Author Archives: Stephanie Gunn

AWW13: The Year of Ancient Ghosts by Kim Wilkins

  The Year of Ancient Ghosts is the first collection of stories by multiple award-winning Australian writer Kim Wilkins. Born in England, Kim Wilkins is the author of over 20 novels for readers of all ages. Her debut novel The … Continue reading

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AWW2013: Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier

Prickle Moon is a collection of Juliet Marillier’s best short fiction. It contains eleven previously published stores and five new ones. Included are the Sevenwaters novella, ’Twixt Firelight and Water, the epic Nordic story, Otherling, and In Coed Celyddon, a … Continue reading

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Ditmar nominations announced

The Ditmar nominations have just been announced (full list here).  Very pleased to see some great works on there. Very chuffed indeed to see Fablecroft’s Epilogue on there, too, since it contains a story by me! (Ghosts, for those playing … Continue reading

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AWW2013: The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth

Dortchen Wild fell in love with Wilhelm Grimm the first time she saw him. Growing up in the small German kingdom of Hessen-Cassel in early Nineteenth century, Dortchen Wild is irresistibly drawn to the boy next door, the young and … Continue reading

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Aurealis Awards shortlist announced

The Aurealis Awards shortlist has been announced here (link goes to a pdf). I am very pleased with the shortlist we arrived at for the horror panel.  The rest of the shortlist also contains some great work, including Ticonderoga’s Bloodstones … Continue reading

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AWW2013: When We Wake by Karen Healey

My name is Tegan Oglietti, and on the last day of my first lifetime, I was so, so happy. Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living in 2027–she’s happiest when playing the guitar, she’s falling in love for … Continue reading

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Tin Duck nomination!

Thanks to Martin Livings posting the link to the voting form over on Facebook, I discovered that I’ve been nominated for a Tin Duck Award (the WA SF awards) for my short story, The Skin of the World, which was published … Continue reading

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I might be crazy

A couple of days ago, I had an epiphany. I was about 50k into this draft of Shaede, and finding myself frustrated, though I couldn’t really figure out why.  I was doing some reading and it hit me – the damn … Continue reading

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AWW2013: And All the Stars by Andrea K Host

  Madeleine Cost is working to become the youngest person ever to win the Archibald Prize for portraiture. Her elusive cousin Tyler is the perfect subject: androgynous, beautiful, and famous. All she needs to do is pin him down for … Continue reading

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AWW2013: My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin

  This classic Australian novel was written by Miles Franklin, and details her life being born of the bush in Australia. A fantastic, well-written book with lively descriptions of a girl’s life that can’t be passed up by anybody who … Continue reading

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