Back from Brisbane

[adelaidesean]

A crook neck kept me from attending Supanova last weekend (alas) but my time up north was still fruitful and fun. Conjure rocked. Thanks to everyone for being so patient with their stiff-necked Oz GOH--particularly to the concom for arranging drugs and massages, the panellists on the one program item I was forced to cancel, and my fellow tie-in writers (and the wonderful Marianne de Pierres) for covering me at various functions. All's well that end's well.

At it did end will. The wonderful Gary Kemble covered Conjure for the ABC. See here for a chronological rundown of the entire event. You can also link straight to my GOH speech and an interview. I spent a fair amount of time talking about romance and sex, so be warned. :-)

To top it all off, Geodesica: Ascent picked up the Ditmar Award for Best Novel. I'm still slightly stunned, given the competition. The trophy was made by Gillian Sandrasegar and looks absolutely stunning on my brag shelf.

One last link before getting back to the new book: the Courier Mail in Brisbane recently ran a piece on Philip Pullman. I was asked to give my opinions on the great man (and other writers) along with Sophie Masson, Richard Harland, and Ian Irvine. You can see the article here.

That's it for now. As much as I love visiting Brisbane, it's great to be home. Autumn is a wonderful time in Adelaide. The neck is feeling better and the new book is coming along great. It's all good. (My motto for 2006.)

I'll post another update in a couple of days.

Comments

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Ha! That's brilliant. Wish I'd been there to see it. :-)