Rather a large writerly update today.
- Temple Library’s Harry Markov, guestblogging at The Book Smugglers, has named my novel Walking the Tree his ‘most cherished read of the year’. What a wonderful thing for an author to hear.
- Alan Kelly, writing for Fangirltastic, interviewed the contributing authors to the anthology Never Again, from GreyFriars Press. All profits from sales of this anthology go to the Sophie Lancaster Fund, Amnesty International and PEN. This is the cover, by Daniele Sera. I love his work. He also did the cover for Allyson Bird’s latest collection, Wine and Rank Poison.
- There’s a wonderful trailer by Tom Canty for the Haunted Legends anthology, edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas.
- I’ve announced this elsewhere, but on Tuesday night I was awarded a writing award by the Canberra Critics Circle, for my novel Slights. Am hugely proud to have received this recognition from the critics of Canberra.
- Equilibrium Press will soon release Devil Dolls and Duplicates in Australian Horror. My story “Doll Money” is in this book, which I’m thrilled about. Totally creepy cover!
- The Angry Robot Lads have set up a short story shop! You can buy my award-nominated stories “The Glass Woman” and “The Sameness of Birthdays” there. These were the stories performed during Shadowmuse, starring Jill Russ and Jade Alexander. You can also by stories by the extremely clever Gary McMahon, Guy Haley, Maurice Broaddus, Colin Harvey and more!
Lots of very good news!
Cool! Congrats on the award
Thanks, Jason! Am very pleased.
So many fantastic updates! Congrats!
Thanks, Jo and Gill! Sounds like a busy month, but I guess sometimes things all happen at once.
Hey–lot’s of great things happening for you!
It doesn’t rain but it pours! In fact it hasn’t stopped pouring here for a week or so!
Ah, compared to the award, I doubt that my small list matters that much, but thanks for the mention. Glad to see that you are online. I thought you have left the Internet.
Busy in a new project?
Harry, was a lovely thing to say about my book! I’ve been around but on short holidays and also working on a number of projects!
Congratulations on the award. Btw that is a very creepy cover, urghhh anything with china dolls!
Thanks, E! I think your userpic is very creepy, too.