Portuguese and French covers have been added the Garden of the Purple Dragon, and a US cover has been added for Dragon Moon. Carole’s Children’s Book Council of Australia shortlistings and notable book listings for 2008 have also been added for Dragon Moon, Ned Kelly’s Jerilderie Letter and The Dragon Companion.
Today was a good day. It was warm autumn weather with a pleasant breeze. I went back to the gym after a month’s absence and it felt good. And to make the day even better, the shortlist for this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia was announced and two of my books were on the … Continued
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
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 is something new on the black dog books Dragon Companion website. A flying dragon! Check it out here.
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
This is the invitation to the Dragon Companion Launch in Melbourne on 21st Oct. I’m hoping lots of people will come and help me and Dean Jones (the illustrator) celebrate the publication of this book. Click on the image to read the small print. If you want to find out about the book look here and … Continued
There will be a book launch for The Dragon Companion in Melbourne. All welcome. I hope some of you will come along and say hello and help me celebrate the publication of this book which I have been working on for a long time. Here are the details. When: Sun 21 Oct 3 pm Where: … Continued
The Dragon Companion should be in bookshops (in Australia) next week (1st October). It is an A-Z encyclopedia of dragons. black dog books has set up a terrific microsite for the Companion. It has some of the illustrations from the book. Here’s another one. There are extracts from the book as well. The extracts are … Continued