Biography

Farr was born in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications

Ticonderoga Publications

Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996 and now run by Farr and Liz Grzyb. The publisher specialises in collections of science fiction short stories.-History and current:...

 publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman

Stephen Dedman

Stephen Dedman is an Australian author of dark fantasy and science fiction stories and novels.-Biography:...

. In 1999 Farr created the online journal Ticonderoga Online, which in 2006 won the Ditmar Award

Ditmar Award

The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...

 best fanzine. In 2008 Farr won the Ditmar Award for best collected work as the editor of the anthology Fantastic Wonder Stories. He also won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best collection

Aurealis Award for best collection

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...

 as the editor of Sean Williams' collection Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams. Farr as a writer has published over 100 stories articles, reviews and essays. He now lives in Northam

Northam, Western Australia

Northam is a town in Western Australia, situated at the confluence of the Avon and Mortlock Rivers, about north-east of Perth in the Avon Valley. At the 2006 census, Northam had a population of 6,009. Northam is the largest town in the Avon region...

, Western Australia.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result
2004	Ditmar Award Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...	No Award	Best fanzine	Nomination
2006	Ditmar Award	Ticonderoga Online	Best fanzine	Won
2007	Ditmar Award	—	Professional achievement	Nomination
2008	Aurealis Award Aurealis Award Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...	Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams (with Sean Williams. Farr as editor)	Best collection Aurealis Award for best collection The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...	Won
	Ditmar Award	—	Professional achievement	Nomination
	Ditmar Award	Fantastic Wonder Stories (as editor)	Best collected work	Won
	Ditmar Award	The Workers' Paradise (with Nick Evans as editors)	Best collected work	Nomination

Anthologies

As editor:

• Fantastic Wonder Stories (2007)
• The Workers' Paradise (2007, co-edited with Nick Evans)
• Belong (2010)

Collections

As editor:

• Antique Futures: The Best of Terry Dowling (1999, co-editor)
• Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams (2008)

Essays

• Afterword - Imagining Troy (2006) in Troy (a collection by Simon Brown)
• Where There is the Fantastic, There is Wonder (2007) in Fantastic Wonder Stories

External links

• Ticonderoga Publications