Aurealis Awards : les finalistes

[marie.m]

Les Aurealis Awards récompensent depuis 1995 les meilleures productions d'auteurs australiens. Voici la liste des nominés pour l'année 2012 :

Fantasy Novel
The Undivided, by Jennifer Fallon
Ember and Ash, by Pamela Freeman
Stormlord’s Exile, by Glenda Larke
Debris, by Jo Anderton
The Shattered City, by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Fantasy Short Story
“Fruit of the Pipal Tree,” by Thoraiya Dyer
“The Proving of Smollett Standforth,” by Margo Lanagan
“Into the Clouds on High,” by Margo Lanagan
“Reading Coffee,” by Anthony Panegyris
“The Dark Night of Anton Weiss,” by D.C. White

Science Fiction Novel
Machine Man, by Max Barry
Children of Scarabaeus, by Sara Creasy
The Waterboys, by Peter Docker
Black Glass, by Meg Mundell
The Courier’s New Bicycle, by Kim Westwood

Science Fiction Short Story
“Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden,” by Joanne Anderton
“Desert Madonna,” by Robert Hood
“SIBO,” by Penelope Love
“Dead Low,” by Cat Sparks
“Rains of la Strange,” by Robert N Stephenson

Horror Novel
No award will be presented in this category, but there are two honorable mentions.
The Broken Ones, by Stephen M. Irwin
The Business of Death, by Trent Jamieson

Horror Short Story
“And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living,” by Deborah Biancotti
“The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt,” by Paul Haines
“The Short Go: a Future in Eight Seconds,” by Lisa L. Hannett
“Mulberry Boys,” by Margo Lanagan
“The Coffin Maker’s Daughter,” by Angela Slatter

Young Adult Novel
Shift, by Em Bailey
Secrets of Carrick: Tantony, by Ananda Braxton-Smith
The Shattering, by Karen Healey
Black Glass, by Meg Mundell
Only Ever Always, by Penni Russon

Young Adult Short Story
“Nation of the Night,” by Sue Isle
“Finishing School,” by Kathleen Jennings
“Seventy-Two Derwents,” by Cate Kennedy
“One Window,” by Martine Murray
“The Patrician,” by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Children’s Fiction (told primarily through words)
The Outcasts, by John Flanagan
The Paradise Trap, by Catherine Jinks
“It Began with a Tingle,” by Thalia Kalkapsakis
The Coming of the Whirlpool, by Andrew McGahan
City of Lies, by Lian Tanner

Children’s Fiction (told primarily through pictures)
The Ghost of Annabel Spoon, by Aaron Blabey (author and illustrator)
Sounds Spooky, by Christopher Cheng (author) and Sarah Davis (illustrator)
The Last Viking, by Norman Jorgensen (author) and James Foley (illustrator)
The Deep: Here be Dragons, by Tom Taylor (author) and James Brouwer (illustrator)
Vampyre, by Margaret Wild (author) and Andrew Yeo (illustrator)

Illustrated Book/Graphic Novel
Hidden, by Mirranda Burton (author and illustrator)
Torn, by Andrew Constant (author) and Joh James (illustrator), additional illustrators Nicola Scott, Emily Smith
Salsa Invertebraxa, by Mozchops (author and illustrator) (Pecksniff Press)
The Eldritch Kid: Whiskey and Hate, by Christian Read (author) and Michael Maier (illustrator)
The Deep: Here be Dragons, by Tom Taylor (author) and James Brouwer (illustrator)

Anthology
Ghosts by Gaslight, edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers
Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene
Ishtar, edited by Amanda Pillar and KV Taylor
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 5, edited by Jonathan Strahan
Life on Mars, edited by Jonathan Strahan

Collection
Bad Power, by Deborah Biancotti
Last Days of Kali Yuga, by Paul Haines
Bluegrass Symphony, by Lisa Hannett
Nightsiders, by Sue Isle
Love and Romanpunk, by Tansy Rayner Roberts

(Source : SF Signal)