The nominees for the 2013 Australian SF Awards (Ditmars) have just been released and we're incredibly overjoyed to see a number of Ticonderoga nominees listed!
Best Short Story
“Sanaa’s Army”, Joanne Anderton, in Bloodstones
Best Collected Work
Midnight and Moonshine by Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter
The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene
Best Artwork
Cover art, Kathleen Jennings, for Midnight and Moonshine
William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review
Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene, for “The Year in Review”, in The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011
The winners will be announced at the Australian national convention, held in Canberra over 25-28 April. We'd like to congratulate all of the nominees and wish everyone (especially our Ticonderoga writers, editors and artist) the very best luck!
Ticonderoga Publications is opening the reading period for a new themed anthology. This anthology, with the working title Kisses by Clockwork, will combine the fun and irreverence of steampunk fiction with an element of romance. There might be stories of airships, gaslight romance, retro-futurism, post-apocalyptic steam-powered cities, analytical engines or neo-Victorian ladies and gentlemen.
The relationship/s in the stories should have an emphasis on romance rather than erotica, but well-placed steamy scenes necessary for the plot are of course, acceptable.
The anthology will be edited by Liz Grzyb (Scary Kisses, More Scary Kisses, Damnation & Dames, Dreaming of Djinn, The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010 and 2011) and will be published by Ticonderoga Publications in 2014.
Submission guidelines
Send me your best romantic steampunk story.
- Story length 2,000 to 7,500 words. (Longer stories may be accepted, although payment is capped at 7,500).
- Original stories only: no reprints, multiple, or simultaneous submissions.
- Stories may be submitted via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in .doc or .rtf format.
- Manuscript format: double spaced, large margins, Times New Roman font, Australian English spelling.
- Submissions period open: 1 April-15 October 2013.
- Payment: 2 copies of anthology and Aus 2.5 cents/word (GST inc., maximum payment $187.50) on publication.
The Canberra Times' Colin Steele reviews paranormal noir anthology Damnation and Dames (edited by Liz Grzyb and Amanda Pillar). We're really chuffed he singles out Penelope Love's story and says
"'Be Good Sweet Maid', set in 1920s Melbourne, effectively blends both elements, as a young widowed private eye struggles with varieties of death"
You can read the full review in Sunday Canberra Times, 10 March 2013.
You can buy a copy of Damnation and Dames at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=113
Colin Steele at The Canberra Times reviews The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene. We're thrilled to read
"the size of the collection and its valuable critical summations will provide enough for the fans of both genres."
You can read the full review in The Canberra Times, 9 March 2013.
Buy The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=114
The finalists for the 2012 Aurealis Awards have been announced, and we are incredibly delighted to have eight nominees in the mix!
Fantasy Short Story
- "Sanaa's Army" by Joanne Anderton (Bloodstones)
Science Fiction Short Story
- "Beyond Winter's Shadow" by Greg Mellor (Wild Chrome)
- "The Trouble With Memes" by Greg Mellor (Wild Chrome)
Horror Short Story
- "Sanaa's Army" by Joanne Anderton (Bloodstones)
- "To Wish Upon A Clockwork Heart by Felicity Dowker (Bread & Circuses)
Anthology
- The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene
- Bloodstones edited by Amanda Pillar
Collection
- Midnight and Moonshine by Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter
The winners will be announced on 18 May in Sydney. We'd like to congratulate all of this year's finalists, and wish our Ticonderoga writers and editors all the best on the night.
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.
Colin Steele at The Canberra Times has reviewed Felicity Dowker's Bread and Circuses. Like us, he thinks it's a fabulous collection, and we're extremely chuffed to read
"Melbourne-based author, Felicity Dowker begins her collection of fifteen stories with the award-winning ‘Bread and Circuses’, involving an unusual feminist zombie evolution. Dowker believes that writing horror is “a way to set wrong things right”. Certainly, many of the stories, accompanied by Dowker’s background footnotes, involve retribution, particularly from a female perspective .‘Us, After the House Came Back’ sees revenge and solace for the wife in an abused relationship, while “the bad guy” has it coming in spades in the ultimately gory, ‘The Female of the Species is More Deadly Than the Male’. Dowker’s evocative stories benefit from the stylish production of enterprising Western Australian small press Ticonderoga."
Check out The Canberra Times for other great reviews. (Review appeared a little while ago so we've reprinted it in full here.)
You can (and really should) buy a copy of this fantastic collection directly from us at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=118
The February issue of Locus (#625) has a double treat for Hannett and Slatter's Midnight and Moonshine.
First, Farren Miller gives the book a great review. We're especially happy to read
Another kind of combination gives this book its unique tone: however grand the fantasy, passionate the romance, or regally exotic these Fae, their stories inevitably take on some of the gritty frankness, spilled blood, and shit of ordinary human life.
You can read the full review in Locus.
And then, turning to the 2012 Year in Review, Midnight and Moonshine makes their Recommended Reading List. We're incredibly happy at this much-deserved achievement for a fantastic book.
You can order this wonderful collection at any good bookstore, or directly from us at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=122
A number of Australian independent stores stock our books. The ones we know of include
Western Australia
Planet Books, Mt Lawley
Stefen's Books, Perth
Victoria
Notions Unlimited, Chelsea (they stock every TP title!)
Brunswick Bound, Brunswick
Queensland
Pulp Fiction, Brisbane
Avid Reader, West End
New South Wales
Galaxy Books, Sydney
Tasmania
Ellison Hawker, Hobart
South Australia
Dymocks, Adelaide
ACT
Smith's Alternative Bookshop, Canberra
Paper Chain, Manuka
Dymocks, Canberra
Dymocks, Belconnen
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