Introducing Trent Jamieson… ( @trentonomicon.bsky.social) I live in Brisbane (Meanjin as it is called much more beautifully by the Turrbal and Yuggera people). I tend toward darkish fantasy with a taste and flavour of the places I grew up in rural New South Wales, and urban Queensland.

Snufkin Spots the Roast Chicken. (Photo by Edward Nix.)

Visited Allen & Unwin yesterday to present at the sales conference and hang out with lovely staff, met some fine authors in the green room, and picked up some bound proofs of MASSIF!

Book and bell! Tidying my office I found a good door prize for the reading tomorrow at Twisted Fiction, 6pm The Shakespeare Hotel, Surry Hills. The sterling silver bell charm is Belgaer, from a box of “seconds” I found. It is not perfectly cast so probably even more dangerous. See you there!

Come one come all!

I lost/misplaced this fountain pen for a few years. It’s good to see it again. I wrote most of SABRIEL, LIRAEL and ABHORSEN with it. Here’s a few ms. pages and the entire SABRIEL handwritten ms. in five notebooks.

Great Sabriel cosplay from Lady Jane Fabrications at Bookcon! I do always love to see Old Kingdom cosplay (or from any of my other books). www.instagram.com/p/DXZTWVYkbRT/

This is up in less than two weeks. As well as reading, I’ve been tidying my office, and I’ve found a few small things to give away.

I'm making one last push to let people know about this online talk -- sponsored by the British Library in conjunction with their current exhibition on fairy tales. The live stream starts at 7:30 tonight, but if you buy a ticket *before* the event you can watch it any time over the next 7 days.

reactormag.com/white-cat-at... Judith Tarr meets Mogget, in her “cats in genre” series for @reactorsff.bsky.social

I'll be reading in company with some great authors at TWISTED FICTION at the Shakepeare Hotel, Sydney on May 4th.

I ran a Call of Cthulhu game last weekend. I haven't played or run CoC for years (sadly I very rarely get to play any rpg these days). Insanity reared up early, of course, aboard a Ford Trimotor in flight over the sea, suddenly bathed in the bilious green light of an unnatural lighthouse . . .

It is endlessly fascinating reading short biographical entries of minor historical figures. One not particularly distinguished retired admiral from the 1920s lists his recreations as "golf" and "dowsing".

It's really great to see Kali Ciesemier's original illustration for the cover of NEWT'S EMERALD back again for the new Australian "Romantasy" edition. Out in June. The new US edition (different cover) is already out. www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/...

For US readers: Want to read MASSIF early? There is an ARC giveaway over at Goodreads, 100 copies! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

For US readers: Want to read MASSIF early? There is an ARC giveaway over at Goodreads, 100 copies! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

😮 it's the border between ancelstierre and the old kingdom @garthnix.bsky.social

I'll be reading in company with some great authors at TWISTED FICTION at the Shakepeare Hotel, Sydney on May 4th.

Happy publication day to me! With Wolfskin's release, the Common Saga, a project I started writing when I was 21 years old, is complete and out in the world forever. I hope you enjoy my savage little world. And please share far and wide. [links below]

Ghost preparing to rise from the grave at Waverley cemetery. Looks cheery, at least. Possibly a giant rabbit spirit though …

For US readers: B&N are having a pre-order sale for Rewards and Premium Members, 25% off, and MASSIF is included! Buy here www.barnesandnoble.com/w/massif-gar...

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PSST! You still have 5 days to enter the giveaway for Dead Weight! Nightfire is giving away 50 copies*! As ever, I would appreciate if you’d share this post and even add the book on Goodreads. Apparently Goodread adds matter a lot in some algorithmic way that is beyond me. *for U.S. residents only

I’m looking forward to appearing at the inaugural Nipaluna/Hobart Island Readers and Writers Festival, 28 May-1 June. Panels, workshops etc islandfest.com.au

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I have an Old Kingdom story "Seven Bells", among stories from a magnificent company of authors, in Jonathan Strahan's new anthology THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. Out September 2026. www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

I'm delighted to be appearing at the Sydney Writers' Festival in May, on a panel with R. F. Kuang and Lev Grossman! www.swf.org.au/program/fest...

Amazon sub-category bestseller lists continue to make me shake my head in wonderment. This is for MASSIF, an SF novel with no fractal mathematics or sea adventures. (I should check back on the UK site to see if THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON is still on the "London Travel Guides" list 😀

Share please! Attention #sff and #urbanfantasy writers! The #opencall for the WERE-2 #Kickstarter about were-creatures other then #werewolves is now open to submissions! Check out the guidelines and submit at zombiesneedbrains.moksha.io before May 31st. #fantasy #booksky #amwritingsff #writingsff

Cover reveal time! An adult science fiction novel tinged with horror, about the crew of a small warship in a relatively near future where humans hitch rides to the stars on sentient star-faring mountain ranges called Massifs. Can be pre-ordered at the usual places, *please* do so. Thank you.

Cover reveal time! An adult science fiction novel tinged with horror, about the crew of a small warship in a relatively near future where humans hitch rides to the stars on sentient star-faring mountain ranges called Massifs. Can be pre-ordered at the usual places, *please* do so. Thank you.

Every now and then when I think I'm not making enough progress on a book, I look back at my list of published books and consider that I've had this same thought with every single one of them. (Even the short or very short ones. Getting them right takes time.)

So AI provides unreliable information, creates mediocre work, enriches billionaires at everyone else’s cost, was created by plagiarism, and is environmentally completely unsustainable. But other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?

The Aurealis Awards ceremony is taking place THIS SATURDAY as part of GenreCon in Brisbane. With a beautiful venue, and hosted by the always engaging Eugen Bacon, it's shaping up to be a great night, and if you can make it in person, you absolutely won't regret it!

#DEAL ALERT! One clickers unite because TO HOLD THE BRIDGE @garthnix.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle for a limited time only! amzn.to/3Ma5byJ #ToHoldtheBridge #OldKingdom #ad #amazoncom

I wield the slightly damp Tea towel map from The Hobbit The flies flee my wrath

Rich Larson, Livia Llewellyn, Michael Marshall Smith, Linda D. Addison, @brianevenson.bsky.social, @siobhancarroll.bsky.social, @chikodili.bsky.social & Theresa DeLucci!

Featuring stories from: @joshmalerman.bsky.social, @sgj.bsky.social, @almakatsu.bsky.social, @leemurraywriter.bsky.social, @garthnix.bsky.social, @claymcleod.bsky.social, @cgolden.bsky.social, @richardkadrey.bsky.social, Nathan Ballingrud, @johnlangan.bsky.social, @jeffreyford8.bsky.social

We are so excited to reveal the cover for ALL HALLOWS’ EVE! 🕸️ Horror legend Ellen Datlow presents this chilling anthology of 19 original short stories from a world-class line-up of authors, delving into the histories and traditions of the spookiest season of the year… Coming September 2026 🎃

A hard-earned Americano, and a G&T, at the end of the week. In gold-rimmed glasses from Murano.

An interesting and useful article on work entering the public domain in the USA (which has the most complex palimpsest of copyright law in the western world). web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...

#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because SABRIEL @garthnix.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle for a limited time only! I love this one! amzn.to/4joknUX #Sabriel #OldKingdom #ad

Lady Truthful rides again! A new edition of NEWT'S EMERALD out from HarperCollins US next month, and Allen & Unwin in Australia in June (different cover). Regency Romantasy FTW. Illustration by Dan Funderburgh, Design by David Curtis www.harpercollins.com/products/new...

Mister Fitz guarding the ready-use Christmas drinks locker, I mean the champagne bowl.

Snufkin is the only dog I’ve ever known to really use pillows. He drags them into place, moves them around, makes himself comfortable …

#DEAL ALERT! One clickers unite because LET SLEEPING DRAGONS LIE @garthnix.bsky.social & Sean Williams is on #sale on #Kindle for a limited time only! amzn.to/489PpKT #LetSleepingDragonsLie #HaveSwordWillTravel #ad

In Wellington, NZ, for a long weekend. Lucky with the weather (sunny and not very windy) and lucky to find these three hardcovers (I have had the paperbacks for many years) in the Pegasus bookshop.

Thirty hours door to door, from the hotel in Brighton (UK) to my house in Sydney. A beautiful day here, with Snufkin demanding I immediately take him out for a walk. WFC was fun, great to see lots of people, but there’s no place like home.

My WFC schedule. My reading will be from a new Old Kingdom story titled "Seven Bells" which will be in Jonathan Strahan's anthology THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (2026). 31st Oct Meet the Author 4:00pm to 5:00pm, sign up at reg desk Mass Autographing 8:00-9:30pm 1st Nov Reading (1 of 3 authors) 11:00-12:00

View from a hotel window, Brighton. Early bird arrival for the World Fantasy Convention.