Shadow Sister, the fifth book in the Dragonkeeper series will be available from 1st May. I have just received an advance copy, so I can finally show off the cover. It’s another gorgeous piece of art from Sonia Kretschmar. I love it!
There is some new free stuff on my Downloads page. I’ve written a Prologue to the fourth Dragonkeeper book, Blood Brothers, called Leaving Home. I was interested to read the reaction to J K Rowling’s recent comments about how Hermione should have ended up with Harry and not Ron. Firstly. No. Wrong. But also, I … Continued
Melbourne is a dragon city. And Chinese New Year is when the shy Chinese dragons in Melbourne come out to play. Sadly I missed seeing our Millennium dragon in the Chinese New Year Dragon Parade last Sunday. It was just too hot for me to venture out of the house. But all was not lost. There … Continued
This fine dragon is the first artwork I’ve received from a reader for ages. Matilda says she loves anything to do with dragons. That’s something we have in common. One thing we don’t have in common is that she can draw, and I can’t!
I was eagerly waiting to see how the dragon was depicted in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. Needless to say, armed with my 3D glasses, I went to see the movie the day it was released. Smaug is one of the most well-known dragons in fiction, imagined anew by every reader for the last … Continued
“So have you finished for the year, Carole?” People are always asking me that. “No, I have a book that’s going to the printers on the 19th,” I reply. “Which book?” they say. “Shadow Sister, the 5th Dragonkeeper book.” “I thought you finished that months ago.” “I finished the first draft in July, second draft … Continued
The Bible might not be the first place you’d think to look for dragons, but they are there. In fact, the Bible begins and ends with dragons. The Hebrew word for dragon is tannin (plural tanninim). These are terrifying sea dragons conquerable only by God. The Old Testament was written in Hebrew between 13th and … Continued
I’ve had people asking me when the Dragonkeeper series will be available as ebooks for years. And I’m pleased to say digital editions are now available! You can get them in epub, Kindle and Kobo formats at iTunes, Bookworld, and Amazon. Stage fright, Sugar Sugar, Fromelles, Black Snake, Atmospheric and the Ramose series are also available as … Continued
I can hardly believe it, but 10 years ago this month, the lovely Gary Crew launched Dragonkeeper at the Children’s Book Council Australia conference in Hobart. I had no idea then that, a decade later, I would be in the middle of writing a 5th Dragonkeeper book (6th if you count the prequel Dragon Dawn). … Continued
So far, my dragonology blogs have been about dragons from ancient myths and legends. This time I want to talk about some modern dragons. Graffiti artists, like all artists, can paint whatever they want. In my search for dragons around my hometown (Melbourne), I have noticed that dragons often pop up as a subject for … Continued