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August 21, 2013
Sea Hearts is CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers
I was very honoured to receive this medal from the Children's Book Council of Australia for Sea Hearts, in Canberra on Friday, at a well-attended ceremony including several classes of schoolchildren.
A complete list of winners and honour books is over here.
A complete list of winners and honour books is over here.
July 5, 2013
Galactic Chat 20, avec moi
Over here, Sean Wright and I cover a lot of ground in our Galactic Chat. Have a listen?
June 28, 2013
My Readercon schedule
Here's what I'm doing at Readercon in Boston, a couple of weekends from now.
FRIDAY 12 July:
12 noon How I Wrote The Brides of Rollrock Island
1pm Speculative Poetry Workshop. With Mike Allen (leader) and Alex Dally MacFarlane. "Come prepared to write," this one said, but it looks as if I'm supposed to do something in the way of panelising? Which is alarming, because I've written precisely one
FRIDAY 12 July:
12 noon How I Wrote The Brides of Rollrock Island
1pm Speculative Poetry Workshop. With Mike Allen (leader) and Alex Dally MacFarlane. "Come prepared to write," this one said, but it looks as if I'm supposed to do something in the way of panelising? Which is alarming, because I've written precisely one
June 15, 2013
Shake the Skyline, "Tender Morsels"
How wonderful is this? Shake the Skyline tweeted me, "hey, i loved tender morsels and wrote a song inspired by it! i hope you like it"
And I did! And I do!
"one prayed to the moon to release her
the other, both daughter and sister, she stayed
a lonely decade in the 'perfect' world her mother made
she stayed
"run away into your heaven girl
i hope you have to never know
the secrets of the
And I did! And I do!
"one prayed to the moon to release her
the other, both daughter and sister, she stayed
a lonely decade in the 'perfect' world her mother made
she stayed
"run away into your heaven girl
i hope you have to never know
the secrets of the
May 16, 2013
US and UK editions of Yellowcake
US edition
My short story collection Yellowcake came out in the US this week, to some very nice starry reviews! "These are stories worth hungering for. Cut yourself a thick slice," said Cate Fricke in her review (click the "nice" link) while kind Sarah Potvin (click "very") said, "...if everyone wrote short stories of this caliber, they might be as popular as they should be. Lanagan has a true
My short story collection Yellowcake came out in the US this week, to some very nice starry reviews! "These are stories worth hungering for. Cut yourself a thick slice," said Cate Fricke in her review (click the "nice" link) while kind Sarah Potvin (click "very") said, "...if everyone wrote short stories of this caliber, they might be as popular as they should be. Lanagan has a true
April 29, 2013
Ditmar and Hemming joy!
On Saturday night at the Conflux 9 convention in Canberra, I was very honoured to receive, for Sea Hearts/The Brides of Rollrock Island, the Norma K. Hemming Award (for exploration of race, gender, sexuality, class or disability in science fiction or fantasy), and the Ditmar Award for Best Novel.Thanks, Deborah Biancotti for hosting a great awards night, and thank you, Hemming and Ditmar judges
April 19, 2013
Ditmars, Norma K Hemming, CBCA, NSW Premier's
More wonderful shortlistings!
In the Ditmar awards, Sea Hearts is up for Best Novel, "Significant Dust" from Cracklescape is nominated for Best Novellette and Cracklescape itself is up for Best Collection.
Sea Hearts is also up for the Norma K. Hemming Award, which will be awarded at the same ceremony next weekend at Conflux, and which "marks excellence in the exploration of themes of race,
In the Ditmar awards, Sea Hearts is up for Best Novel, "Significant Dust" from Cracklescape is nominated for Best Novellette and Cracklescape itself is up for Best Collection.
Sea Hearts is also up for the Norma K. Hemming Award, which will be awarded at the same ceremony next weekend at Conflux, and which "marks excellence in the exploration of themes of race,
April 10, 2013
Two new interviews
Alan Baxter asked a bunch of writers about our "ongoing angst" and posted a great series of interviews on his blog. Here's mine; the other subjects are Kaaron Warren, Jo Anderton, Lisa Hannett, Angela Slatter and Trudi Canavan. Find out what we're all afraid of.
And the Stella Prize is running interviews with shortlistees and judges over on its site; explore all those, too.
And the Stella Prize is running interviews with shortlistees and judges over on its site; explore all those, too.
April 3, 2013
Oh, and remember that Indie shortlisting?
Well, look here!
Sea Hearts, winner, Children's and YA section, Australian Independent Booksellers Awards 2013
Sea Hearts, winner, Children's and YA section, Australian Independent Booksellers Awards 2013
Newcastle Writers Festival this weekend—come one, come all!
Newcastle (NSW, Australia) is having its first writers' festival this weekend, and it's going to be a juicy one. Here is the program. If Anita Heiss, Michael Chamberlain, Jane Caro and David Marr aren't enough for you, come along and see me, too. I'll be on:
at 11.15 a.m. on Saturday in the Lock-Up Cultural Centre (in the Gallery), with Felicity Pulman and Alexa Moses, being wrangled by Kaz
at 11.15 a.m. on Saturday in the Lock-Up Cultural Centre (in the Gallery), with Felicity Pulman and Alexa Moses, being wrangled by Kaz
