Joanne Anderton

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Best Ofs, reviews, articles…! General updatery

Commence random-ish updatery function 🙂 The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories will be officially launched at Conflux on Friday (that’s 11am for anyone who can and wants to come!) but some more review copies have been floating around recently, and it seems to be going down well. Like, say, over at Thirteen O’Clock. The …

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Ditmar om-noms!

So the ballot for the Ditmars have just been announced. It looks like a great list, but scariest of all is:   Best Novel ———————————————————————— * Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin) * Bitter Greens, Kate Forsyth (Random House Australia) * Suited (The Veiled Worlds 2), Jo Anderton (Angry Robot) * Salvage, Jason Nahrung …

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Books! They’re so cool!

So look what turned up on my doorstep yesterday! The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories is a book! A real book. And it looks fantastic in the papery flesh. And the cover has this nifty laminate that’s kinda soft and squishy, so I have been totally patting them. Like a kitty. You can still …

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Aurealis Awards!

Thanks to internet and computer troubles I’m running a bit late with this news! But you know, it’s still exciting. So, the finalists for the Aurealis Awards have been announced and I’m on there… three times! Eeep. I’m SO excited to see Suited shortlisted for the best science fiction novel award! This makes me especially …

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Because awesome stories are awesome

I’m doing my fannish duty. I’m making a list of works from 2012 that I enjoyed reading, and nominating them for the Ditmar awards. Why? Because I can. And because awesome stories are awesome, and they deserve it. And then, when there’s a shortlist, I’m gonna vote! Same reason. So if you can nominate and …

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