The finalists for the 2012 Australian Shadows Awards have been announced, and we are incredibly delighted to have three nominees in the mix!

Short Story

• "To Wish Upon A Clockwork Heart by Felicity Dowker (Bread & Circuses)

Edited Publication

• The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene

Collection

• Bread & Circuses by Felicity Dowker

The winners will be announced in April. We'd like to congratulate all of this year's finalists, and wish our Ticonderoga writers and editors all the best on the night.

As with many things, our plan for 2012 and what actually happened were slightly different. The good news was that instead of the 8 titles we planned to publish, we ended up publishing 10. Reprints of Jane Routley's incredible Chronicles of Dion trilogy, Mage Heart, Fire Angels and Aramaya were fabulous additions to our schedule. Unfortunately one of the titles we hoped to bring you, Lezli Robyn's collection Bittersuite, has been delayed to 2013 due to unforeseen life changes (we've had writers move house during the publication process before, but I believe she's the first to move countries).

We're pleased to declare the following were published in 2012.

April

Damnation and Dames, edited by Liz Grzyb and Amanda Pillar (tpb)

June

Bread and Circuses, Felicity Dowker (lhc, tpb)

September

The 400-Million Year Itch (Silurian Tales Volume 1), Steven Utley (tpb)

Mage Heart (Chronicles of Dion Volume 1), Jane Routley (hc, tpb)

Fire Angels (Chronicles of Dion Volume 1), Jane Routley (hc, tpb)

Aramaya (Chronicles of Dion Volume 1), Jane Routley (hc, tpb)

October

The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2011, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (hc, tpb)

Wild Chrome, Greg Mellor (lhc, tpb)

Bloodstones, edited by Amanda Pillar (hc, tpb)

November

Midnight and Moonshine, Lisa L Hannett and Angela Slatter (lhc, tpb)

[lhc = limited hardcover; hc = hardcover; tpb = tradepaperback]

You can see what we'd planned at http://ticonderogapublications.com/index.php/our-books/2012-releases

We're pleased to announce the following publications forthcoming in 2013.

February

Invisible Kingdoms (Silurian Tales Volume 2), Steven Utley

April

Dreaming of Djinn, edited by Liz Grzyb

Prickle Moon, Juliet Marillier

The Bride Price, Cat Sparks

May

The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Kim Wilkins

Havenstar, Glenda Larke

June

The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2012, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene

August

Ambassador, Patty Jansen

October

Everything is a Graveyard, Jason Fischer

Bloodstones #2, edited by Amanda Pillar

We're pleased to present the following titles published in 2014.

June

Death at the Blue Elephant, by Janeen Webb

Kisses by Clockwork, edited by Liz Grzyb

October

Black-Winged Angels, Angela Slatter

December

Angel Dust, Ian McHugh

The Assassin of Nara, R.J. Ashby

The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2013, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene

Following a fairly quiet 2014 (only 6 titles published) we're pleased to announce the following titles planned so far in 2015.

April

The Emerald Key, Christine Purcell and Stewart Sternberg

May

The Scarlet Rider, Lucy Sussex

June

Hear Me Roar, edited by Liz Grzyb

The Finest Ass in the Universe, Anna Tambour

October

Bloodlines, edited by Amanda Pillar

The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2014, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene

A huge congratulations to all of our Australian Shadows Awards winners and finalists!

We're proudly surprised and honoured that our Australian vampire anthology, Dead Red Heart, picked up the Best Edited Work award. We'd like to thank all 30+ of the contributors for this, as the award reflects their incredible work and effort.

A huge congratulations also to our many finalists:

Long Fiction

• "From the Teeth of Strange Children" by Lisa L. Hannett (Bluegrass Symphony)

Collections

• Bluegrass Symphony, Lisa L. Hannett
• Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies, Lucy Sussex

Edited

• More Scary Kisses, Liz Grzyb (ed.)
• The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010, Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (eds.)

Short Fiction

• "Taking It for the Team" by Tracie McBride (Dead Red Heart)
• "The Sea at Night" by Joanne Anderton (Dead Red Heart)

(We're a little bit behind the times as these were announced early June, but it has been a busy and exciting few weeks here. Expect much more news soon.)