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Alex Stronach

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Alexander Stronach (Kāi Tahu) is an author and editor from Wellington, New Zealand. A graduate of the Iowa Summer Prose Workshop, he writes fiction, poetry, and tech-focussed non-fiction, and his speculative fiction novel The Dawnhounds has just been named Best Novel at the 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards.

Not a self-improvement book for MRAs (Design: Tina Tiller)

Reader, there are tentacles: A review of the paranormal queer novella set at Otago Uni

In which a writhing, boundless fragment of the void meets a funny, broad-shouldered Kiwi lesbian and reifies out of sheer desire.

By Alex Stronach | 18th September, 2022

NK Jemisin (Photo: Laura Hanifin; Design: Tina Tiller)

Where the magic comes from: an interview with fantasy writer NK Jemisin

Interview includes but is not limited to: cheese, goatse, and the controversial use of second-person.

By Alex Stronach | 10th February, 2022

(Design: Tina Tiller)

Some things need to burn: A review of Taranaki horror novel Butcherbird

It's the most distinctive cover of the year – a novel wrapped in screaming, electric green. The ghost story inside is just as intense.

By Alex Stronach | 28th October, 2021

The Dawnhounds, as published last year – look out for a new cover when Simon & Schuster releases an updated version in 2022 (Image: Supplied)

The novel that bloomed in the night

What does it feel like when you land a major book deal?

By Alex Stronach | 30th August, 2021

Casey, photographed by her husband after a party (Photo: Morghan Lucas-Quaid)

An interview with Casey Lucas, moments before the avalanche hits

On ice hockey, geologic time, growing up queer in Utah – and falling in love at Queenstown airport.

By Alex Stronach | 28th February, 2021

A section of the splendid cover of Monsters in the Garden (Cover art: Rodney Smith)

Fiction of the little breaches: A review of Monsters in the Garden

Magic is always just around the corner in this collection of local sci-fi and fantasy.

By Alex Stronach | 17th November, 2020

(Image: Tina Tiller)

Aotearoa is not Middle-earth

Middle Earth has been clinging to Aotearoa for nearly 20 years. It's time to push the two apart.

By Alex Stronach | 3rd September, 2020

‘Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space!’ – NZ author Tamsyn Muir and her novel, Gideon the Ninth

‘Queer lives are not just one big scar’ – welcoming the sci-fi revolution

Sascha Stronach's new book The Dawnhounds, shortlisted for the 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Award, is about queer folk who refuse to "die pretty".

By Alex Stronach | 24th November, 2019

Erica Anderson, aka sputina, at Kawaiicon (Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner via Flickr)

From bogans to bubble tea: The Wellington hacker war that wasn’t

What's the once staunchly metal hacker convention Kiwicon doing swapping skulls for stuffed toys, and what's the deal with the new con on the block?

By Alex Stronach | 11th November, 2019

The Zoom video conferencing exploit that sends ninja waiters into your home

The Zoom video conferencing exploit that sends ninja waiters into your home

A vulnerability has hit users everywhere, New Zealand included, and it reveals something very troubling about the way the tech world works.

By Alex Stronach | 16th July, 2019