Lian Tanner's Blog, page 28

2011 Aurealis Award shortlist

Excellent news – City of Lies has been shortlisted for the 2011 Aurealis Awards (fantasy and science fiction). This is the one that Museum of Thieves won last year, so it's very exciting to be shortlisted again. But the competition is tough! Here's the whole children's novel shortlist. You'll notice that my Australian publishers, Allen...

First draft of 'Frozen'

I'm feeling very pleased with myself, having just this minute finished the first draft of the new book. No, this is not Path of Beasts – that is already well on the way to publication. This is a new story entirely. It's for children still, and a fantasy. It's called Frozen and it's set on...

A never-ending story

The new editor of the Hobart Mercury came up with a brilliant idea to celebrate Australia's National Year of Reading. He asked me to start off a story, which would run as a serial, once a week on Tuesdays for the entire year, with each chapter (apart from the first one, which is mine) being...

More quignogs

I had so many terrific entries for the quignog competition that it was hard to choose a winner. So today I am going to put up the ones that DIDN'T win, to show you how good they are! Some of them fall into the older children category, and some into the younger. Most are drawings,...

Another chance to win the first audio book

I just did an online interview with fellow author Rowena Cory Daniells. She asked good and unusual questions, and there's a give-away question at the end that gives you another chance to win the first audio book in the Keepers trilogy, as read by Claudia Black. Here's the interview.

Short quiz on Good Reads

I just discovered a short quiz on Good Reads, created by Callie and based around Museum of Thieves. Have a go at it, and let me know how you do. I got 11 out of 11. There are no prizes.

The results – children!

First, my apologies for taking so long to post the results of the Keepers competition. The trouble was – apart from the fact that I'm busy writing the new book – people sent in such good entries! I think this was one of the hardest things I have ever judged. So many of the entries...

The results – adults!

Like the children, the adults sent me exciting and imaginative entries. Their brief was to imagine a new room for the museum, one that was hardly known about or had been forgotten. No one crocheted their entry, which was a bit of a disappointment but the written descriptions made up for it. And it was...

Last day for the competition!

It's Sunday morning here in Tasmania, and I've had some very exciting entries for the Keepers competition. I'd love to see more though, so if you haven't got your entry in yet, you'd better get a move on. If you're in Australia, this is the last day you can send it – by post or...

The competition – first entries

Hooray, I've just received the first two entries for the Keepers competition. They're both from children who have imagined what a quignog might look like. One is a written entry and one is drawn, and I must say they are both pretty exciting. I'd love to put them up, and will do so when the...