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in New Zealand

gender

male

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http://www.paulhaines.com

genre

Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories

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stephen king, peter straub, irvine welsh, iain banks, harlan ellison

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January 2010

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Paul Haines was raised in the 1970s in the wrong part of Auckland, New Zealand and moved to Australia in the 1990s. Having vowed to never call it home, he now lives in Melbourne with his wife and daughter.

His first two collections were shortlisted for Australian speculative fiction awards, and one of them managed to nab the New Zealand award for Best Collection and the other the Australian Ditmar for Best Collection. His third collection is due out in 2010.

Paul survived the inaugural Clarion South in 2004 and has won the Aurealis, Ditmar and Sir Julius Vogel awards for his writing.

Lately he has been fighting cancer...

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paulhaines @ 2012-03-21T18:54:00

Mmm, having trouble with Paul's live journal. Will repost:

A NZ memorial service for Paul will be held on 1st April, 1pm at the Tairua Rugby Clubrooms, 5 Tokoroa Rd, Tairua on the Coromandel Peninsula. Friends and family welcome. Once again, donations in lieu of flowers please to The Gawler Foundation www.gawler.org

On behalf of Isla, myself and Paul's family, we'd like to thank you all for your... Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.39 · 108 ratings · 34 reviews · 12 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Last Days of Kali Yuga 4.71 of 5 stars 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slice of Life 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doorways For The Dispossessed 2.75 of 5 stars 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction by Anna Caro (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Juliet Buchanan (Editor), Ripley Patton (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.54 of 5 stars 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sprawl by Alisa Krasnostein (Goodreads Author) (editor), Liz Argall (Goodreads Author), Pete Kempshall 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	X6: A Novellanthology by Keith Stevenson (Goodreads Author) (editor), Margo Lanagan, Terry Dowling 4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scenes from the Second Storey by Amanda Pillar (Goodreads Author) (editor), Pete Kempshall (editor), Kaaron Warren (Goodreads Author) 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 by Liz Grzyb (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Talie Helene (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sara Douglass 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Australian Dark Fantasy & Horror 2007 by Angela Challis (Editor), Deborah Biancotti (Goodreads Author), Simon Brown 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cock: Adventures In Masculinity by Keith Stevenson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Stephen Dedman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Chris Lawson (Contributor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Paul Haines wrote a new blog post paulhaines @ 2012-03-21T18:43:00 A NZ memorial service for Paul will be held on 1st April, 1pm at the Tairua Rugby Clubrooms, 5 Tokoroa Rd, Tairua on the Coromandel Peninsula. Frie... Read more of this blog post »
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Paul Haines rated a book 4 of 5 stars Post Everything: Outsider Rock and Roll by Luke Haines	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Paul Haines rated a book 3 of 5 stars Getting to Know You by David Marusek (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Paul Haines rated a book 5 of 5 stars Mr. X by Peter Straub (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Paul Haines rated a book 3 of 5 stars Jake's Long Shadow by Alan Duff	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Paul Haines rated a book 4 of 5 stars What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (Once were warriors trilogy, #2) by Alan Duff	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Paul Haines rated a book 4 of 5 stars Once Were Warriors by Alan Duff	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Paul Haines rated a book 1 of 5 stars A Song of Stone by Iain Banks	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road are two of my favourite novels of all time. I got to the halfway point of this novel before giving up. Very bored. Very very bored.
Jan 28, 2012 02:11pm · see review
Paul Haines made a comment on Bram Stoker Preliminary Ballot "Reaching out from beyond life, he was!"
Jan 28, 2012 02:09pm · see blog post
Paul Haines rated a book 3 of 5 stars I am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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