Tag Archives: the bitterwood bible and other recountings
Reminder: Goodreads Competition
Just a reminder, my Goodreads competition will close in a couple of days. You can win:
1 x hardcover of Sourdough and Other Stories
1 x hardcover of The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings
1 x limited edition bookbag with art by Kathleen
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Aurealis Awards Shortlists are GO!
The shortlists for the Aurealis Awards are out and there are some wonderful works nominated.
I’m truly grateful and humble to have six noms this year.
“St Dymphna’s School for Poison Girls” and “The Badger Bride” are up for Best Fantasy Short Story along with
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The Bitterwood Posts: The Badger Bride
Kathleen’s Badgers
I love badgers – yes, I know all the arguments against them, the great list of their sins – but I love them all the same. I’ve also always loved transformation stories, but they’re generally run along
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The Bitterwood Posts: The Maiden in the Ice
The Maiden in the Ice
Her boots are stout, the winter ones, with tiny ridges of metal embedded in the soles to clutch at the slippery surface, and she moves quickly with the light cautious step of a fox approaching a
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The Writer and the Critic: new casting of the pod
The lovely Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond have released their latest 
episode of The Writer and the Critic.
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Over at The Place of Marianne De Pierres
There’s a lovely review of The Bitterwood Bible by Joelene Pynonnen!
A group of girls study at a school for assassins, preparing for their wedding nights when they will kill their grooms. A lonely coffin maker finds
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Extract from The Bitterwood Bible at Tor.com!
Because apparently I live there now! No, really, last one, I promise. 🙂
The extract is from “The Maiden in the Ice”, with art from Kathleen Jennings.
“The Maiden in the Ice”
Rikke does not like crossing the ice.
Even during the harshest of
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The Weekend Australian reviews The Bitterwood Bible
Much excitement here this morning to find that George Williams has reviewed The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings in The Weekend Australian‘s arts section. Much dancing and running in circles making loud noises. Or, you know, something more dignified.
FANS of fantasy
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Schlock talks to Kathleen Jennings
My favourite illustrator chats with Schlock Magazine about art, creating and agonising.
How do your creative processes differ when you’re working on art or writing, if there is any?
In writing, I write then agonise. In illustration, I agonise, then draw. The
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SF Signal reveiws The Bitterwood Bible
The wonderful Haralambi Markov has reviewed The Bitterwood Bible over at SF Signal.
MY REVIEW:
PROS: Exquisite prose; a shared world where the stories bleed into each other to establish a vibrant and sprawling mythology; complex portrayal
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