Over the last few weeks, in the lead up to the launch of our Kaleidoscope campaign, I’ve also had my head buried in my PhD candidacy proposal. I wanted to write a bit about some of the problems, trends, and questions I’ve been exploring for that proposal. Over the next three years, I plan to study the potential for politics in publishing. It’s something I have a deep personal interest in as a small publisher whose books are not...
Read MoreI asked Sue Isle to talk a bit about Nightsiders, which was the very first volume in the Twelve Planets series, because it perfectly represents the kind of stories we’re looking for in Kaleidoscope. Nightsiders captures, to me, the core of what science fiction tries to do – act as a sounding bell to warn us off going down a bad path. Nightsiders is set in a post climate change apocalypse in my home town Perth, Western Australia and...
Read MoreVylar Kaftan is a Nebula-nominated writer, whose work is smart and feminist and lush. We were very excited when she sent us a story we both loved for Kaleidoscope. Here’s what she has to say about it. __________________ When I heard about Kaleidoscope, I knew I wanted to be part of it. A kaleidoscope finds its beauty from the whole, in the unified picture. Without it, we’ve just got scattered pieces of plastic. Even as a...
Read MoreWe started working on Kaleidoscope because we wanted to foster diversity in YA and SF. This is something we think is larger than our one project, so we’re also inviting others who care about diversity in genre to share some of their thoughts. Today we welcome Sherwood Smith and Rachel Manija Brown to talk about the importance of escape for everyone. ____________________ I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of...
Read MoreWe’re about halfway through our fundraising period now (GIANT THANKS to all our lovely backers!), and many people have asked how this project came to be. Today, Alisa is sharing her project creation journey: We started working on the Kaleidoscope project over a year ago now. I remember driving around on a Saturday afternoon, running my errands and listening to an episode of one of my favourite podcasts – The Outer...
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