Dragon Moon is out in the UK now, coinciding nicely with Chinese New Year. UK children’s book reviewer Amanda Craig has always been very supportive of the Dragonkeeper series and reviewed them favourably. We spoke on the phone recently and the result is an interview in The Times last Saturday (2 Feb). I’m thrilled to … Continued
I spent the long weekend in Brisbane. Dragon Moon didn’t win the Aurealis Award, but I had a good time catching up with fellow authors, and meeting some that I hadn’t met before, as well as the people who did such a terrific job of organising the awards and the presentation ceremony. Here I am … Continued
A while back I did a post about books that people who have enjoyed Dragonkeeper might like to read. As I mentioned at the time, I haven’t read all of them, so I can’t give an opinion about which is the best or anything like that. Recently Maddison asked me which ones weren’t scary, as … Continued
I am very pleased to announce that Dragon Moon has been shortlisted for an Aurealis Award. The Aurealis Awards are for Australian speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy and horror). Dragon Moon has been shortlisted in the Children’s long fiction section. Click here to see all the shortlisted books/stories.
There are a surprising number of dragons in New York. While I was there, I was always coming across them. On buildings….. In museums….. And in toy shops. This is the toyshop FAO Schwartz that was in the film Big. And these Harry Potter dragons were BIG, about 3 metres high. And…..I had a personal … Continued
There is something new on the black dog books Dragon Companion website. A flying dragon! Check it out here.
I have been away overseas, which is why I haven’t blogged for a while. We went to New York. It was fantastic. Such and amazing city. As it is November, it was cold (chilly the locals call it when it’s getting close to freezing!). The big bonus was the autumn leaves in Central Park and … Continued
The launch of The Dragon Companion went well on Sunday. It was a very hot day, but nice and cool inside Readers Feast. I met people who are interested in my books, including some who have commented on this blog. That was great, to be able to put faces to the names. It was the … Continued
My webmaster has just put the full bibliography for The Dragon Companion on the Companion page. You can find it here. I thought there might be some readers who aren’t sure what a bibliography is. It’s a list of books that an author uses for research when they are writing a book. You usually find … Continued