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Continuum 6: Future Tense

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Trudi Canavan

on February 21, 2010 9:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I'll be at Continuum 6 this weekend, in Melbourne. I love these smaller, local cons for their cosy atmosphere. It's much easier to get to meet the guests, for a start, and catch up with all my friends.

I'm on only one panel this time:

Sunday, 2pm:

Craftonomicon

Meet the new crafters and makers. What can

you do with a few materials? Why would you

do it? Why "But I'm not creative!" is not an

excuse. Be inspired by the creativity of other

fans.

Which is an entirely new kind of panel for me, but I'm really looking forward to it for exactly that reason. And it's amazing how many readers of sf are also knitters, or crocheters, or tatters, or sewers...

The Aurealis Awards

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Trudi Canavan

on January 26, 2010 9:29 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

It was very nice of them to arrange for Australia Day to come right after the Aurealis Awards, because by the time I got home on Sunday and unpacked on Monday I needed a good long Tuesday relaxing in the sun and eating BBQ to recover.

Here are some pics of the weekend:

Kaaron Warren and I signing at Pulp Fiction Books. Thanks to Rhiannon and Andrew who brought their own books and a friend's to be signed. Kaaron and I were the first group of the day, and by the time we left for lunch the joint was jumping, full of authors and readers having a great time.

That night we glammed up and got ready to party. Here's a nice blurry pic of the audience.

And one of the stage.

And here's what I came home with. Couldn't have been more surprised. Of all the books I've written, the one that was the hardest is the one that wins an Aurealis Award. But then, I suppose it's also the one that had me doubting that all the hard work is worthwhile, so this is fantastic reassurance.

Now I'm back to work writing and all the various tasks surrounding it - like sending my publisher a features wish-list for the new author site they're going to put together for me. I'm very excited!

Pulp Fiction and the Aurealis Awards

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Trudi Canavan

on January 15, 2010 9:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

It's that time of year again! What time? Aurealis Awards time!

I booked my tickets a few months ago, just a couple of weeks before I found out that The Magician's Apprentice was shortlisted. (Which, I have to admit, has turned it from a relaxed opportunity to dress up and party to a nail-biting, nerve-wracking opportunity to dress up and party.)

Since there will be so many authors in town, Pulp Fiction Books is having a signing day on Saturday 23rd of January. Here's the schedule:

Trudi Canavan and Kaaron Warren at 10.30 - 11.30am

Sean Williams, Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier at 11.30am - 12.30pm

Karen Miller and Glenda Larke at 12.30 - 1.30pm

Pamela Freeman and Katie Taylor at 2.30 - 3.30pm

Three Weeks to Go!

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Trudi Canavan

on July 20, 2009 2:26 AM | Permalink

Well, more like two and a half weeks. But time zones do wierd things when you're flying east from Australia.

As I said in a previous post, I'll be at Anticipation - this year's Worldcon held in Montreal, Canada. I'm in the middle of arranging my schedule for the con, incorporating the sessions I've been given with parties and events held by Aussiecon and both my english (Orbit) and french (Bragelonne) publishers.

Here's a list of events I'll be participating in. As info and confirmations come in, and I get access to the internet, I'll update this page.

Session ID: 1269

Title: Trudi Canavan Signing

Description: Trudi Canavan Signing

Language: English

Track: Autographs

Moderator: <Not Available>

Location: P-Autographs

When: Fri 1:00 PM

Duration: 12:30 hrs:min

All Participants: Trudi Canavan

Session ID: 600

Title: Fantasy Classics 101

Description: If you've just discovered the fantasy field, what are the books you should read to get an idea of its range? Especially if they're older works, you may not stumble across them easily...but they can be just as good as something published last week.

Language: English

Track: Literature in English

Moderator: Howard Tayler

Location: P-513A

When: Sun 5:00 PM

Duration: 1:30 hrs:min

All Participants: Amy Thomson, Brad Templeton, Howard Tayler, Trudi Canavan

Hugo Losers Party

Hosted by Aussiecon4

Sunday night 10pm-ish

PLEASE NOTE: despite noting on the program participant form that I did not want to do a reading, somehow my name has ended up in a readings session. Though I've followed instructions to fix this, it's slipped through the system and will end up in the program book. So I figure I had better post here that I WILL NOT BE AT THE READING. (But Kaaron Warren will be, and she writes amazing, dark stories, so go listen to her.)

Conjecture

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Trudi Canavan

on May 31, 2009 11:24 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

This weekend I'll be at Conjecture in Adelaide, at the Natcon (the Australian National SF Convention). But since this time of year is always deadline chasing time, so I'm just heading over for the con. The only signing of books I'll be doing will be at the con. The only bookshops I'll be visiting will be those set up at the con. But if you're coming to the con, these are the panels I'll be participating in:

From Pen to Print, Saturday 9:30 to 10:00 am

Worldbuilding, Sunday 5:00 to 5:30 pm

SF Art, Monday 12:30 to 1:00 pm

There will be signings, but I don't have times, and there was even talk of a 'coffee clutch'. Check the con program, or the con whiteboard, or your friendly con volunteer. One thing I can be sure of is I won't be doing readings, as I still have a nagging post-flu cough.

Cons and Colds

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Trudi Canavan

on April 17, 2009 1:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)

Contact (Swancon) was the best con ever! People were so friendly and enthusiastic. The committee were helpful, organised and their cheerfulness was infectious. My fellow guests were insightful and fun. And my minders (who I called minions), Sandra and Wing, were fabulous - both a delight to hang out with and ready to spring into action if I needed them.

Unfortunately Paul and I brought home Richard Morgan's cold. (Okay, there were other people there with colds that we could have caught it from, but we're blaming Richard.) So Paul hasn't downloaded any pics and I haven't been up to writing blog posts. Hopefully I'll be able to put something up here soon.

In the meantime I'll be concentrating on getting better so I can get stuck into finishing The Ambassador's Mission. I didn't manage to get the first draft done before Swancon because of a very different flu that was going around, but I only have about eight or so chapters left to write. (I guess I should be grateful that, what with all the travelling I've been doing, I've only had two bouts of cold/flu so far this year.)

There's another convention coming up soon: Conjecture in Adelaide. And then another event coming up in the second half of the year... but the international flights and hotels aren't booked yet so I'll have to save that announcement for another time.

Perth Bookstore Tour

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Trudi Canavan

on April 8, 2009 10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Today I was taken around to sign stock and meet booksellers in Perth by Todd, one of the local accounts manager. First stop Dymocks Garden City:

Where Justin brought out a nice big stack of books for me to sign while he and I talked writing and good characters. Then a trip into the city followed, to Borders.

Where Stefen Super SF Seller recommended some good books while I signed mine. Next up was Dymocks Perth:

Where the lovely Tyne posed for a photo with me. And then we scooted off to Planet Bookshop in Mount Lawley, which is an amazing shop with a vast range and (my favourite) couches or cafe seats so you can sit and relax.

Where I got a shot of Paul, my partner, and the very friendly and insightful Todd. Here we signed more stock...

And Robin and I had a fascinating chat about fantasy publishing in Australia. After a lovely lunch with another Robin (this time an accounts manager) we headed back to the city to White Dwarf Books.

Where I hung out, laughed and had a really fun time with Peter the Wonder Goth, Sha, Tanya and Tim. We dragged ourselves away to our final destination:

Fantastic Planet and a cuppa and Tim Tam thanks to the lovely Elaine.

Discussing Contact (Swancon) on ABC Radio National

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Trudi Canavan

on April 6, 2009 9:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

The interview was a lot of fun, shifted from conventions to writing, and seemed to be over in a flash. Here it is...

Writing Sex and Dystopia in Speculative Fiction

Making Contact in Perth

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Trudi Canavan

on April 2, 2009 10:13 PM | Permalink

Next week I head west to Contact, Perth's annual convention. This time not just in the role of paticipant, audience member, panellist and author, but as the National Guest. Which means I'll be working extra hard to be entertaining, inspiring and fun.

The first event will be a talk at the City of Stirling's Osborne Library, alongside the International Guest Richard Morgan. It's at 9 Royal Street, Tuart Hill, starting at 11:30am. The flier is here.

I may also be doing some bookshop visits to sign stock before the con - I'll post details when they come in.

At the convention my schedule is:

Thursday

7:30 pm - Opening Ceremony

Friday

3:00 pm - Book Signing

7:30 pm - launch of The Priestess and the Slave

9:30 pm - Panel: Religion in fantasy

Saturday

8:00-9:00 pm - Masquerade Judging

9:30 pm - Panel: So why the hell do you want to be a writer anyway?

Sunday

12:00 pm - Guest of Honour Speech

3:00 pm - Panel: What's hot in fantasy?

4:00 pm - Book Signing

Monday

11:00 am - Panel: Sexuality in speculative fiction

12:00 pm - Panel: Writing Fantasy, Tips & Techniques

4:00 pm - Closing Ceremony

Hope to see some of you there!

3CR - Published or Not

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Trudi Canavan

on March 12, 2009 5:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Today I headed into the city to the funky studio of 3CR Community Radio where Jan Goldsmith interviewed me live for her show 'Published or Not'.

I had a fabulous time talking with her about The Magician's Apprentice and the world I created for The Black Magician Trilogy, and about writing. Jan picked up so many themes and details from the book beyond the simple story, and I think we could have easily talked for a full hour.

Being a live interview, there were plenty of butterflies before the show, but once we got into the swing of things I felt much more relaxed!

Recently in appearances Category

Continuum 6: Future Tense

The Aurealis Awards

Pulp Fiction and the Aurealis Awards

Three Weeks to Go!

Conjecture

Cons and Colds

Perth Bookstore Tour

Discussing Contact (Swancon) on ABC Radio National

Making Contact in Perth

3CR - Published or Not

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