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Tuesday, August 5, 2014 12:16:39 AM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled The ‘Sunker’s Deep’ cover is here!:
Lian said, "This is to keep you entertained while I ponder the competition entries. The cover for Book 2: Sunker’s Deep is here at last. What do you think? "
Sunday, August 3, 2014 2:14:33 AM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Only a few more hours to get your entry in …:
Lian said, "The competition will be closing shortly, folks. Midnight tonight, I reckon is a good time. And I’m hoping to get at least ONE more entry by then. (Yes Io, I’m looking at you!) I admit to being a bit disappointed at how few entries we..." more
Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:51:50 AM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Extension to competition deadline:
Lian said, "I’ve decided to extend the deadline for the competition to Sunday August 3rd. So if you didn’t think you’d have enough time to enter, you’ve now got a couple more weeks. We’ve had three entries so far, and the standard..." more
Saturday, July 12, 2014 6:31:29 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled The public face of writing:
Lian said, "An early start this morning, as I’m off to teach a workshop on ‘The public face of writing’. There was a time when authors sat at home and wrote, and when they finished their manuscript they sent it off to the publisher, and some..." more
Saturday, July 5, 2014 8:04:30 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled The first two entries!:
Lian said, "We have had the first two entries for the competition! I’m amazed that Rose (11) and Racquel (14) got them in so quickly, but also very pleased, as I always have this niggling worry that maybe no one will enter, and I’ll be left..." more
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:35:23 AM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled A new competition!:
Lian said, "I’ve been talking about a new competition for a few weeks now, and here it is at last! You can enter by either 1. Making a video trailer for any one of my children’s novels. or 2. Making a storyboard for a trailer for any one of my..." more
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 3:41:32 AM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Bellingen and bookplates:
Lian said, "After five days of swanning around the little town of Bellingen in sandals and shirt sleeves, I’ve come home to VERY COLD nights. I lit the wood heater as soon as I walked in the door, and Harry immediately started purring. Since then he has..." more
Saturday, May 31, 2014 9:47:16 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled I’ve seen the Sunker’s Deep cover …:
Lian said, "And it is gorgeous! You probably know that I adore the cover for Ice Breaker, so I’ve been waiting with bated breath to see what artist Seb Ciaffaglione would do for the second book in the series. On Friday I got to see it at last – and..." more
Thursday, May 22, 2014 2:13:08 AM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Update on new bookplates:
Lian said, "I know that several of you have been waiting impatiently for the new Ice Breaker bookplates. I thought your wait was over earlier this week – a parcel came in the mail, from the US where the bookplates are being printed. I opened the nice..." more
Sunday, May 11, 2014 3:22:26 AM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled A competition?:
Lian said, "I’ve been thinking about running another competition – mainly because they’re fun, but also because we haven’t had one for ages, and we’ve never had one for Ice Breaker. Trouble is, I can’t decide what it would be..." more
Sunday, March 30, 2014 10:19:33 AM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Submarines (and more about the chooks):
Lian said, "Some of you may know that parts of the second book in the Hidden series, Sunker’s Deep, are set on a tiny submersible called Claw. So a big part of writing it has been research, because I know Nothing At All about submarines and submersibles...." more
Sunday, March 23, 2014 2:53:44 AM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Beaconsfield festival and more on Sunker’s Deep:
Lian said, "Last weekend I went up to Beaconsfield in northern Tasmania for the first Beaconsfield Festival of Golden Words. The name comes from the fact that Beaconsfield used to be a gold mining town – well, still is, though the mine is closed at the..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:38:55 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Six weeks to go:
Lian said, "Only six weeks to go to the launch – and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery has agreed to lend us some penguins. Not real ones, unfortunately. Though I suppose things could get a bit out of hand if they were real. Loud squawking during the..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:38:55 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Four weeks to go!:
Lian said, "I can’t believe the launch of Ice Breaker is getting so close. Here’s part of my to-do list: design badges buy card for badges talk to the tech person about sound and video measure doorway in Founders Room write script for Joel pick up..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:38:55 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Three weeks to go!:
Lian said, "I’m getting nervous. And excited. Two really good things happened this week. Firstly, my author copies of Ice Breaker arrived – and they look beeeauuuutiful! Such a gorgeous cover (I may have said this before )! It’s always so..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:38:55 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled It’s ‘Ice Breaker’ publication day!:
Lian said, "Yes, my dears, ‘Ice Breaker’ is now officially in the shops – in Australia and New Zealand, at least. Which is pretty exciting. Have you seen it anywhere? Have you read it yet? If you have, come and tell us what you thought...." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:38:54 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled The Hobart launch of ‘Ice Breaker’:
Lian said, "What you need for a good book launch is a group of extraordinary people – creative, hard-working and clever. (It helps if they have theatrical experience.) And that’s what I had. An hour before the launch started, the Founders Room was..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:38:54 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled A title for Book 2:
Lian said, "After lots of to-ing and fro-ing and yes-ing and no-ing, we at last have a title for the second book in the Hidden series. SUNKER’S DEEP. What do you think? I liked it as soon as I saw it, and I like it more and more as time goes on. And..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:38:54 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Merry Christmas!:
Lian said, "I’ve been a bit lazy about updating this blog recently – partly because I haven’t had anything to say, which is as good a reason as any for keeping my mouth shut. Also, after the great excitement of the release and launch of Ice..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:38:54 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled New year, new chooks:
Lian said, "My niece Megan came to stay the other night, on her way down to Bruny Island to visit her sister. While she was here, we got out the photos of me and my brothers when we were kids, and laughed at the bathers we used to wear, and how my father used..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:38:54 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Bookplates for the Hidden series:
Lian said, "I’m in the process of getting some new bookplates made for the new series. I love the Keepers bookplates (and if you don’t have at least one yet, go here to see what they’re like and order them), but I also thought it’d be..." more
Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:38:54 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Holidays, Aurealis and Chook Report Cards:
Lian said, "Well, I’m on holiday. I handed in the revisions for Sunker’s Deep a week ago, and decided to take two weeks off before I started in on Book 3, which has a working title of Fetcher. So last week I – um – pottered. That’s..." more
Friday, September 6, 2013 10:03:26 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Seven weeks to go …:
Lian said, "It’s only seven weeks till Ice Breaker hits the shops, and things are hotting up. For a start, it just got its first review, in Bookseller & Publisher, which is the magazine that goes to all the bookshops. Here’s part of what they..." more
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 9:11:28 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled A funeral oration for Miss Mouse:
Lian said, "What a dreadfully sad and heart-sore day. Miss Mouse, my beloved cat for the last twelve years, died yesterday. She was sick a few weeks ago, then got better, then suddenly got sick again. Stopped eating, stopped drinking, stopped doing all the..." more
Saturday, August 9, 2014 5:24:57 PM
Lian Tanner wrote a blog post titled Competition – the winners!:
Lian said, "s I said in my last post, we didn’t have a lot of competition entries, which was a bit disappointing. But the high quality certainly made up for the lack of quantity. People clearly put so much effort into their book trailers, and as a result..." more