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June 27, 2022
Triple announcement pew pew pew!!!
Announcement the first:Killing Adonis will be available as an audiobook on July 12! I absolutely adore audiobooks, and it’s been a dream of mine to have one for a long time. I’m thrilled to have my novel brought to the audio world thanks to the good folks at Blackstone. You can (and should) preorder it now and shove it into your earholes.
Announcement the next one:
My new novel the Fabulist will be released via America’s largest independent publisher, Sourcebooks, in June 2023. It’s a book filled with yoga-loving bikie gangs, bodies turning up in bathtubs, extralegal veterinarians, philosophy, comedy, hallucinations, revelations, ghosts, guilt, and a dog named Dante.
Announcement the one after the middle one:
I will have ANOTHER novel out in 2023, Lenore’s Last Funeral, a comedy/mystery about a professional mourner and her encounters with a cult obsessed with cryonics and immortality. It’ll be out in October 2023 through American publisher Level Best Books. This is the first of a trilogy, so get ready for more Lenore in the near future!
It’s been a while since I’ve had a novel out, and I want to truly, sincerely thank everyone who’s taken the time to check out my work, recommend it to friends, and write reviews. You are the nitro to my glycerin.
Love etc.
JD
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2017. 100 stories release & Electric Youth Twelve Microplanes and magic: Poetry is Dead remix Letter to the Editors (the UK band)Copyright © JM Donellan [Triple announcement pew pew pew!!!], All Right Reserved. 2022.
February 13, 2022
Big Issue Fiction edition is out now!
I’m very excited to announce that I have a short story, Ava, in the annual Big Issue fiction edition. I look forward to its release every year, it always showcases some of Australia’s best and brightest, and I’m absolutely thrilled to be included in this edition alongside some of my favourites like Mandy Beaumont and Alice Pung.
The last couple of years have been particularly hard for vendors, so please make sure to go and grab a copy both to treat yo’ self and to help out someone else. EVERYBODY WINS!
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What NOT to wear this season (because you are cleary incapable of dressing yourself). Pocket Hipster app Paper girl festival video interview DYING IN DIGITAL Eighty Nine now available everywhere and everywhenCopyright © JM Donellan [Big Issue Fiction edition is out now!], All Right Reserved. 2022.January 22, 2020
19 ½ Spells Disguised as Poems is out now!
After years of performing at schools and helping kids wrote poems, I figured it was about time I brought out a book of poems (spells) for kids. It is very important to note that this is DEFINITELY, positively not a book of spells, because magic isn’t real, obviously. This is a book of poems (spells) about very important things like zombies and rapping grandmas and cephalopods.
It’s out now via Odyssey Books, and as always if you buy it direct through my website here I can sign it and write an inscription (spell) or whatever you like.
Holly Eastwood has provided some excellent illustrations and I feel very fortunate to have worked with her.
I also made this extremely important educational video about dinosaurs that features a cameo from my book.
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The Eternal sneak preview #2 Cut Chemist @ BNE Hi Fi reviewed for Rave magazine Killing Adonis Mixtape Campbell: The Shocking True Story of a ‘Man’ Who Hated The Arts So Much You’d Think An Artist Stabbed His Puppy As Part of an Abstract Performance Piece 100 books a yearCopyright © JM Donellan [19 ½ Spells Disguised as Poems is out now!], All Right Reserved. 2020.December 9, 2019
Southerly 80th anniversary issue
I am tremendously honoured to have a story published in the 80th anniversary issue of Southerly Journal. My strange, darkly comic story ‘Progeny’ appears alongside the work of marvellous writers like Tug Dumbly, Stuart Barnes, Grace Yee, and Mandy Sayer.
Congratulations to the Southerly team on successfully reaching octogenarian status!
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Killing Adonis launch party sneak preview. Diet Tips from the Vampire Girl With a Dragon Tattoo Who Played a Game of Thrones With Fire My Dearest Target day one. ART, FICTION, FASHIONISTASCopyright © JM Donellan [Southerly 80th anniversary issue], All Right Reserved. 2019.September 15, 2019
Six Cold Feet Season 2
We’re very excited to be bringing you season 2 of Six Cold Feet at long last! I’ll be appearing at the ABC’s Ozpod conference in Melbourne on the 3rd of October, and we’re holding our launch party the following week at the Bearded Lady in Brisbane. The launch will feature the musicians who wrote the incredible songs for season 2 (which we’ll also be releasing as an EP), including a rare performance from reclusive rockstar and star of season 2, Juliet Knives. I’ll also do a short spoken word set and some general yelling at the crowd.
We’ll be recording the event and using the audio in future episodes, so meta! In the words of Juliet Knives: “Let’s get weird together.”
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Inaugural Premier's Obituary Award THE GREATEST COMPETITION OF ALL TIME Dearest Academy Floral OR STFU Valentine's day 100 Books a year 2014 pt 1 A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO DYING IN INDIA BY JM DONELLAN, REVIEWED BY JM DONELLANCopyright © JM Donellan [Six Cold Feet Season 2], All Right Reserved. 2019.June 9, 2019
Six Cold Feet season 2
Say hi to our season 2 logo and get ready to meet Juliet Knives. Six Cold Feet Season 2 is coming soon.
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#BWF13 BP: A disaster in cartoon form. GIANT CANVAS PREMIERE EXHIBITION For sale: Midi keyboard formerly owned by Ludwig Van Beethoven 100 stories release & Electric YouthCopyright © JM Donellan [Six Cold Feet season 2], All Right Reserved. 2019.August 5, 2018
INTER at Flowstate
One of the things that brings me great joy is that some of my favourite artists are also some of my closest friends. And I’m incredibly pleased to announce that I’ve recently been part of a truly wonderful new work called INTER, made in collaboration with Liesel Zink (an amazing choreographer); Mike Willmett (an incredible musician, who I previously worked with in Poetry is Dead); and Erica Field (a phenomenal actor, and, although it’s not directly relevant, one of the groom’s party at my wedding in a few weeks’ time).
In addition to working with these wonderful humans, I’ve also been introduced to the luminary talents of the dancers Michael Smith, Amelia Stokes, and Lauren Carr, as well as Jason Glenwright’s superb lighting design. 
Writing can be a very solitary activity, so I’m very grateful and excited to be part of such a multi-faceted team. I’ve always said that Art and Science should be lovers, we should see them sharing the stage more often. I believe that the artistic, eloquent expression of scientific discovery combines the two highest accomplishments of human civilisation. I read a stack of obscure and fascinating scientific research to compose the text for this show, and while I’m immensely proud of what I came up with, I’m far more excited by the work as a whole.
The show will run from August 21-26th at Flowstate, South Bank. Tickets are 100% Freebird.
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Twelve STUPID WEIGHTS MACHINE FOR JERKS Boycott everything for no reason! People often ask me: "What is the worst album you've ever reviewed?" Here is the answer. Copyright © JM Donellan [INTER at Flowstate], All Right Reserved. 2018.May 3, 2018
BRWF 2018
Two years ago I went to the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival and it was one of my all time favourite events. I’m very excited to be heading back down south this June to spend some time with a slew of wonderful people. I’ll be at these things if you want to chat and/or throw tomatoes. The program is really incredible, check out the full schedule here.
Thursday 7th June 6pm
Author talk at Coffs Harbor Library
Saturday 9th June 12pm
Poetry: In Just a few Words
with Johanna Featherstone, Lorna Munro and Craig Nelson
Sunday 10th 4pm
Fiction: The Novel In A Time Of Digital
with Ute Schulenburg, Marieke Hardy & Jesse Blackadder
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Eighty-Nine teaser trailer GIANT CANVAS PREMIERE EXHIBITION I wanted to do a simple reading, but things got out of hand... We Are All Ghosts (but not for long). REVIEW OF MY JOB INTERVIEWCopyright © JM Donellan [BRWF 2018], All Right Reserved. 2018.
April 8, 2018
Canberra and the Commonwealth
Hello person who is reading this.
This post exists in order to announce 2 x exciting things!
Exciting thing the first:
I’ll be performing at one of the satellite events for the Commonwealth games on Thursday the 12th of April. Tales and Ales will feature some of my favourite humans, who also happen to be incredible performers and poets. This is a free event, so tell all your broke friends to show up.
Event info:
Come along to Tales and Ales to take in some of Queensland’s finest spoken word and hip hop.
Drop in to hear Scott Wings, Anisa Nandaula, Hope One (Hot Brown Honey), The Architects of Sound, Borrowed Verse, Josh Donellan and more. Don’t miss the live slam and resident DJ spinning tracks between acts.
Exciting thing the second:
I’ll be heading to our nation’s capital to headbutt Tony Abbott perform and present at the Canberra Flash Fiction Fun Weekend. There will be a bunch of fantastic authors like Jackie French and Irma Gold presenting speeches and workshops. I’m especially excited about performing at the Tales After Dark event on Friday night.
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Inaugural Premier's Obituary Award Killing Adonis reviews, Youtube views and some new news. I wanted to do a simple reading, but things got out of hand... Reduce Translink fares: 3600 signatures and counting... Six Cold Feet audition calloutCopyright © JM Donellan [Canberra and the Commonwealth], All Right Reserved. 2018.February 8, 2018
Six Cold Feet season one
The complete first season of Six Cold Feet is now available. Step into the strange little town of Ullara, where the friendliest people have the deepest, darkest secrets…
You can listen right here or find us on apple podcasts, stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.
Thanks to Poisoned Pen Press and all our patrons on Patreon! We’ll be back with season two in the not too distant future…
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ULTIMATE COLLABORATIONS 100 Stories for QLD hand me my dreams on a platter please. UNINSPIRATIONAL QUOTES EPISODE 1 Blog TourCopyright © JM Donellan [Six Cold Feet season one], All Right Reserved. 2018.
