Tag Archives: Dirk Flinthart

Raring to ROR…

by admin Posted on January 18, 2012

As some of you might know our ROR writing group gets together every 12 – 18 months to critique our books in progress. Back in 2001 at the first ROR we read Margo Lanagan’s Black Juice anthology and wept over … Continue reading →

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RORees appear on the Aurealis Awards Final Lists

by admin Posted on March 26, 2011

Well, it’s that time of year again and the finalists for the Aurealis Awards have been announced.  (See here for the Press Release with the full list). But for now I’m going to do the  Happy Dance for my fellow … Continue reading →

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Meet Dirk Flinthart …

by admin Posted on December 28, 2010

Way back when the VISION writing group was in its infancy, Dirk Flinthart walked into a session and life has never been the same since.  I think of Dirk as the Greenman of pagan mythology. Larger than life and full … Continue reading →

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A round up of what the RORees are up to …

by admin Posted on October 12, 2010

For no particular reason, Trent’s going first. Trent has just handed in book three of his trilogy and is madly doing the edits on book one. And while we’re talking about Trent, here’s a review of his latest book, Death … Continue reading →

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