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Alison Croggon
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The Australian Poetry Library, a site run from the University of Sydney, is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Australian poetry. It features hundreds of poems, biographies and further reading on a wide selection of Australian poets, and has a goodly selection of mine (although none from my most recent collections). This week they've made me feature poet, and they interviewed me, wh...
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The Naming (The Books of Pellinor, #1)
— published 2002 — 27 editions |
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The Riddle (The Books of Pellinor, #2)
— published 2004 — 24 editions |
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The Singing (Pellinor, #4)
— published 2008 — 19 editions |
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The Crow (Pellinor, #3)
— published 2006 — 24 editions |
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The Books of Pellinor
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Black Spring
— published 2012 — 4 editions |
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The Friendship
— published 2012 |
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O Dom (As Crónicas de Pellinor, Livro 1 - Volume II)
by Alison Croggon (Goodreads Author), Irene Daun e Lorena , Nuno Daun e Lorene |
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O Dom (As Crónicas de Pellinor, Livro 1 - Volume I)
by Alison Croggon (Goodreads Author), Irene Daun e Lorena , Nuno Daun e Lorena |
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Attempts at Being
— published 2002 — 2 editions |
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Today’s post is on “The Crow” by Alison Croggon and it is the third book of Pellinor. It is 511 pages long including maps, notes, and appendices. It is published by Candlewick Press. The cover has the three main characters on it with Hem, who has... " Read more of this review » |
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My poetry-reading ego likes Croggon's poetry, so I thought I'd give these a go with my genre-fiction id. This first in the series is a very traditional epic fantasy, with lots of nods to Tolkien but a more modern sensibility (which in itself owes...
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This book scared me so deeply I put the book downwards so I couldn't see the face of the witch on the cover. I don't know if I can look at the front cover again- this book, whilst I was reading it, was far from scary and also, amazingly good with...
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"It has to be sold, edited and published, but first I have to finish it. I wouldn't hold your breath! But thanks for being excited by the long range pr...more
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“We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.”
― Alison Croggon
― Alison Croggon
“Love is one of the true mysteries,' he said at last. 'The truest and the deepest of all. One thing, Maerad: to love is never wrong. It may be disastrous; it may never be possible; it may be the deepest agony. But it is never wrong.”
― Alison Croggon, The Riddle
― Alison Croggon, The Riddle
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Thank you for being an amazing author! I have read the books of Pellinor multiple times and I still enjoy every word :)
Thanks Alison for friending,Please check out Me and Her: A Memoir of Madness,
A Teachers gutsy story of harassment, mental breakdown & Recovery.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Cheers,
Karen
Hi Allison - yes, a new book, Black Spring, is finished and forthcoming. But it will be a while before it's actually published.
I loved your Pellinor series! Are you ever going to write anything new? Or do you already have a new book out and have I just missed it...?Thanks! :)
Hi Adrianja! Delighted to hear that you like the Pellinor books. Being a mod is above and beyond the call of duty.
Many thanks, Amanda! Struggling along now with another Pellinor book, and it's very encouraging to hear.