>David's Thoughts on the 2022 Hugos (00:44)</li> <li>2022 Astounding Award (00:31)</li> <li><a href='https://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/british-fantasy-awards-2022-winners-announced/'>2022 British Fantasy Awards</a> (00:21)</li> <li><a href='https://sistersincrime.org.au/debut-books-scoop-sisters-in-crimes-22nd-davitt-awards/'>2022 Davitt Awards</a> (00:44)</li> </ul> </li> <li>Interview with Rob Gerrand (30:02) <ul><li><a href='https://www.readings.com.au/products/34953563/the-millennium-job'>The Millennium Job</a> by Rob Gerrand (09:34)</li> <li>How to publish a novel (02:00)</li> <li><a href='https://www.readings.com.au/products/33239100/the-diplomat-of-florence'>The Diplomat of Florence</a> by Anthony Wildman (02:56)</li> <li>Charm, Strangeness, Mass & Spin by Stephen Dedman (05:18)</li> <li>The Future of Norstrilia Press (08:48)</li> <li>Publishing through Substack (00:39)</li> </ul> </li> <li>Interview with Murray MacLachlan (43:28) <ul><li>Growing up in Dunedin, New Zealand (01:39)</li> <li>The ages of reading (01:46)</li> <li><a href='https://www.readings.com.au/products/33555677/dangerous-visions-and-new-worlds-radical-science-fiction-1950-to-1985'>Dangerous Visions and New Worlds</a> by Andrew Nette et al. (01:28)</li> <li><a href='https://www.readings.com.au/products/20987600/the-house-at-pooh-corner'>The House at Pooh Corner</a> by A. A. Milne (01:39)</li> <li>Anderson's Bay (01:40)</li> <li><a href='https://www.readings.com.au/products/32233291/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea'>Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea</a> by Jules Verne