Tag Archives: Vigil
Locus Awards Finalists
I’m delighted to see that Vigil has made the list of finalists for the 2017 Locus Awards! Great to see so many friends with wonderful books there too!
FIRST NOVEL
The Reader, Traci Chee (Putnam)
Waypoint Kangaroo, Curtis Chen (Dunne)
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Review of Vigil
A lovely podcasty review of Vigil by Madeleine D’Este!
Merci mille fois, Madeleine – perfectly timed in the lead-up to Corpselight’s release.
Boonah Writers Festival
Art by Kathleen Jennings
Okay, this is where I’ll be this week: the Boonah Writers Festival, along with the likes of Nick Earls and Mary-Rose MacColl.
From 9.45am – 10.45am I’ll be talking about the psychology
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Ditmar Shortlists
White fox by Kathleen Jennings
The Ditmar shortlists are out and I’m happy to say that Vigil and Finnegan’s Field both scored a spot.
Vigil is listed for Best Novel and Finnegan’s Field for Best Novella/Novelette.
And in very good company
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Aurealis Awards Shortlist!
And the shortlists for the Aurealis Awards (for 2016 works) has been released.
I’m delighted to have five nominations, and I’m extra delighted to be in such great company on these lists!
BEST HORROR SHORT STORY
“The Red Forest”, Angela Slatter (Winter Children and
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Ditmars
So, just in case you were wondering, my eligible Ditmar works:
Short Stories
“Finnegan’s Field”, at Tor.com, Ellen Datlow (ed.), January 2016.
“Change Management”, in Dead Letters, Conrad Williams (ed.), Titan Books, April 2016.
“Tin Soldier”, Dark Discoveries Magazine, Aaron J. French (ed.) Issue
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2016 Locus Recommended Reading List
Woohoo!
Both Vigil and A Feast of Sorrows: Stories have berths on the Locus Recommended Reading List for 2016!
And now we dance the dance of joy.
Working on …
… getting The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales finished by the end of January before I start on the third and final Verity Fassbinder book, Restoration.
Here’s a sample from one of the The Tallow-Wife tales, “Embers and Ash”. Keen-eyed readers will
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2016 Productivity
Just to remind myself that I did achieve stuff last year (and just in case anyone’s curious), here’s the list of the writing things I did/produced/appeared at in 2016.
Novel:
Vigil (Jo Fletcher Books, July 2016)
Short Story Collections:
A Feast of Sorrows (Prime)
Winter
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Supanova in RAdelaide!!!
Woohoo! Supanova the Second – for me at least.
With my fellow authors (scribblers!) Maria Lewis, Jane Abbott, Alison Goodman and Alan Baxter, I’ll be at the SupaAuthors’ table, signing stuff, tallying redheads (Jane has a theory, we’re testing it),
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