Adventures of a Bookonaut – Episode 1 Shownotes

In Episode 1 Sean interviews Luke Preston author of Dark City Blue, Joelyn Alexandra, Singaporean crime writer and academic and author of The Secret Feminist Cabal Dr Helen Merrick.

Luke Preston has recently released his crime thriller through Momentum books. In the interview they discuss the process of being published through a digital first publisher, the impact film and the study of scriptwriting has had on Luke’s noel writing and what the near future holds for Bishop, Preston’s hard as nails hero with a heart.

You can purchase Dark City Blue through all good digital retailers with the added benefit of no DRM.

Joelyn Alexandra flew all the way from Singapore just for this interview (no not really). Sean and Joelyn talk about her writing, the Speculative fiction scene in Singapore and dispel some misconceptions about Singaporean writers. The interview was recorded live so apologies for the sound quality.

Joelyn mentions some fine folks in the interview some links to their writing are given below:

Wena Poon - http://www.wenapoon.com

Joyce Chng - http://awolfstale.wordpress.com

Dave Chua - http://davechua.wordpress.com

People in Happy Smiley Writers Group Projects

Sarah Coldheart - http://www.seriouslysarah.com/blog

Raven Silvers - http://www.ravensilvers.com/blog

Lina Salleh - http://lookykrill.wordpress.com

JY Yang - http://www.misshallelujah.net

Yuen Xiang Hao - http://www.opendiary.com/notkieran

Rosemary Lim - http://www.twotrees.com.sg

Graphic Novelists/ Artists:

Cheeming Boey - http://www.iamboey.com

Max Loh - http://paperperil.tumblr.com

Dr Helen Merrick is senior lecturer in the Department of Internet Studies at Curtain University, she’s taught cyberculture, women's studies and history. In addition to teaching in the Department of Internet Studies, Dr Merrick supervises PhD students, and researches feminist theory, science fiction, feminist science studies, sustainability and online cultures.

In this interview Sean and Helen discuss her book, the current state of Feminist SF and consider what men in the genre, might be able to do help cultivate a healthy respect for female writers and feminist science fiction history.

Thankyou for listening, you may leave audio feedback at https://www.speakpipe.com/Bookonaut, or you may leave written feedback on Facebook, the Podomatic page, or at my blog. Music: Music featured in this podcast is from the song Voodoo Machine by Lavoura downloaded from the Free Music Archive and Licenced under these conditions