I’m still taking it all in, but on Thursday night Towards White was launched by the amazing Joanne Anderton in Sydney. The biggest battle was getting my 12 year old son to wear jeans, not shorts, but after that everything went really well. The bookshop, Harry Hartog in Warringah Mall,…
The generosity of some writers astounds me. Five amazing writers just read my upcoming solo debut Towards White, and gave my publisher IFWG Australia five amazing quotes about it, all while juggling their own projects, writing and family. I had to know more. So today I’m asking Joanne Anderton, what…
Dear supporter of all things bookish and speculative, I’m thrilled to invite you to the book launches of my solo debut Towards White – one in Canberra and one in Sydney. I’d love to see some friendly faces there, so please consider joining me, and my publisher IFWG Australia, for…
What kind of books does Joanne Anderton write? Mostly speculative fiction, though she enjoys playing around with the all genres under that umbrella. Mixing a little magic with her science makes her happy, and almost everything is improved by a pinch of horror. Tell me more! Joanne Anderton is an award-winning…
The Australian Horror Writers’ Association is celebrating its 10th anniversary by releasing a ‘best of’ Midnight Echo anthology, ‘Dead of Night’, and guess who’s in it? Me! Woo hoo! Midnight Echo is Australia’s premier horror magazine and I was thrilled to be published in it back in 2013 with my…
Listening to a sequence of sounds has no obvious survival value for humans. Yet according to a 2001 study by neuroscientists at the University of Montreal, music has the same effect on our brains as sex and good food. Why? It could be because with music we get whatever emotion…
Who is Joanne Anderton? Joanne Anderton lives in Sydney, with her husband and too many pets. She enjoys blurring the lines between science fiction, fantasy, and horror. She is the author of the multiple award winning short story collection, The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, and the Veiled Worlds Trilogy: Debris, Suited, and Guardian. Where can I read more about this fabulous…
