I’ve been quietly following the women and SF discussion at Torque Control and plan to write my list of potential classics over the weekend. Here are some that have been posted so far:

Liviu Suciu’s list from over at Fantasy Book Critic:

Spirit, Gwyneth Jones
The Year of Our War, Steph Swainston
The Etched City, KJ Bishop
Chaos Space, Marianne de Pierres
The Alchemy of Stone, Ekaterina Sedia
Principles of Angels Jaine Fenn
Darkland, Liz Williams
Daughters of the North/The Carhullan Army, Sarah Hall
Spin State, Chris Moriarty
Banner of Souls, Liz Williams

And Tansy Rayner Roberts from TRR.com:

Bold as Love, Gwyneth Jones
The Time Traveller’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
Farthing, Jo Walton
Nylon Angel, Marianne de Pierres
Passage, Connie Willis
Lavinia, Ursula Le Guin
Less Than Human, Maxine McArthur
Fallen Gods, Kate Orman (and Jonathan Blum, but I still want to count it)
The Empress of Mars, Kage Baker
Carnival, Elizabeth Bear
Spirit, Gwyneth Jones
New Amsterdam, Elizabeth Bear
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Blackout/All Clear, Connie Willis
Lifelode, Jo Walton

Glitter Rose has its own place on the web. Please visit and leave a comment. I’ve chosen a very simple format to showcase the beautiful illustrations. Review copies are available still.

Conquest was an intimate, well run convention held at the Park Regis last weekend. It was lovely to see some familiar faces and catch up with friends. Got to talk fandom with Julie Gormly in the dealers room and sold several copies of Glitter Rose and Dark Space. My talk centred aroud the business of writing and was followed by a panel with other guests, KC (Kylie Chan aka pocket rocket), Cory Daniells, Andrew Warrilow and Trent Jamieson. We waxed lyrical about the things that had fed our imagination over the years. I had to dash off but the other stayed and gave workshops and more talks. Thanks to Debbie and Leo and the Julli collective who kept the con afloat this year and did a wonderful job. I highly recommend you attend next year.

In other news, I did an interview with 3RPP today as Marianne Delacourt and will post links when it’s going to air.

I’m also working on my blog post for Helen Lowe, whose new book has just been launched by Orbit. That post will be up in the next week. Make sure you check out Helen’s new book, everyone is raving about it!