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I have recently narrated for Bolinda Audio, the origin story that led me to write Comes the Night. They have just send me the lovely cover design which is clearly intended to echo the marvellous cover Zoe Sadokierski created for Comes the Night.

A graphic short story collection featuring stories by Isobelle and the Graphic story group from her Patreon Site. A work in progress. There is one rough to which has been added a red feather and a fox tail, which I drew 🙂

I have just returned from 10 nights on a cruise. It was not something I have ever done, or honestly, wanted to do. Karyn Stratton from Book Addiction wrote to invite me, and given the chance to do something I have never done before, I could not resist. It was a pretty amazing experience. Here are just a few images. I have written about it at length on my Patreon...

Once a year I go up Mt Hotham in Victoria for a week, on retreat with a group. We bring our own food and cook for ourselves, sometimes together sometimes separately, except for the first night when I cook for us. We have this year nominated September 20 – 28 as our retreat dates. Reach out to me for more information if you would like to join us. There will...

Darkbane is the frontline novel I am working on now and I hope to hand over a full draft to Allen and Unwin by the end of this year, whereupon they will republish the first two books in the lead up to the release of Darkbane. I have spent the first half of this year on the road with Comes the Night, but in the second half of the year,...

Commencing Sunday August 3rd (The following four workshops are once a month thereafter.) I will be running these for and at the Queensland Writers Centre, in the second half of the year. This series is aimed at people with a novel in progress – you can book using the link above. The course description follows. Year of the Novel returns to finally get your book out of your head and...

Nic: Isobelle Carmody is an inventive and extraordinarily popular writer. When it comes to Australian fantasy fiction, there is no bigger name. I recorded this chat with Isobelle at the State Library of Victoria, after Isobelle had spent the weekend at Comic Con. I started by asking her about her early influences… Listen to the full episode:

Isobelle Carmody’s award winning series, The Kingdom of the Lost Book 3: The Ice Maze …”The Ice Maze is the much anticipated third part in Isobelle Carmody’s The Kingdom of the Lost, and continues the story of brothers Bily and Zluty as they make their way across unknown lands, encountering strange sights and new creatures as they seek help for their friend the Monster, and a new place to call...

One of questions is ” What/who made you start writing? ” for Isobelle to answer. Click on the image below to read 12 Questions Q&A by Kids’ Book Review