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The Dark Man, By Referral nominated for award.

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Chuck McKenzie: Upcoming Events

Daft Notions is scheduled to sell their titles at the following upcoming Australian events in 2024, with author Chuck McKenzie on hand to sign books.

Chuck McKenzie Interviewed on 3CR

Photos from the launch of 'Conversations With My Cat' at Mary Martin Bookshop, Queen Victoria Markets, Melbourne.

Launch of Conversations with My Cat

Photos from the launch of 'Conversations With My Cat' at Mary Martin Bookshop, Queen Victoria Markets, Melbourne.

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Just one more day until Continuum 16: Reboot! Be sure to drop by and pick up signed copies of The Dark Man, By Referral and Less Pleasant Tales and Conversations With My Cat. I'll also be flapping my gums on a couple of panels: The Age of Entitled Fans on Saturday, and the Doctor Who-themed Time and Relative Panels in Space on Sunday: see the Continuum program for full details.

https://continuum.org.au/

Continuum 16: Reboot
17-19 May, 2024 at Hotel Jasper
489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.

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Continuum 16: Reboot
62nd NatCon

After a germ-induced hiatus, we are delighted to announce that Continuum is returning to Melbourne, bigger and brighter than ever.

Continuum 16: Reboot will be held 17-19 May, 2024 at Hotel Jasper, 489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.

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NEXT EVENT!

Continuum 16: Reboot.
17-19 May, 2024 at Hotel Jasper, 489 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.

Daft Notions and All In The Edit will be attending Continuum this weekend to flog their wares. Sarah from @its.allintheedit will be on hand to discuss proofreading and other author services, while author Chuck McKenzie will have copies of The Dark Man, By Referral and Less Pleasant Tales and Conversations With My Cat for sale and signing (the latter also pre-signed by MacReady McKenzie), along with books from @clandestinepress @kylaleeward and others.

On Saturday night, we'll also be attending the ceremony for the 2023 Aurealis Awards, for which 'The Dark Man, By Referral' has been nominated for Best Fantasy Short Story. We'd like to take this opportunity to wish all fellow nominees the very best of luck!

If you're attending Continuum, be sure to swing by the Traders' Room and say hi!

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Another great review on Goodreads!

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So next week I'll be attending Continuum 16 in Melbourne, and it occurred to me that - as I'll not only be selling books, but also attending panels, and possibly even participating in or running certain program events - that I really needed something to put on my trader table when I'm off doing stuff to let potential customers know I'll be back soon.
Ripley had a bright idea...

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'Sup? Feed me!

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SUPANOVA 2024!

All done and dusted. Sold many books, and even managed to sneak in an OG Master cosplay on Day 2 of @supanovaexpo Melbourne (for reasons, with a further pic to be posted!). My tablemate, Sarah from All In The Edit, got to chat to a bunch of people about her editing and proofreading services. The giant banner of MacReady attracted a huge amount of attention, as I'd hoped, and some of the interactions with readers and/or cat enthusiasts alike prompted me to make the following list (with genuine numbers reported):

* Number of people who said they'd spotted the cat banner from the far end of the pavillion, and just *had* to cone over: 197
* No. people who stopped solely to talk about their cats: 126
* No. people who talked to me specifically about their ginger cats: 52
* No. people who showed me videos/ pics of their cats: 37
* No. people who actually *screamed* 'OMG A CAT!' when they spotted the banner: 5
* No. people who asked if I had any dog-related books: 3
* No. people who were more interested in my horror collection than my cat book: 41
* No. people who assumed Conversations With My Cat was a nonfiction book about how to communicate with cats: 1
* No. people who stopped solely because I was cosplaying The Master: 12
* No. people who were genuinely annoyed that I hadn't brought MacReady along, and to whom I had to explain that I couldn't force him to do a damned thing: 23

All in all, it was a brilliant convention. Can't wait for the next convention: Continuum 16, May 17-19, Melbourne.

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SUPANOVA UPDATE!

Exciting news (for us), as the Daft Notions / All in the Edit display for Supanova Melbourne has been shifted to table 162a (see pic) in Artists Alley, which is far more accessible, so you won't need to fight the crowds quite so hard to visit us! And since we now have so much extra space, we've installed a Kitten Kong-sized MacReady to accompany us.

So. Drop by to see us sometime over the weekend, grab a copy of Conversations With My Cat or The Dark Man, By Referral and Less Pleasant Tales (or both!), ask about All In The Edit's editing and proofreading services, get a pic taken with MacReady, and be sure to tag us on Instagram at @chuck.mckenzie.author or @conversations.with.my.cat
Or we'll send Ripley round 'to have a word'.

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