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'Despite the dead body found on the first page, and one of the narrators being a hard-bitten PI, ‘When we have wings’ is not your classic crime novel. It could have many labels: speculative fiction,…

A review from the Sisters in Crime Australia website: Despite the dead body found on the first page, and one of the narrators being a hard-bitten PI, ‘When we have wings’ is not your classic crime…

We need to grow up, stop shirking our responsibility and manage our power: The tipping point study in Nature: David Roberts at Grist quoting Christopher Mims: 'He frames things this way: The Earth…

Panel: Splicing Genres Friday 16:00 (60 Minutes) Backyard Speculation Saturday 10:00 (60 Minutes) Humanity Enhanced Saturday 15:00 (60 Minutes) Readings Saturday 16:00 (60 Minutes)Claire Corbett,…

These gorgeous images of flower tower gardens in the sky designed by architect Tsvetan Toshkov remind me of the floating forests and parks in the SkyNation chapter of When We Have Wings.

Panel: Splicing Genres Friday 16:00 until Friday 17:00 (60 Minutes) Jane Routley, Jenny Blackford, Lisa Hannett, Claire Corbett, Rjurik Davidson Fantasy murder mysteries, horror spy novels, science…

It's the National Year of Reading 2012 and each month has been given a theme. June is Dream. I've had many comments from readers that When We Have Wings gives them vivid flying dreams. Seems the…

This was a classy event put on by the Australian Society of Authors to celebrate the fifth annual Barbara Jefferis Award. Anna Funder won for her novel All That I Am. Congratulations Anna.

From the BJA judges' report: Claire Corbett: When We Have Wings (Allen & Unwin) This unusual and original novel evokes a futuristic world as seen by 'fliers', people who find ways to acquire wings…

I have a Russian publishing deal! Appropriately enough, I found out just before attending the SWF screening of Stalker, the Tarkovsky film, introduced by the witty and lovely Geoff Dyer. Of course I…