Summary: <br> In which letters are written to Octavia Butler.<br> <br> What's New on the Internet? <br> <br> British Fantasy Awards: <a href="http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/winners-of-the-british-fantasy-awards-2016/">Letters to Tiptree won one!</a><br> <br> No Award on <a href="https://no-award.net/2016/10/04/this-again-asian-flavours-in-sff/">Conflux & Asian Flavours in SFF fandom</a>.<br> <br> Octavia project: Octavia Estelle Butler was born on 22 June, 1947, and died in 2006. In celebration of what would have been her 70th birthday in 2017, and in recognition of Butler’s enormous influence on speculative fiction, and African-American literature more generally, Twelfth Planet Press is publishing a selection of letters and essays written by science fiction and fantasy's writers, editors, critics and fans.<br> We are looking for letters addressed to Butler, which should be between 1000 and 1500 words. We are paying 5cpw up to $USD75 for letters, to be paid on publication. We are looking for World First Publication Rights in English, and exclusivity for the first twelve months of publication.<br> <br> Submissions: <a href="https://galactisuburbia.podbean.com/mailto:octaviaproject@twelfthplanetpress.com">octaviaproject@twelfthplanetpress.com</a> <br> <br> More Butler stuff: <a href="https://clockshop.org/project/radio-imagination/">Radio Imagination</a><br> <br> Tansy’s new releases: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bounty-Collection-Tansy-Rayner-Roberts-ebook/dp/B01LZFDAT3/">Bounty</a> (the final <a href="http://fablecroft.com.au/">Fablecroft</a> book) & <a href="http://sheepmightfly.podbean.com/e/unmagical-boy-story-part-1/">Unmagical Boy Story</a><br> <br> <br> CULTURE CONSUMED: <br> <br> Alisa: Jamberry & business training.<br> <br> Alex: so much culture. In particular: just finished Once Upon A Time season 2; <a href="https://randomalex.net/tag/patternmaster/">the Patternmaster series</a>, Octavia Butler; The Starry Rift, James Tiptree Jr; <a href="https://randomalex.net/2016/10/05/goldenhand/">Goldenhand</a>, Garth Nix.<br> <br> Tansy: The Life & Times of Angel Evans, by Meredith Debonnaire; DC Superhero Girls: Hero of the Year; <a href="https://lifewriting.leadpages.co/writing-for-social-justice/">Revolutionary Art: Writing For Social Justice</a> webinar series; Hex - How to Be a Fan on iView; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/771364686312189/">Labyrinth Board Game Facebook page</a>; <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterchayward/draculas-feast-a-monstrous-game-of-secrets-and-ded">Dracula’s Feast</a> on Kickstarter.<br> <br> Please send feedback to us at galacticsuburbia@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter at @galacticsuburbs, check out Galactic Suburbia Podcast on Facebook, support us at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/galacticsuburbia">Patreon</a> and don't forget to leave a review on iTunes if you love us!<br> <br> <br>
