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Going to Glasgow 2024,? Me too!! And you can preorder the books I'll have on my table! Atthis Arts, Celia Lake, Joyce Ch...
23/07/2024

Going to Glasgow 2024,? Me too!! And you can preorder the books I'll have on my table!

Atthis Arts, Celia Lake, Joyce Chng, Joanne Anderton, Tansy Rayner Roberts will be represented...

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DON'T TAKE THE RABBITS HOME. (In Australia they might have myxy as well as being enchanted.)Signe Maene explores ways fo...
23/07/2024

DON'T TAKE THE RABBITS HOME.

(In Australia they might have myxy as well as being enchanted.)

Signe Maene explores ways folks can be got by enchantments in Flemish tales at www.speculativeinsight.com

(Subscribe for AUD30, EUR18, USD18, GBP15.)

Trees always turn up in folklore, don't they? Signe Maene discusses some of the ways they feature in Flemish stories in ...
22/07/2024

Trees always turn up in folklore, don't they? Signe Maene discusses some of the ways they feature in Flemish stories in this month's subscriber essay.

Subscribe now to read it (and an extra essay every month) for AUD30 (~GBP15, 18 euro, USD18).

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Kinda feel the need to do a Buzzfeed title for this Flemish story Signe Maene discusses in her essay: You Won't Believe ...
21/07/2024

Kinda feel the need to do a Buzzfeed title for this Flemish story Signe Maene discusses in her essay: You Won't Believe The Story Of This Nut Tree!!

Subscribe now for access to this and a heap of other cool essays (AUD30, 18 euros and USD, GBP15).

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New subscriber essay is now live! Signe Maene discusses Flemish folklore and fairytales. Read it now by subscribing - a...
19/07/2024

New subscriber essay is now live! Signe Maene discusses Flemish folklore and fairytales. Read it now by subscribing - and get access to all the other subscriber essays too! (AUD 30, GBP 15, USD 18, 18 euros (ish).

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Coming this Saturday: Signe Maene on Flemish folklore! Essay for subscribers only, so subscribe today (AUD$30, GBP15, US...
18/07/2024

Coming this Saturday: Signe Maene on Flemish folklore!

Essay for subscribers only, so subscribe today (AUD$30, GBP15, USD18 ish) for access to it and 12 other essays over the year (and the 6-month collections with bonus essays!)

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On being a new mother, and pondering mothers in space: Lisa L Hannett's personal and perceptive essay can be found in th...
17/07/2024

On being a new mother, and pondering mothers in space: Lisa L Hannett's personal and perceptive essay can be found in the book collecting the first six months of essays from Speculative Insight. Read it by subscribing now, or buy the book (e- or paper): www.speculativeinsight.com

Tansy Rayner Roberts is at Australian Discworld Convention this weekend and if you catch her speech, you'll have a sneak...
12/07/2024

Tansy Rayner Roberts is at Australian Discworld Convention this weekend and if you catch her speech, you'll have a sneak peek of an essay coming later in the year...

Meanwhile, you can read her third essay on Pratchett's Men here: www.speculativeinsight.com (for free!).

As a new mother, Lisa L Hannett rewatched a lot of her old SF TV favourites, and found a distinct lack of mothers and ba...
11/07/2024

As a new mother, Lisa L Hannett rewatched a lot of her old SF TV favourites, and found a distinct lack of mothers and babies.

Read this moving essay by subscribing to Speculative Insight, or by buying the 6-month collection (ebook or paper).

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AND! the exclusive book of fantasy essays includes all three of Tansy Rayner Roberts' 'Pratchett's Men' essays so far - ...
10/07/2024

AND! the exclusive book of fantasy essays includes all three of
Tansy Rayner Roberts' 'Pratchett's Men' essays so far - including the one about Witches Abroad that went live just a few days ago! (which you can read for free here: www.speculativeinsight.com )

The Worldcon-exclusive book of SF essays includes the essay by Lisa L. Hannett, "The history of our future." You can als...
10/07/2024

The Worldcon-exclusive book of SF essays includes the essay by Lisa L. Hannett, "The history of our future." You can also read it by subscribing to Speculative Insight, or buy the book collecting the first six months' of essays (ebook or paper)

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I will have SO MANY GOOD BOOKS on my table at Glasgow 2024! To see titles, go to the site - and if you want to make sure...
10/07/2024

I will have SO MANY GOOD BOOKS on my table at Glasgow 2024! To see titles, go to the site - and if you want to make sure you get a particular title, preorder now! (Only if you are indeed going to the con, though.)
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09/07/2024

AND I'm also going to have copies of Rosalind's Siblings on the table, edited by Bogi Takács and published by Atthis Arts. So exciting! (It's SUCH a great anthology.)

Better believe I've already got my bottle ordered 😁
09/07/2024

Better believe I've already got my bottle ordered 😁

09/07/2024

Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futuresl is in a month (!!) and I'll be in the Dealers Hall! As well as Glasgow-exclusive books of SI essays, I'll have books by Joanne Anderton, Joyce Chng, Celia Lake and Tansy Rayner Roberts on the table - which you can preorder right now for pick-up! (IF you're going to be at Worldcon, that is.)

Lisa L Hannett writes a profound 'messay' (memoir+essay) about watching SF TV as a new mother. Read it now by subscribin...
09/07/2024

Lisa L Hannett writes a profound 'messay' (memoir+essay) about watching SF TV as a new mother.

Read it now by subscribing to Speculative Insight (AUD$30), or by buying the book (e- or paper - AUD$20 or $35) collecting the first six months' of essays.

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Tansy Rayner Roberts continues her examination of the men in Terry Pratchett’s witches books, this time examining the su...
07/07/2024

Tansy Rayner Roberts continues her examination of the men in Terry Pratchett’s witches books, this time examining the supporting characters in Witches Abroad.
Read now: www.speculativeinsight.com

06/07/2024

Defining and describing traditional fairy tales

Nursing a new baby herself, Lisa L Hannett reflects on the lack of babies in science fiction television. Read this amazi...
06/07/2024

Nursing a new baby herself, Lisa L Hannett reflects on the lack of babies in science fiction television.

Read this amazing, personal essay by subscribing to Speculative Insight, or buy the book featuring the essay and the first six months' worth of essays from the journal.

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Read this deeply personal essay from Lisa L Hannett about the birth of her daughter, and about mothers (and lack thereof...
04/07/2024

Read this deeply personal essay from Lisa L Hannett about the birth of her daughter, and about mothers (and lack thereof) in science fiction television, by buying the July 2024 book (collecting the first six months of SI essays), or by subscribing.

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03/07/2024

Lisa L Hannett discusses her motivation for writing "The history of our future" - a truly wonderful essay about lived and fictional motherhood. You'll find it as a bonus in the Speculative Insight collection of Jan-June essays - buy the book (e or paper) or subscribe to the website...

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Oops! If you tried to buy a book yesterday and got an error, I'm sorry about that! It's fixed now...
02/07/2024

Oops! If you tried to buy a book yesterday and got an error, I'm sorry about that! It's fixed now...

Can't be bothered with a subscription, but keen to read the subscriber-only essays on Speculative Insight? Maybe you'd l...
01/07/2024

Can't be bothered with a subscription, but keen to read the subscriber-only essays on Speculative Insight? Maybe you'd like a paper copy rather than pixels? Ebooks and paper books bringing together the first six months of essays are now available to buy!

The book ALSO includes an amazing, heartfelt, and profound essay by Lisa L Hannett, "The History of Our Future," which you can't otherwise read... and you really want to: motherhood both real and fictional, examined and experienced - this essay is just beautiful.

Nina Niskanen makes excellent points about the cost of running a spaceship in this (subscriber-only) essay. I always adm...
20/06/2024

Nina Niskanen makes excellent points about the cost of running a spaceship in this (subscriber-only) essay.

I always admired the fact that the Roci only functioned thanks to duct tape, goodwill, and Amos.

Subscribe now for 12 months of extra essays! AUD30 / USD20 / 18.50 euro! www.speculativeinsight.com

I think this heading from Nina Niskanen is one of the great take-aways from her entire essay. It really changes the way ...
18/06/2024

I think this heading from Nina Niskanen is one of the great take-aways from her entire essay. It really changes the way you think about the economics...

Available to read now for subscribers - and you can subscribe now for the year for AUD30 (~ USD20, 18.50 euros).

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