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Margaret M MacDonald

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New Literary Voices

Here is a little snippet of what I discussed at the New Literary Voices event at Stanton Library in North Sydney on August 5th 2025. Hoping to chat with more audiences and field lots more interesting and engaging questions in the near future.

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From the Event Bulletin:

On Tuesday 5 August Stanton Library hosted the inaugural event of their local writers’ program, New Literary Voices in North Sydney, a program developed with local writers to support local writers. It was a very successful evening, with three local writers talking about their books. Writers were Arek Sinanian who talked about his thriller Art of Deception, Rosalie Horner talked about her historical fiction book Waltzing Mathilde Letters to a little girl and Margaret M. MacDonald talked about her book Pursuing Echoes the third book in a six-part science fiction series she is writing. Forty people attended the event and really enjoyed this new format and concept. The writers did a great job which is reflected in the audience’s feedback.

“I thought it was excellent. Interesting authors with different genres made it more enjoyable and made me think. 15 minutes was the perfect amount of time + question time.”

“There was a good spread of topics, great insight into the creative process and some useful rules to follow.”

“It was excellent”

 
 
tags: Interview, The Phoenix Effect, Events, Book Series
categories: Writing, Press
Tuesday 08.12.25
Posted by Margaret M. MacDonald
 

What to voice as a voice?

Self Promotion is one of my biggest dreads. BUT, once I’m in front other humans, I can talk excitedly, endlessly, and somewhat eloquently, about my work.

I’m happy to have an opportunity to do that very thing with two other local authors as part of another wonderful event hosted by Stanton Library.

 
 

Of course… now that means I have to figure out what to talk about.

How do I take topics I could blab about for hours and narrow them down to an informative yet entertaining “segment”? Which part of which book can I read without betraying my dyslexic tendency to stumble through my words like they’ve been tossed into a ball pit? And of course this also comes with the challenge of doing my part to fill the audience.

Oh no… Self Promotion.

Okay, I’ll make this one as simple and painless as possible.

Please join us for what is sure to be an informative, entertaining and free event on Tuesday August 5th at 6pm.

Hopefully I would have figured out what to talk about by then 🤓

 
 

Image thanks to @schulzmuseum

 
tags: The Phoenix Effect, Interview
categories: Writing, Press
Wednesday 07.09.25
Posted by Margaret M. MacDonald
 

Interview - Writing, Filmmaking and the Delights of Science Fiction

I recently had the privilege of chatting with Simon Foster, the Director of Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival. I had a chance to talk about The Phoenix Effect book series and answer some frequently asked questions about the story, the world and the inspiration that brought it into being.

I also had the chance to talk about filmmaking, world building, genre blending and the drive to create. In other words, topics I love and could blab about endlessly. Fortunately, I managed to keep it under half an hour. Check out the interview!

Watch Margaret's YouTube Interview with Simon Foster of the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival

tags: Interview, Film Festival, Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival 2024
categories: Writing, Filmmaking, Press
Wednesday 09.04.24
Posted by Margaret M. MacDonald