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2012 Aurealis Award announcement
2012 Aurealis Awards announcement
SpecFaction NSW is pleased to announce exciting news for this year’s Aurealis Awards gala ceremony, Saturday 18 May 2013 at The Independent Theatre in North Sydney.
Scott Westerfeld has kindly agreed to be our Master of Ceremonies. Scott is the author of eighteen novels, including several very popular YA series ( Read more... ) -
Aurealis Awards finalists
Congratulations to all the finalists! Everyone, come and see the winners announced at the ceremony on Saturday 18 May ( Read more... ) -
City to Surf
I did it! I ran the City to Surf! In one hour 40 minutes, which is about the time I expected. Actually I hoped to do it in about one hour 30, but a toilet stop, drink stations and negotiating the crowd added another 10 minutes or so. Apart from that, I ran the entire distance, including all the way up Heartbreak Hill, which wasn't quite as ( Read more... ) -
10km!
I just ran 10.3km! First time I've cracked the 10km mark. Took me one hour and nine minutes, which is pretty slow, but good enough for me. I'm starting to believe I will actually manage to run the City to Surf this year. -
Winter Camp
For those who wondered what I got up to over the June long weekend - and be honest, you did wonder, didn't you? - I was in the Blue Mountains near Black Springs for the annual 17th century Winter Camp. A true test of one's winter clothing! It was several degrees below zero on Friday and Saturday nights, though Sunday was a little less cold. No snow ( Read more... ) -
Aurealis Awards winners
The full list of the 2011 Aurealis Award winners:
CHILDREN’S FICTION (told primarily through words)
City of Lies by Lian Tanner (Allen & Unwin)
CHILDREN’S FICTION (told primarily through pictures)
Sounds Spooky by Christopher Cheng (author) and Sarah Davis (illustrator) (Random House Australia)
YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY
“Nation of the Night” by Sue Isle ( ( Read more... ) -
Aurealis Awards
A big thank you to everyone who came to the Aurealis Awards last night. It was a great success and I am pleased and proud to have helped organise the event. Congratulations again to all finalists and winners ( Read more... ) -
Aurealis Awards
Only four days to go before this year's Aurealis Awards ceremony! It's this Saturday 12 May at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney. Doors open 7.30pm for an 8.00 start. Don't miss out!
Tickets are $35 and can be bought here. There'll be a party afterwards too at a nearby venue.
If you've already booked, thank you! If not, please come along; we'd ( Read more... ) -
Foolishness leads to inconvenience and expense - who knew??
I went for a run this morning, got home again, showered and changed and headed out for a massage - a run and massage is becoming a Sunday morning thing for me - and immediately realised I'd locked my keys inside the flat. So I was locked out. Isn't it great how you always realise these things the moment AFTER it's too late to fix it? Bugger. Bugger ( Read more... ) -
Running log
8km, 51m04s, 9.4km/h. Late dusk to darkness. Overall a smooth run. Feet got a bit sore after several km; apart from that, and needing to take a dump, I felt like I could have managed another 1 or 2 km.