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Spirit Animals – new series from Scholastic including new book from Nix & Williams

SCHOLASTIC SPIRIT ANIMALS

During BEA a couple of weeks ago, Scholastic announced a new multi-platform, multi-author fantasy adventure series for readers ages 8–12 that will debut worldwide this September. There will be seven books. The first is written by Brandon Mull, who created the story arc of the series; the complete list of authors is here, and it’s [...]

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The Month of Mystery - April-May
18/04/2013 - 01/06/2013
Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, New York, Australia & USA
Splendid Chaps! Talking about Doctor Who at the Fringe
10/03/2013
Adelaide, Australia
AWW - "The Subjects: Storytelling in Extreme Environments"
06/03/2013
Adelaide, Australia
AWW - "Leviathan", interviewing Scott Westerfeld
03/03/2013
Adelaide, Australia
SAWC - "Provocations & Conversations"
01/03/2013 - 01/03/2013
Adelaide, Australia

Spirit Animals – new series from Scholastic including new book from Nix & Williams

posted on 14 Jun 2013 at 12:19 am
SCHOLASTIC SPIRIT ANIMALS
During BEA a couple of weeks ago, Scholastic announced a new multi-platform, multi-author fantasy adventure series for readers ages 8–12 that will debut worldwide this September. There will be seven books. The first is written by Brandon Mull, who
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Among the Beautiful Living Dead – the movie

posted on 16 May 2013 at 11:43 pm
If I had to nominate which of my short stories has generated the most questions from fans, it’d have to be “Entre les Beaux Morts en Vie” (“Among the Beautiful Living Dead”), which was first published in Dreaming Down-Un
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Your chocolate, give it to me.

posted on 3 May 2013 at 12:50 am
Why would aliens invade earth? Charlie Jane Anders at io9 asked the question and I provided part of the answer. (Hint: it’s not for our chocolate.)
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My Extreme Tardiness Explained

posted on 12 Apr 2013 at 12:18 am
I am slow responding to unsolicited email due to writing deadlines and the steady decline in my ability to work at a keyboard longer than half an hour at a stretch. While I try to respond to all emails as soon as possible, unfortunately, inboxes bein
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The Month of Mystery

posted on 10 Apr 2013 at 2:29 am
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. . . Troubletwisters: The Mystery, that is. (Also known as The Mystery of the Golden Card.) I’ll be doing various things in various places, some with and some without the excellent Garth Nix. There are also some bonus events that aren’t specific
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MYSTERY special preview

posted on 22 Feb 2013 at 1:44 am
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Troubletwisters: The Mystery will be out in May. To celebrate its imminence, Scholastic has very kindly allowed us to release the first three chapters. To do so, click here or the image to the right and the PDF will be yours. Enjoy!
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“Death & the Hobbyist”

posted on 19 Feb 2013 at 5:49 am
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Edited: This story has now sold to Lightspeed Magazine, so has been taken down until its publication there, later in 2013. So here it is: my new story, as written under a state of extreme sleep deprivation. It’s a Twinmaker story, adding some d
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The Subjects – I survived!

posted on 16 Feb 2013 at 11:59 pm
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Expect more on this in the coming days. Suffice it to say that all went well, was amazing, and left me firing on about two neurons. But those two are REALLY working. I have a new Twinmaker story to post in a day or two (“Death & the Hobbyis
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My Unreliable Brain Passes the Test (for now)

posted on 30 Jan 2013 at 4:12 am
Yesterday I had my psych assessment for The Subjects. Here’s how it went: http://thesubjects.anat.org.au/2013/01/as-the-mad-scientist-said-the-minion/
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The Subjects

posted on 29 Jan 2013 at 1:34 am
Some of you many know that I’m going into a sleep centre shortly. Not because I have sleep apnoea, but SCIENCE. “Writers and artists are experts at imagining and creating the lives and worlds of others – but what happens when the table
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