I'm delighted to share that Te Pae Tawhiti Awards have launched for NZ and Pasifika speculative fiction authors.

Confession time, I've been working on a secret project. Not going to lie, it has a pretty gory opening chapter (as is the way of...

I'm delighted to share that I've had three works shortlisted in the Sir Julius Vogel Awards and another three shortlisted in four categories in the Aurealis Awards!

I haven't done any sort of wrap up post in years. But NO MORE! Also, this year has been BIG, holy cow.

Loved one of my stories? Nominate it for an award! Here's a list of my 2024 releases and corresponding awards I'm eligible for.

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The cover of my upcoming collection A Night So Dark and Full of Stars has arrived! Releasing September 2024 from Deadset Press!

The cover for The Rarkyn's Fall, book two in the Rarkyn Trilogy is here. I'm so excited for you all to see it!

With the 2023 award season temporarily wrapped up, I figured it was time for an update post on how the two works I had were eligible...

I'm delighted to share that my stories are finalists in the Aurealis Awards, the Australasian Shadow Awards, and the Sir Julius Awards!

I'm super excited to share with friends and readers this gorgeous cover for my new science-fantasy novella, ONCE WE FLEW.

THE RARKYN'S FAMILIAR is the 2022 BRONZE Winner in Young Adult Fiction in the 25th annual Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards!

I'm over the moon to share that The Rarkyn's Familiar has won a 2023 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Youth Novel!

The Rarkyn's Familiar is a finalist in the 2022 Aurealis Awards, the Foreward INDIES Book of the Year Awards and the Indies Today Awards!

The day has finally come! The From the Wasteland anthology is now available from PS Publishing!

I'm very excited to share that The Rarkyn's Familiar is a finalist in the Indie Ink Awards!

Happy release day to Vicki-Ann Bush and the final book in the Alex McKenna series. Check out the book deets below—plus a sneak excerpt!

Lyss and Skaar need your votes to make it to the next round of the 2022 Indie Awards!

I'm super excited to share that I have a story in an upcoming anthology of stories inspired by TS Eliot's The Waste Land.

I am over the moon to share that my post-apocalyptic fantasy mash-up novelette Dingo & Sister has won two Aurealis Awards!