Tag Archives: Kirstyn McDermott

Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #22

March 31, 2011 | News | 2 Comments

How could I forget this? My story, Lavender and Lychgates, from the Sourdough and Other Stories collection has been selected for the latest Mammoth Book of Best New Horror.

#22, no less – longevity much?

The editor is legendary Stephen Jones, and a ToC buddy is the awesome Robert Shearman
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Tagged Everyone's Just So So Special, Kirstyn McDermott, Lavender and Lychgates, Love Song for the Shy and Cynical, madigan mine, Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, sourdough and other stories, tartarus press, tiny deaths |

Ditmars!

March 27, 2011 | News | Leave a comment

The shortlists for this year’s Ditmars have been announced and it’s great to see names like Peter M. Ball, Cat Sparks, Felicity Dowker, Kirstyn McDermott, Jason Fischer et al.

And awesomest of all: three nom-nom-noms for Lisa L. Hannett!!!

Full list is here on the Swancon36
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Tagged cat sparks, ditmars, Felicity Dowker, jason fischer, Kirstyn McDermott, Lisa L Hannett, peter m ball, Swancon36 |

Aurealis Awards Shortlists are Out

March 22, 2011 | News | 1 Comment

Courtesy of the speedy good graces of Dr Tansy Rayner Roberts, the shortlists have been posted here.

I’m so happy to see so many talented friends on the lists! Includes (obviously) Lisa L Hannett, Kirstyn McDermott, Tansy RR, Trent Jamieson, Marianne De Pierres, Dirk Flinthart,
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Tagged Alisa Krasnostein, aurealis awards, dirk flinthart, kaaron warren, Kirstyn McDermott, Lisa L Hannett, margo lanagan, marianne de pierres, sister, sourdough and other stories, Tansy RR, tartarus press, the february dragon, the girl with no hands, ticonderoga publications, trent jamieson |

Ellen Datlow has posted her list of Honorable Mentions and I was lucky enough to get quite a few mentions. Especially happy to have a mention for The February Dragon, the collaboration betwixt moi and Brain. Am also very happy to see mentions for the likes of Robert Shearman, Kaaron Warren, Kirstyn McDermott, Jenny Blackford, Jason Fischer, Felicity Dowker, Dan
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Tagged Andrew McKiernan, Ben Peek, btw, Dan Braum, dirk flinthart, ellen datlow, Felicity Dowker, gary kemble, is the same number Neil Gaiman got. Y’know, jason fischer, just saying…) as well as all the Aussies on the list (Jenny Blackford, kaaron warren, Kirstyn McDermott, L.L. Hannett, liz grzyb, Patty Jensen, RB Russell, robert shearman, the february dragon, ticonderoga publications, who got two nods (which, year's best horror honorable mentions |

In which there is Shadowy Snoopy Dancing

February 25, 2011 | News | 10 Comments

The short list for the 2010 Australian Shadows Award has been released and it’s awesome to see names of some very talented friends there, including Peter M. Ball, Kirstyn McDermott, Liz Gryzb and Felicity Dowker.

I was lucky enough to get two mentions, one in Long Fiction for The Girl with No Hands and Other Stories (Ticonderoga Publications) and one in
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Tagged australian shadows awards, editor Alisa Krasnostein, Felicity Dowker, Kirstyn McDermott, liz gryzb, peter m ball, russell b farr, ticonderoga publications, twelfth planet press |

Have I Mentioned?

January 26, 2011 | News | 2 Comments

The Writer and the Critic podcasts?

Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond talk books.

In a smart fashion.

This week it’s The City and the City and The Windup Girl.

Here.

Go!

Tagged ian mond, Kirstyn McDermott, the city and the city, The Windup Girl., Writer and the Critic |

Oh, Squeeee! At long last: The Twelve Planets

January 22, 2011 | News, Pimping/Promoting!, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Twelfth Planet Press has announced all their authors for the Twelve Planets series you may have seen me talk about here in the past. I’m so excited about the roll call for this project as it is made of awesome with some fabtastic sauce and glittery sprinkles to
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Tagged cat sparks, Deborah Biancotti, kaaron warren, Kirstyn McDermott, lucy sussex, margo lanagan, Narrelle M Harris, Rosaleen Love, Stephanie Campisi, sue isle, tansy rayner roberts, Thoraiya Dyer, twelfth planet press, Twelve Planets |

Huzzah!

August 23, 2010 | News | 11 Comments

And now life is complete:

The Girl With No Hands and Other Tales has arrived.

It has an Intro by legendary Jack Dann, a cover design by the extraordinarily talented Lisa Hannett and Kirstyn McDermott says nice things on the cover . Below, you see it resting on – why, yes, it is resting on an eighteenth
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Tagged jack dann, Kirstyn McDermott, lisa hannett, russell b farr, The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales, ticonderoga publications |

Books, books, books.

August 17, 2010 | News, Pimping/Promoting! | Leave a comment

You know you want books.

QWC is giving you the chance to get books with its two raffles, one general fiction, the other speculative fiction. Oh, and each sack’o’books also contains a brand spanking new copy of the latest Australian Writer’s Marketplace for 2011/2012 – the 11th edition, in fact.

Ze list of books is below, click ze links for more details
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Tagged A Voice of Reason: Reflections on Australia, All Together Dead, An Absence of Saints, Angelo Loukaki, Australian Writer's Marketplace 11th Edition, Beneath Hill 60, Black Mamba Boy, Border Watch, Bret Easton Ellis, Brooklyn, Caledonia Australis, Carmel Bird, Catherine Harris, charlaine harris, Clare McFadden, Club Dead, Colm Toibin, David Malouf, David Remnick, Dead and Gone, Dead as a Doornail, Dead in the Family, Dead to the World, Dead Until Dark, Deborah Foster, Definitely Dead, Don Watson, Duncan Lay, Emily Maguire, Emma Donoghue, From Dead to Worse, Glenda Guest, harpercollins, Helen Young, Home Truth, Houdini’s Flight, Ian Lowe, Illustrado, Imperial Bedrooms, Jostein Gaarder, Kate Howarth, Kate Hunter, Kirsten Tranter, Kirstyn McDermott, Like Being a Wife, Living Dead in Dallas, madigan mine, Maria Tumarkin, Mary Victoria (HarperVoyager), Mary-Ellen Mullane, Miguel Syjuco, Mosquito Advertising, Nadifa Mohamed, Nick Earls, Once on a Road, orion, Otherland, picador, Ransom, Rebecca Skloot, Room, Rosanna Licari, Siddon Rock, Siedmund Siegreich, Smoke in the Room, Stacia Kane, Taming the Beast, Ten Hail Marys, The Book of Emmett, The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama, The Castle in the Pyrenees, The Flying Orchestra, The Gospel According to Luke, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Jacks, The Legacy, The Making of Modern Australia, The People’s Train, The President’s Wife, The Thirty Six, The True Story of Butterfish, The Wounded Guardian, Thea Walsh, Timon’s Flight, Tom Keneally, Unholy Ghosts, UQP, Vintage, Will Davies, William McInnes |

Friday's Drive-by: Jason Nahrung

August 6, 2010 | Drive-by Interviews, News, On Writing: General | 5 Comments

Jason Nahrung is the other half of an Aussie spec-fic writing duo – the other half is Kirstyn McDermott. I’d love to say that, as a duo, they dress up at night and fight crime, but
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Tagged bram stoker, dracula, drive-by interview, gothic, hachette, jason nahrung, Kirstyn McDermott, the darkness within, vampires in a sunburnt country |

Tag Archives: Kirstyn McDermott

Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #22

Ditmars!

Aurealis Awards Shortlists are Out

Woot – Honorable Mentions

In which there is Shadowy Snoopy Dancing

Have I Mentioned?

Oh, Squeeee! At long last: The Twelve Planets

Huzzah!

Books, books, books.

Friday's Drive-by: Jason Nahrung

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