Mid Year Update - 2025

City of Jackals is now out in the world!

Both books at the Dymocks in Melbourne CBD.

Inkstone have published a special edition of CIty of Jackals to accompany their edition of Kavithri. The Broken Binding have special editions of both books in the pipeline but we don't have a release date as yet.

The Inkstone special editions.

Link to the Inkstone website.

Over the last 12 months the writing has had to take a backseat as I've (once again) moved countries. New city, new job, new life, but I'm up and running again and 20,000 words into my next novel.

And to my complete and utter surprise, Kavithri was nominated for two awards: The Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel, and the Aldiss Award for worldbuilding in speculative fiction.

Finally, some of the best things I've read and watched in the last year:

Books:

• Blindsight by Peter Watts

• The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

Manga:

• Freesia by Jiro Matsumoto

• Boys on the Run by Kengo Hanazawa

Anime and TV:

• 3 Body Problem

• Sakamoto Days

• The Gentlemen

I haven't really watched any movies worth mentioning (sadly).

Next up on my to-read list: The Fisherman by John Langan.