Juliet Marillier's Blog

Hi all,

I'm embarrased to see that I last posted here nearly 6 yeears ago ... Just wanted you to know I am still around and still writing, but I disengaged from Goodreads for a while for various reasons. I have kept on adding books as I read them. I do find the star system for rating books a bit inadequate. You'll notice most of my ratings are a 4 or 5. That's because, if I really don't enjoy a book, I don't put it up here at all. I dislike the idea of giving something a low rating and/or a negative review, because reading tastes do differ. What I like you may hate and vice versa. Also, I know how much it hurts a writer to get bad reviews and low ratings, when most have put a lot of time and effort into creating the book.

I hope that makes sense! I'm currently reading a lot of fantasy in preparation for a panel at the World Fantasy Convention in the UK, coming up late Oct/early Nov. Maybe I will see some of you there. I will be receiving an award.

Beautiful
My folkloric novel, Beautiful, is out today in audio-book from Audible.com, read by the wonderful Gemma Dawson. Beautiful is based on the Danish fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon, but expands the original story to include 'what happened next' as our young protagonist battles disadvantage to discover her true place in the world. A shorter version of Beautiful appears in the anthology Aurum, published by Ticonderoga Publications.

You should be able to download Beautiful from the Australian, US and UK Audible sites.

If you hop over to my Facebook author page tomorrow, May 31, you will get a chance to win a free download code for Beautiful. One day only, folks!

Note: Beautiful is one of the launch titles for Audible Originals in Australia, and is at present not available in print or ebook form.

Hi all,

I've neglected this blog (and Goodreads in general) for a long while, so for anyone who doesn't also follow my Facebook author page and/or my website, I have plenty of news to share.

Let's start with this link to my blog for Writer Unboxed about the role of the writer's dog - link below.
https://writerunboxed.com/2019/05/08/...

I'll be back soon with more about my forthcoming novel, BEAUTIFUL, which comes out May 30 as an Audible Original.

My redesigned website has gone live! It's much more user-friendly with new features such as a personal blog.

Check it out here:
www.julietmarillier.com

You'll find a downloadable excerpt from the up-coming Tower of Thorns (Blackthorn & Grim book 2.)

I've submitted the manuscript for TOWER OF THORNS, second book in the Blackthorn & Grim series, to my publisher. TOWER OF THORNS is scheduled for publication in October 2015 (Australian edition) and November 2015 (US edition.) I'm very excited about this book! We'll be adding a page for it very soon, with beautiful cover art.

Perth Writers' Festival

 

I'll be appearing on two discussion panels.

 

Saturday Feb 21 from 4-5pm: Inspiration is a Fickle Mistress with Dawn Barker and Georgina Penney.

Sunday Feb 22 from 4-5pm: Drawing from History with Joe Abercrombie, Kate Forsyth and Robyn Cadwallader.


I will be signing at the festival bookshop for 30 minutes after each panel. 

 

Historical Novel Association of Australia Conference March 20-22 (Sydney)

 I'll be attending this conference (the inaugural one for the Australian branch of HSNA) along with a stellar group of historical fiction writers. I am on a panel on the Saturday morning on the topic Tall Tales and True: How storytellers imagine history.


More about the HSNA conference here:

 

I'm happy to advise that my short story, By Bone-Light, will be reappearing in two 'best of' anthologies: Year's Best Speculative Fiction 2013 from Twelfth Planet Press, and Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2013 from Ticonderoga.

I will be in Sydney on December 6. You can meet me at these two events:

Galaxy Bookshop - signing from 11-12, possibly until 12.30

The Children's Bookshop - launch and celebration for Once Upon a Christmas, 1.30 - 2pm

I hope to see some of you there!

Dreamer's Pool

Several copies of the Penguin US edition of Dreamer's Pool are up for grabs on tor.com. To be in the running, click on the link below and make a comment there. The giveaway closes Nov 11. Open to readers in Canada and the US only.

 

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/11/dreamers-pool-sweepstakes 

Exciting news! Penguin's US hardback edition of Dreamer's Pool is officially out on November 4 (it's already Nov 4 in Australia as I write this, but US readers have a few hours to go.)

 

Audible.com's audiobook edition of Dreamer's Pool can be ordered now at the link given below. The narrators are Scott Aiello (Oran), Natalie Gold (Blackthorn), and Nick Sullivan (Grim.)  I'm really looking forward to hearing this!

http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00OZ4WYL0&source_code=AUDOR95IVWS042413