Writing Speculative Fiction at WritingNSW
Very exciting to be teaching this one-day intensive class in all things Speculative fiction. For more info go to . Get ready to surprise yourself!
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Three stories shortlisted for Aurealis and Australian Shadows Awards
Delighted to have three stories shortlisted for major Australian Awards. “Hole World,” first published in Apex Magazine. “Quicksilver,” first published in Vandal: Stories of Damage, Crystal Lake Publishing. “Camp Never,” first published in Darkness Beckons, Flame Tree Press.
The Bridge Wins Ditmar Award for Best Novel
An incredible Conflux Weekend, culminating in being honored by the committee and voters with this wholly unexpected award. Grateful doesn’t begin to described it. I am totally floored. Congrats to all the finalists and winners, especially pals J.Ashley Smith (Best…
Winter Haunts Workshop
I’ll be running a workshop called Writing Horror With Heart as part of Alex Davis’s Winter Haunts Event, on November 6, a day of panels, workshops and talks about ghosts and ghost stories and the supernatural. Hope to see you…
The Bridge on the 2022 Ditmar Ballot.
Honoured to be listed in the novel category along with literary friends Angela Slatter and Maria Lewis, and so many other cool folks across all categories. Looking forward to Conflux in a few weeks.
In conversation with Alan Baxter, author of the Gulp, and the Fall, as part of Sydney Writers’ Festival
Very excited about this event to be held at Merrigong Theatre Company as part of the SWF, live and local program. Alan and I will chat about his new book, The Fall, which is a wild weird cosmic horror set…
The Bridge shortlisted for Aurealis Award.
Thrilled to announce The Bridge’s shortlisting among so many many talented friends.
New Gig at Australian Writers Centre
I’m teaching a Creative Writing Stage 1 Course, and Novel Writing Essentials Course at AWC – just finished the first couple of rounds—and although it’s early days, I’m already loving it. Lots of keen students, a fantastic curriculum for all…
New Writing the Weird Class starts this week at LitReactor
One or two places left – I’m already loving this group. Looking forward to introducing some new and old fiction that I’ve loved this year by Angela Slatter, Ursula LeGuin, Jeffrey Ford and Yoko Ogawa.
Thanks to CreateNSW
Thanks to the generosity of CreateNSW, I was able to spend two weeks on the South Coast to finish the first draft of my new novella, Remedy. It’s about being taken, literally, by forces outside of your control, out of…