Images from my recent writing workshop at Sacre Coeur College in Melbourne.
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Here is the cover of the forthcoming Japanese version of The Waterless Sea.
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Some very nice reviews for Always Mackenzie.
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Here is a sneak peek at the cover of the Japanese version of The Singer of All Songs! Looks cool, doesn't it! The Waterless Sea is scheduled for publication in September, and The Tenth Power in November.
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Always Mackenzie (Girlfriend Fiction 4) is out now in bookshops and department stores all over Australia and New Zealand. It's a story about friendship, and the unexpected places it can lead.
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The Taste of Lightning has been listed as a Notable Book (Older Readers) for 2008 by the Children's Book Council of Australia.
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Great news! The Chanters of Tremaris trilogy is soon to be released in Japan! The Singer of All Songs will be published in May 2008, The Waterless Sea in June and The Tenth Power in July.
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Always Mackenzie, the fourth title in the Allen & Unwin / Girlfriend Fiction series, will be published in May 2008.
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The Taste of Lightning will be available in the UK, distributed through Frances Lincoln Publishers, in April 2008.
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Aurealis Awards 2007 Judges' Report
The Taste of Lightning by Kate Constable was enormously readable and wonderfully entertaining with lots of engaging action and characters to cheer for and boo against. It was thoroughly enjoyable with excellent usage of speculative fiction elements. The differences in the backgrounds, personalities and motivations of Tansy, Perrin and Skir are used to good effect in the story of their journey. The tension and dilemmas created by these differences are what makes this such an enjoyable read.
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The Taste of Lightning is a finalist for the 'Best Young Adult Novel' Aurealis award!
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Email of the month
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November 2007 Two new books by Kate will be published in Australia by Allen and Unwin next year -- more details soon.
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June 2007 Chanters of Tremaris trilogy to be released in Japan in autumn 08.
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March 2007 Audiobook and paperback of The Tenth Power released in the US.
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February 2007 The Taste of Lightning published in Australia.
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February 2006 The Singer of All Songs published in Slovenia as Devet Mo?i Tremarisa.
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February 2006 The Singer of All Songs to be published in Germany.
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November 2006 Chanters of Tremaris trilogy now all available in Denmark.
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The long-awaited third volume in the Chanters of Tremaris trilogy is finally here! The Tenth Power is now available in all good Australian bookshops, and was be officially launched by best-selling fantasy author Michael Pryor at Mentone Girls' Grammar on March 16th 2005. Look out for The Singer of all Songs and The Waterless Sea in brand new (and very gorgeous) covers, too.
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The Singer of all Songs has been published in Danish under the title Hymnernes Hersker. A Japanese translation of the Chanters of Tremaris series is also underway, and a Slovenian version will also be published some time this year.
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In the United States, The Singer of all Songs has been included on several "Best Of" lists for 2004. These include Booklist's Editors Choice and Book Links' Lasting Connections, and also the American Library Association's "Amelia Bloomer" honour list, an annual list of titles that provide "excellent quality reading with strong female role models. "The Singer of All Songs has also been named as a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age.
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The Waterless Sea has now been published in the US by Arthur A. Levine/ Scholastic, with an audio version coming soon. The audio-book will be read by Kimberly Farr and released by Random House.
