Cherry Crow Children ~ Deborah Kalin
Posted: April 7, 2015 Filed under: Book launch | Tags: book launch, Cherry Crow Children, collection, Deborah Kalin, fantasy, Twelfth Planet Press 1 CommentThe latest SuperNOVArian to birth a book is Deborah Kalin, whose much-anticipated fantasy collection Cherry Crow Children from Twelfth Planet Press was officially launched at Swancon this past Easter weekend.
Tulliæn spans a fractured mountaintop, where the locals lie and the tourists come to die. Try the honey.
Briskwater crouches deep in the shadow of a dam wall. Ignore the weight of the water hanging overhead, and the little dead girl wandering the streets. Off with you, while you still can.
In Haverny Wood the birds drink blood, the dogs trade their coughings for corpses, the lost children carve up their bodies to run with the crows, and the townsfolk stitch silence into their spleens. You mustn’t talk so wild.
The desert-locked outpost of Boundary boasts the famed manufacturers of flawless timepieces; those who would learn the trade must offer up their eyes as starting materials. Look to your pride: it will eat you alive.
Sooner or later, in every community, fate demands its dues — and the currency is blood.
- Introduction by Kate Elliott
- The Wages of Honey
- The Briskwater Mare
- The Cherry Crow Children of Haverny Wood
- The Miseducation of Mara Lys
Buy now from Twelfth Planet Press.
About Deborah
Deborah Kalin is an Australian author based in Melbourne. A student of Clarion South 2005, she is the author of the Binding books (Shadow Queen and Shadow Bound, published by Allen and Unwin), and her short fiction has appeared in Postscripts Magazine and ASIM. An original voice of Australian fiction, her work has been described as “striking, infuriating, endlessly surprising and wonderfully disturbing” (Aurealis).
Congratulations Deb!
Launched – Trucksong by Andrew Macrae
Posted: November 20, 2013 Filed under: Book launch | Tags: Andrew Macrae, Ben Peek, Rjurik Davidson, Trucksong, Twelfth Planet Press Leave a commentIt’s not every day one of Supernova’s members launches a novel, so BANG THE DRUM for Andrew Macrae, who has launched his debut novel Trucksong this week, published by Twelfth Planet Press.
Trucksong is “a dystopian science fiction novel about lost love, AI trucks and the search for meaning in a post-apocalyptic Australia.”
Andrew has written an accompanying soundtrack on the Trucksong web site and also made available as a download the original version of the novel, which was written in ‘experimental’ language.
Recent interviews with Andrew and reviews of the novel are available here:
- Rjurik Davidson – An interview with Andrew Macrae
- Trucksong, a literary debut
- Ben Peek – An interview with Andrew Macrae
Congratulations, Andy!