Author Archives: australianfantastic

The Dance of Chances

Posted on 11. November 2021 by australianfantastic

It was mere chance and a heavy dose of good luck that made me notice Gillian Polack’s twitter appeal to find more Jewish Australian writers of science fiction and fantasy – as she could only list four so far on … Continue reading →

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Review: “Water” by Ellen van Neerven

Posted on 11. October 2021 by australianfantastic

by Johanna Edler The short story “Water” from the collection Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven was published in 2014 and discusses the treatment of Indigenous people in a futuristic Australia. Van Neerven is an Aboriginal Australian herself and … Continue reading →

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Language and Form

Posted on 12. August 2021 by australianfantastic

by Selina Kraft, Anna Herkelmann, Laura Zimmermann and Sarah Riedel While translating “Oil”, not only the correctness of the translation was a problem we had to face in the process. “Oil”, a poem by Fatimah Asghar, is about a teenage … Continue reading →

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Translating and Keeping the Respect

Posted on 12. August 2021 by australianfantastic

by Annalena Steffens, Renee Czyganowski, Michelle Chiru and Audrey Heimann Translating a piece of writing from one language to another can lead to several difficulties, many of which we encountered during our project with Fatimah Asghar’s “Oil”, a poem in … Continue reading →

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Getting Started

Posted on 24. May 2021 by australianfantastic

The Initial Idea The idea of creating a student-led blog as part of our Australian Speculative Fiction project came up fairly early on. Requiring students to write blog posts seemed to be an ideal way to encourage them to engage … Continue reading →

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Introduction

Posted on 6. March 2021 by australianfantastic

So, what is this? Speculative Australia is a student-driven blog engaging with all manner of speculative fiction from Australia: from fantasy fiction to gothic tales. It aims to provide academic insights into the genre while maintaining accessibility to readers outside … Continue reading →

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