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Louise Zedda-Sampson

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Ditmar Award Finalist in criticism and review category

My article ‘The Horror of Australia’s Literary Censorship’ published in the AHWA’s Midnight Echo #20 is a finalist in the 2026 Ditmar Awards for works published in 2025 in the category The William Atheling Jr Award for criticism or review.

The full list of finalists is available here, and once again, I’m truly honoured to appear in a list with so many award-winning and accomplished authors.
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Average rating: 4.31 · 201 ratings · 77 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Infected 2: Tales to Read Alone by Steve Dillon (Editor), John Palisano (Goodreads Author), Mark Towse (Goodreads Author) 4.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories of Survival by Austin P. Sheehan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lisa Rodrigues (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), S.M. Isaac (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hell's Bells: Stories of Festive Fear by members of the Australian Horror Writers Association by Martin Livings (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Keith Williams (Contributor), Deborah Sheldon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	666 (Dark Drabbles, #11) by D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kurt Adam, Rotten Akers 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bowl the Maidens Over: Our First Women Cricketers 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burning Love and Bleeding Hearts by Louise Zedda-Sampson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Mason (Editor), Erik Hofstatter (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dreams That Shape Us and Other Stories 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trickster's Treats #4: Coming, Buried or Not! by Louise Zedda-Sampson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Geneve Flynn (Editor), Edward Ahern (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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