07 October 2008

News from the Harbinger team

First of all, a big thank you!
We are starting to see a gradual flow of submissions to Harbinger, which is warming our hearts! It's always good to see work start to come in. Thanks to those who have submitted their stuff so far; we'll be getting back to you in due course.

It's been great to see that lots of the submissions have been artwork! Bring on the artists, baby; they need all the help they can get. Of course, if we end up with a 'literary' journal that is more art than literature, we might need to redefine ourselves. It is exciting though; the internet is such a fluid medium that you can reinvent yourself as many times as you need to.

Call for book reviewers & books to be reviewed
Speaking of which we are still calling for book reviewers but we are also sending out a call today for indie authors and indie press who want their books reviewed to drop us a line. We are hoping to get a nice little band of quality critics together with some quality literature to review.

If you want to join our ranks as a critic, you need to prove to us that you're capable, which means sending links of your work to us to scrutinise.

The Harbinger team does not review every single book that we receive, primarily because we've had some shockers. It is entirely up to our discretion what gets reviewed and what doesn't - so if you send us your book you need patience, grasshopper.

Harbinger is now listed at Duotrope
In the latest happy news, our journal is now listed over at Duotrope's Digest. The Digest is a huge database of current markets in fiction, poetry, anthologies and so on. The best thing about this is that you can record your response rate over there, so that other people know how lovely Harbinger is. What a beautiful place, is the web? Magnificent!

Keep your work coming in!
So, we'll leave you now to your happy scribblings. Stay tuned for the next instalment of Harbinger which, we hope, won't be far away.

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21 September 2008

Harbinger now open for business

Harbinger Journal is now back up and open for business! We have a new domain (http://harbinger.brascoebooks.com.au) and new contact details (harbinger@brascoebooks.com.au) - which we are in the process of updating across the site - and a new way of working.

Please visit our site for more information on how Harbinger works these days.

Vacancy
We also have a vacancy for a book reviewer. We don't get books to review very often, but we do have one in the house right now. If you are keen, send us your details (with copies of, or links to, your work) and we'll be in touch.

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02 September 2008

Harbinger will be live again in a couple of weeks

Hey everyone

We are in the process of updating and upgrading our website to reflect the new ways in which Harbinger will function as an online journal. This is likely to take us a couple of weeks, but within that timeframe we will have a new, sparkling and wonderful journal for you all.

Stay tuned for more news - it ain't long now!

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