Finally! I can tell you about The Triangle!
I’ve been working on this all summer and I am super excited that the pre-order has launched! Expect more information in the next month or two. Two massive hurricanes hit the Bermuda Triangle region and...
View ArticleIf This Goes On out now
I am proud to be a part of the anthology “If This Goes On”, the science fiction future of modern USian politics, edited by Cat Rambo and published by Parvus Press. The anthology includes thirty writers...
View ArticleSylvia is creating international incidents…
I’m excited to tell you that I am now on Patreon, writing about interesting people and complicated places and goats. A lot of my work right now is about my exploration of Estonia, a country I wouldn’t...
View ArticleSuperScience Me: Old Women in Science Fiction
Superscience Me, a great podcast about science fiction and fact, interviewed me about my project to find science fiction novels which include old women as major characters. You can listen to the...
View ArticleThe Triangle : A Serial Box Original
The first season of Triangle has launched on Serial Box and my first episode (episode three) is out! Things are about to take a serious turn into the land of all things weird in Sylvia Spruck Wrigley’s...
View ArticleOld Women in SF at Finncon 2019
I’m excited to announce that I’ve been invited to present at Finncon 2019 which takes place next month in Jyväskylä. I’ll be speaking about old women in science fiction at 15:00 on Saturday, the 6th of...
View ArticleInterview and Five Stories in Reaktor!
I’m thrilled to have been featured in the July issue of Reaktor magazine, with a detailed interview and five of my flash fiction stories. Triin Loide asked me a broad range of interesting questions and...
View ArticleWorldcon Dublin 2019
I now have my schedule for Worldcon at Dublin and it looks great! Here’s the official programming: 15 August 2019 13:30 – 14:20 Presenter: Throwing Grandma out the Airlock Odeon 5 (Point Square,...
View ArticleTitanCon Belfast 2019
I’m very excited that I will also be presenting in Belfast at TitanCon. This is the 2019 Eurocon and takes place the weekend after Worldcon. It promises to be a great convention and I’m really looking...
View ArticleLanguage complications, lost in the woods and an unexpected battlefield
Here are some of my recent posts about life in Estonia that that you might have missed: I might have to become a vegetarian. Traces of battle and history The Mystery of the Green Dot (a shorter walk in...
View ArticleSpace Ageing
I’m thrilled that my article on Old Women in Science Fiction has appeared in Nature magazine! I wish I’d tried harder to mention Chrisjen Avasarala in Caliban’s War and Ofelia Falfurrias in Remnant...
View ArticleExoplanet Demographics Conference
I was excited by the opportunity to take part in the Exoplanet Demographics conference hosted by the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at IPAC/Caltech over the 9-13th of November. The organisers of the...
View ArticleEstcon 2020 experience in Locus Magazine
2020 has been a difficult year for events and conventions, which led to Estcon being the biggest event of the summer for me. My write-up and photographs were featured in the November issue of Locus...
View ArticleDiamond Jack, Smirnov and the Pelikaan
I was asked to take part in an interview for ABC’s The History Listen, which was used for a mash-up documentary on one of my favourite Australian characters, Diamond Jack.It’s a fantastic format, which...
View ArticleStar Trek in Estonian
My talk on representations of age and ageing in Star Trek has been translated into Estonian for Reaktor magazine! https://www.ulmeajakiri.ee/?artikkel-vanus-ja-vananemine-ulmes I’m very proud to have...
View ArticleNebraska Public Media
The author of this piece, Jack Williams, asked if he could have five minutes of my time to talk about Flying Tiger Line flight 739. We ended up talking for over an hour, because no way could I tell him...
View ArticleThe Triangle
Realm has re-released The Triangle, a fun action thriller developed by Dan Koboldt and written by Dan Koboldt, Mindy McGinness and me, has been released as a podcast available to everyone. You can...
View ArticleGender and Age/Aging in Popular Culture
I’m thrilled to be a part of the Gender and Age/Aging in Popular Culture taking place this week at the University of Graz. As with many conferences these days, this is a virtual event. I am speaking on...
View ArticleShortlisted Photograph for Baltic Island Days
My photograph taken and submitted while I was camping on Aegna was shortlisted for the photo competition as a part of the Baltic Island Days featuring Aegna. The photograph was displayed on the Pirita...
View ArticleThe Train Station Ateljee in Deep Baltic
My essay The Train Station Ateljee: Stumbling Across Estonia’s Distant History was featured in Deep Baltic magazine. This is one of my favourite essays that I’ve written about Estonia and I’m thrilled...
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