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Giants Of The Frost
''Giants of the Frost'' is a 2004 horror/ fantasy novel by Kim Wilkins. It follows the story of Victoria Scott who after accepting a job on an isolated island is visited by a hag in her nightmares and a sense of familiarity in the haunted forest. In the world of Asgard, Vidar has exiled himself in order to await the reincarnation of the woman he loved. Background ''Giants of the Frost'' was first published in Australia on 28 April 2004 by Voyager in trade paperback format. It was released in the United Kingdom in both hardback and paperback formats in 2005 and in the United States in paperback format in 2006. It was re-released in Australis in mass market paperback in 2005 and then as an audio edition in 2007 by Bolinda Publishing. ''Giants of the Frost'' was a short-list nominee for the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel and best horror novel but lost to Sean Williams' ''The Crooked Letter'' and Richard Harland's ''The Black Crusade ''The Black Crusade'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Wilkins
Kim Wilkins (born 22 December 1966) is an Australian writer of popular fiction based in Brisbane, Queensland. She is the author of more than twenty-five mass-market novels, including her debut horror fiction, horror novel, ''The Infernal'' (1997), which won Aurealis Awards for both horror and fantasy. She has been published in twenty languages. She also writes general women's fiction as Kimberley Freeman. Kim Wilkins was educated at the University of Queensland. She has a first class honours degree in literature (1998), an MA (2000) and a PhD (2006). She was awarded the University Medal for academic achievement in 1998 and is currently an Associate Professor there in writing and publishing studies. Bibliography Adult fiction * ''The Infernal'' (1997) * ''Grimoire'' (1999) * ''The Resurrectionists'' (2000) * ''Angel of Ruin'' (2001) ( ''Fallen Angel'') * ''The Autumn Castle'' (2003) * ''Giants of the Frost'' (2004) * ''Rosa and the Veil of Gold'' (2005) (a.k.a. ''The Veil of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurealis Award
The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by '' Chimaera Publications'', the publishers of ''Aurealis Magazine''. Unlike the other major Australian speculative fiction award, the Ditmar Award, it divides work into subgenre and age categories, and is judged as such. The award was originally given out in the following divisions: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult. Two separate awards are given in each of those divisions, one for novels and one for short stories. A fifth division for Children's books was added in 2001 for fiction for 8-12 year olds, with separate awards for "Short Fiction" and "Long Fiction". With the 2008 Awards the "Short Fiction" children's fiction category became a category for "Illustrated Work/Picture Book". For the 2010 Awards, the two categories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Fantasy Novels
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2004 Australian Novels
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Aurealis Awards
The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ''Chimaera Publications'', the publishers of '' Aurealis Magazine''. Unlike the other major Australian speculative fiction award, the Ditmar Award, it divides work into subgenre and age categories, and is judged as such. The award was originally given out in the following divisions: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult. Two separate awards are given in each of those divisions, one for novels and one for short stories. A fifth division for Children's books was added in 2001 for fiction for 8-12 year olds, with separate awards for "Short Fiction" and "Long Fiction". With the 2008 Awards the "Short Fiction" children's fiction category became a category for "Illustrated Work/Picture Book". For the 2010 Awards, the two categ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Crusade
''The Black Crusade'' is a 2004 horror novel by Richard Harland. It is a prequel to Harland's earlier novel '' The Vicar of Morbing Vyle''. It describes the journey of the hapless Basil Smorta, a multilingual bank clerk, who is forced into the company of a group of "fundamental Darwinists" by their imprisonment of the object of his undying love, Australian singer, Volusia, in a mobile iron box. The group travel across Eastern Europe during 1894, and encounter ghosts, blood donating vampires and other comic horror curiosities.(2005-03-01). "Doctor's fantasy a winner". '' Illawarra Mercury''. IQ Section. Page 37. Background ''The Black Crusade'' was first published in Australia in January 2004 by Chimaera Publications in trade paperback Trade paperback may refer to: * Trade paperback, a higher-quality softcover version of a book * Trade paperback (comics) In comics in the United States, a trade paperback (shortened: TPB or trade) is a collection of stories originally published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Harland
Richard Harland (born 15 January 1947 in Yorkshire) is an English fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1947 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom and migrated to Australia in 1970. He has been an academic, performance artist and writer, publishing 15 full-length works of fiction, three academic books, short stories and poems. He is the author of the ''Eddon and Vail'' science fiction thriller series, the ''Heaven and Earth'' young adult fantasy trilogy and the illustrated ''Wolf Kingdom'' series for children. He has been awarded the Australian Aurealis Award on five occasions for his fiction. Life and academic career Richard Harland completed undergraduate studies at Cambridge University, graduating with a BA and majoring in English. After graduation, he planned an ambitious doctoral thesis, focusing on a global theory of the language of poetry and approached numerous universities around the globe seeking funding for his research. Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crooked Letter
''The Crooked Letter'' is a 2004 fantasy novel by Sean Williams. It follows the story of Seth and Hadrian who have gone to Europe on holidays. Seth is murdered and they discover that Earth is just one of many realms. Background ''The Crooked Letter'' was first published in Australia on 30 June 2004 by Voyager in paperback format. It was later released in the United States in both hardcover and paperback in 2006 and 2008 respectively. ''The Crooked Letter'' is a prequel to William's earlier ''Books of the Change'' series and is the first of four books in ''The Books of the Cataclysm'' series. ''The Crooked Letter'' won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel and the 2005 Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ... for best novel. References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Williams (author)
Sean Llewellyn Williams (born 23 May 1967) is an Australian author of science fiction who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Several of his books have been ''New York Times'' best-sellers. Early life and education Williams was born in Whyalla, South Australia on 23 May 1967. He studied sciences and music at Pulteney Grammar School and matriculated third in his year (1984), topping the state for Musical composition. That same year, he won the Young Composer's Award for a theme and three variations for string quartet with flute, oboe and trumpet soloists called "Release of Anger". He then went to Adelaide University and studied a Bachelor of Economics and wrote for the student newspaper ''On Dit''. He completed a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at Adelaide University in 2005 and was in 2010 a PhD candidate at the same institution. Writing career He is the author of over eighty published short stories and thirty-nine novels, including ''Twinmaker'' and (with Garth Nix) th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolinda Publishing
Bolinda Publishing is a publishing house, based in Melbourne, Australia, best known for producing talking books in conjunction with several book publishers, including HarperCollins, Penguin and ABC, under their own and other imprints. History Bolinda was founded in Tullamarine, Victoria in 1986 as Australian Large Print Audio and Video Pty Ltd, supplying public libraries with their own editions of popular books in large print format (Bolinda Press) and spoken word on compact cassettes (Bolinda Audio). They have since opened offices in England, America and New Zealand. Readers have included Tim Winton, for his own stories, Peter Combe reading classic fairy stories for children, and Dylan Alcott reading his memoir ''Able: Gold Medals, Grand Slams and Smashing Glass Ceilings''. Recognition In 2011 Bolinda was shortlisted in the Australian Book Industry Awards in the category "Small Publisher of the Year" Bolinda won * AudioFile magazine's Earphones Award for Jim Daly's n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
