You an see the original article by Ben Anderson here, from the West Australian newspaper, about all the West Australians who were shortlisted for the awards. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
THE STORMLORD series (aka THE WATERGIVERS) is on the Sara Douglass Award shortlist. This is the inaugural award, in honour of one of Australia’s great fantasy writers, who made it huge on the international stage, and died far too young. … Continue reading
THE DITMAR are reader voted awards, open to Australian authors/artists and voted upon by the Australia National Science Fiction Convention attendees. Last year’s award for Best Novel was the plaque (see pix to the right), which was awarded to THE … Continue reading
A first for my garden: a Western Bearded Dragon Pogona minor This one was about 10″ long (25cm) — most of which was tail! … Continue reading
Dragon Wine Book 1: Shatterwing by Donna Maree Hanson is free in e-book for a short time. As part of spreading the word about Shatterwing, Donna is doing a blog tour and offering a give–away of a hard copy … Continue reading
My husband battles blustery Glasgow weather in Kelvingrove Park… … Continue reading
Before I get on to some suggestions of non-Australian fantasy writers below, here’s the cover of my next book, which will be published mid-April, worldwide. This is the final book in The Forsaken Lands trilogy. While you are waiting for … Continue reading
AT THE NEW YORK SCREENING REMEMBER: USA release is over the Thanksgiving Weekend. In Australia, alas, mid-March. This is more a buddy movie than a horror one; it is also very funny, and of course, as the director is … Continue reading
I really don’t get this whole thing about not reading reviews of one’s own books. To me, that’s like writing into a vacuum. Most of us novel authors write because we love to create a story* — few would do … Continue reading
TWO THINGS: The Fall of the Dagger, the third and last book of The Forsaken Lands trilogy, now has a set publication date: 19th April 2016 (USA) and 21st April 2016 (UK). And the MIRAGE MAKERS trilogy is now available … Continue reading
