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Stella, Aurealis, Indie

Last week was quite a week for Sea Hearts.

First it was shortlisted for the Stella Prize, so it sits among 5 other wonderful women's books, ready to be celebrated on 16 April, when the winner is announced.

Then it became a finalist, not once but twice (Fantasy Novel and YA Novel), in the Aurealis Awards. Mid-May is when we find out whether it makes it right to the top there. (Three of the

Write with Sue Woolfe and unlock the story you KNOW is within you

If I weren't doing the Newcastle Literary Festival, I'd be sorely tempted to go to this on Saturday, 6 April. I've heard that Sue Woolfe's approach is unusual and effective—and who wouldn't want to be delighted and energized?

Neuroscience has discovered the techniques creative people use; Sue Woolfe, award-winning novelist and renowned writing teacher, has sleuthed through neuroscience to teach

Newcastle Literary Festival

Newcastle's own literary festival is happening from the evening of Friday 5 April until mid Sunday arvo, and I will be there for the following sessions:

Saturday 11.15–12.15 in the Lockup Gallery, talking about Crossing Over: Why YA isn't just for teens with Alexa Moses and Felicity Pullman (Kaz Delaney will be wrangling us).

Sunday 1.30–2.30 in the City Hall (Hunter Room), where I'll be

Yellowcake—two stars for the US slice

Yellowcake is getting lots of advance love in the US (it's due out there mid-May). So far it has two starred reviews.
From Publishers Weekly:

Haunting, gorgeous, and sometimes painful, Lanagan’s stories are unlike anything else in fantasy literature.
From Kirkus Reviews:
Lanagan unravels familiar myths and fairy tales, weaving them into unique, sharply resonant forms in this characteristically

Are you sitting comfortably? Not for long, bwaha!

Because "The Goosle", my Ditmar-winning Hansel and Gretel rewrite-and-extension is uploaded and prowling the internet.

Nightmare Magazine is featuring it in its e-book version, but has also put the story up online, with an accompanying Author Spotlight! *is dazzled*

And in case you missed the kerfuffle when it first came out in Ellen Datlow's The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy,

Here's the US cover of my 4th collection YELLOWCAKE. I l...

Here's the US cover of my 4th collection YELLOWCAKE.  I like! (Due out in May.)

Booklist says: "Lanagan’s latest collection is as lovely, enigmatic, and eye-opening as you’d expect, with each story dropping readers into deep waters from which they must paddle and orient themselves. ... [S]ome will balk at the heavy lifting required to make sense of some of it. For those who love paying close

My Next Big Thing - well, my current big thing

Poet Tim Sinclair tagged me to go in this Next Big Thing chain-meme-promotional-thingy, so here I am. Unfortunately, at the moment my next big thing is so far off it'd be unwise for me to talk about it for fear of talking it away, and by the time it came around you would have well forgotten about it, so I'm just going to talk about the selkie book, which came out in Australia and the UK in

Two very different interviews

This is how I look whenpeople take liberties.

I respond to Daniel Kraus's impudent pokings and proddings in this Hostile Questions interview.

And...

I tell Kirkus Reviews how I did it (took over the world, that is) over here.

Book Event Recap: Seattle Public Library appearance

The readventurer gives a very thorough rundown of my appearance at Seattle Public Library (Northeast Branch) last month, including some video.

Verdict: I need to read more slowly and more clearly.

New story in Meanjin

(pic snrched from
deviantART)

It's a retelling of Red Riding Hood, called 'Titty Anne and the Very, Very Hairy Man', and you can read all of it here.