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Takeshita Demons is OUT NOW! Takeshita Demons is out now in the UK, complete with awesome illustrations by Judge Dredd artist Siku. Book 2,The Filth Licker, is scheduled for 2011 with Book 3, Monster Matsuri out in 2012. |
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Follow me! Follow my progress and get the latest on Takeshita Demons at my blog or follow me on Twitter for writing competitions and news. Or, if you want to get your teeth chattering RIGHT NOW, check out this famous Japanese ghost story. |
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Takeshita Demons wins Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Book Award Takeshita Demons, my 25,000-word adventure romp for younger readers, has won the Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award. It features traditional Japanese yokai and is a scary, fast-paced read for kids. |
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Winner: Voices on the Coast 2008 One Weekend with Killiecrankie, has won the 2008 Voices on the Coast writing competition, held in Queensland as part of a youth literature festival. Thanks to Varuna House and Julia Lawrinson for all their help and advice! |
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Delving into microfiction A piece of microfiction I wrote one super-sunny Perth afternoon has been published by OneFifty. It’s called “When we knew” and it’s pretty much based on fact. |
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National manuscript award My first children’s manuscript, One Weekend with Killiecrankie, has won a “Young and Emerging Writer” fellowship, awarded by Varuna House. This means I have been selected as one of five emerging young writers in Australia...Yee ha! |
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Short story award My short story, “Shiny white caresses,” has been shortlisted in the Australian National Youth Week “Writeit” competition. It’s about a guy with a phobia about blowflies. |
