I'm happy to share the news that the novel-length version of my story Beautiful, based on the Nordic fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon, is in production now for Audible and (fingers crossed) will be released at the end of May. A shorter, novella-length version of Beautiful appeared in the anthology Aurum, published in late 2018 by Ticonderoga. Beautiful (the novel) is in three parts. Part [...]
Booktopia is running its annual 'Favourite Australian Author' poll, and I have made it through to the final round of 75. There are many great authors in this group, across all genres. I'd appreciate your vote, but I'd also be happy for you to vote for any other authors on the list whose work you love. A few of my own favourites are here. http://blog.booktopia.com.au/2017/01/16/vote-finals-favourite-australian-author-2017/ Voting is open to readers [...]
Pan Macmillan's Australian edition of Tower of Thorns will be officially released on October 3. I have a couple of public appearances coming up to mark the occasion. The US edition, a lovely hardback, comes out from Roc on November 3. Saturday October 3: Book Launch at Stefen's Books in Shafto Lane, Perth CBD starting at 11am. I will do a reading, answer questions and sign books. From around [...]
Perth readers, I'll be presenting a Novel Writing Master Class on Saturday August 15, at the Rockingham Arts Centre, 11 Kent St, Rockingham, from 11am to 2pm. I'd planned to promote it here, but all the places filled up within 15 minutes of the word going out from the organisers. The good news is that I will be running the master class again on December 12, same time, same place. [...]
This must be forest month – as well as getting on with writing my own book, which has a tree-loving protagonist, I’ve read two wonderful novels in which forest is not only a vital part of the setting, but an integral part of the story. Both the authors understand the power of folklore and the blurred margins between mythology and history. I’ll start with Uprooted by Naomi Novik, author of [...]
Thanks to a fantastic effort by my webmistress, Ariel, and a lot of rewriting and rethinking by me, the new website is now live - welcome, readers! I hope you'll find the new site easier to navigate and to read than the old version. Some features you'll enjoy are the carousel of readers' art work on the Contact page, the audiobook samples attached to the individual book pages, and an overall design [...]
