Castings Trilogy

Aurealis Awards

pamela — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:15:10 +0000

I’m delighted and a bit shocked to announce that Ember and Ash has won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel of 2011. Thank you to everyone concerned with the awards (especially the judges, of course!) and to all those who have found ways of congratulating me over the past few days.

Congratulations also to the other winners: see http://www.aurealisawards.com/media-release_winners2011.pdf for the details. I was particularly chuffed when old friend Christopher Cheng won the Best Children’s Fiction award for Sounds Spooky.

Fastest Ship in Space Ebook

pamela — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:39:32 +0000

Now that the 21st century is well and truly here I am starting to make my backlist available via Ebooks.

The first one is now available – The Fastest Ship in Space. It was published in paperback as Shipborn but I never really liked the title.

The book is for children not adults but if you have any kids they should enjoy this story of kids, pirates and smugglers travelling around the Solar System.

You can find it here on Amazon.com.

Bookbag review

pamela — Mon, 30 May 2011 01:48:44 +0000

There’s an excellent review of Ember and Ash by Robert James at The Bookbag site. I was particularly chuffed by the line: ‘this is an accomplished novel with some beautiful writing and is a definite recommendation for fantasy fans’. To read the full review, including the bits he didn’t like, go here.

Ember and Ash review

pamela — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:56:36 +0000

Have a look at this review on a great site called ReadPlus!

Ember and Ash

pamela — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:27:41 +0000

Ember and Ash is out! And to celebrate, I’m guest blogging today on Galaxy Bookshop’s blog. Check it out: http://galaxybooks.blogspot.com/2011/03/ghuest-blog-by-pamela-freeman.html

Writers on rafts – Queensland floods

pamela — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:30:36 +0000

I’m part of Writers on rafts, which is an initiative of Queensland Writers Centre and author Rebecca Sparrow to raise money for the Queensland Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal. More than 150 Australian authors have pledged prizes.

To enter Writers on Rafts go to http://www.writersonrafts.com
Purchase as many tickets as you like in as many categories as you want!
Every ticket is one chance to win for a lucky person in every state and territory.
Every dollar goes directly to the Queensland Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal to help victims of the Queensland floods.
QWC’s goal is to raise $10,000 through Writers On Rafts.
We will be conducting the draw on Friday, 25 February.

Go buy tickets – for anyone interested in the literary world, there are some great prizes!

Review

pamela — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:27:55 +0000

Check out this review at Libereading.

Counting the weeks until Ember and Ash launches. I’ll be posting the details of the launch and any Sydney readers are very welcome to come!

Omnibus review

pamela — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:10:50 +0000

Have a look at this review of the trilogy. A very thoughtful review which really touched me. It’s lovely when a reviewer understands the deeper meaning of a story and responds to it. Thanks, Lone Bear!

Omnibus

pamela — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:43:38 +0000

The omnibus edition of the trilogy is now out in the US and UK. I love seeing the different covers on the new editions – it’s like I’ve written a new book without any of the hard work!

View as pdf file

Ember and Ash and more

pamela — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:21 +0000

I’m glad to say that Ember and Ash has made it through the copy edit stage and will be coming out early next year. I’ll be putting a preview chapter up before then, so watch this space!

Also, check out this review of the Castings Trilogy at Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus – couldn’t ask for a better reader!

US and UK readers should also watch out for an omnibus edition of the trilogy, coming soon.