April next year!!

I was thrilled to be hosting some exceptional horror authors at The Cold Shiver @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social We discussed the mechanics of fear and how we can keep our readers on their toes. @hildur.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sarajaynetownsend.bsky.social @joanneanderton.bsky.social

Just finished reading. Interesting structural contrast to Blood Cruise 🤔 some genuinely creepy moments.

New review for @aunz.theconversation.com! Andrew Roff's 'Here Are My Demands', a near future SF about politics, activism, and hope, set in a 2058 Australia.

Very exciting book delivery today from @undertow.bsky.social! What a wonderful TOC to be a part of! 😍

Just finished reading! Kinda for research, I guess. But mostly just for fun

In exciting news my Murderbot essay 'Nice Safe Emotions' from @speculativeinsight.bsky.social won the William Atheling Jr Award over the weekend! So unexpected and exciting!

I'm so pleased to be a part of the 20th issue of Midnight Echo! (Feels poetic cuz I was in issue 2 all those years ago) Thank you @martydyoung.bsky.social and the AHWA and have a wonderful launch at Conflux! Wish I could be there.

Two weeks to go! Come and join me for this online writing workshop. We're going to talk horror and do some writing and have a fun (and hopefully creepy...) time. Monday 13 October 2025 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Online via Zoom

So excited to have found this set at Relove today!! I can practice my hiragana 😁 (also the 'absolutely rooted clock', which did not come home with me but I love)

At Avid Reader! @damonyoung.com.au interviewed by @joanneanderton.bsky.social about Immortal Gestures, followed by introductory poetry by @shastradeo.bsky.social , preceded by short readings by salon panel of young writers (some from my classes:)

Today's book delivery! In preparation for the Brisbane Writers Festival!

Just finished reading The Deep. Really enjoyed it. Creepy Titanic and Britannic. Historical cruise ship horror, I guess

If Melbourne University Publishing doesn’t want to keep publishing Meanjin, they should hand over the journal to someone worthy of the responsibility. Me in The Conversation theconversation.com/the-decision...

The plants are mobilising 😬

Absolutely nothing in this photo is haunted..

Vampires on a cruise ship! 🚢🧛 Captures the true horror of crusing (imho) Thanks @tanaudel.bsky.social for the recommendation! Perfect research material.

CAN A PERSON HAUNT A GHOST? @joanneanderton.bsky.social explores this question in PIXERINA: A Haunting, coming in April of 2026. With stunning interior illustrations by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. bookshop.org/p/books/pixe...

Just finished reading this wonderful book by @damonyoung.com.au in preparation for our conversation at Avid Reader (14th September! Come join us!) I have SO many thoughts and questions, I'm really looking forward to it.

“FATE’S BANE is heartwarming and heartbreaking…It’s about finding your own power and owning it no matter how small it might seem – even if that power is nothing against the overwhelming machinations of fate.” @joanneanderton.bsky.social reviews @C_L_Clark

Congrats to everyone on the Ditmar finalist list - and of course especially to @joanneanderton.bsky.social and Rjurik Davidson, whose essays for SI are up for the William Atheling Jr Award for criticism! www.conflux.org.au/2025-ditmar-...

Special deluxe signed edition of Shadowplays just arrived! Those endpapers 😍

Brisbane friends! Join me on Sunday September 14th at Avid Reader, West End. I’ll be chatting to @joanneanderton.bsky.social at 2.30pm. Book here for a casual afternoon of yapping: avidreader.com.au/pages/12017-...

Have just finished reading... currently secret 😅 until review is written (which will be soon!)

Behold the cutest notebook in the world! What whimsical story should I write in its adorable pages?

Just finished reading this and absolutely loved it

Well that was a delight

Today the nationwide "youth radio" is counting down a publicly-voted list of Top 100 Aussie songs, so my stereo is pumping. In honour of that: Australians we have published! 1. "Nice Safe Emotions" @joanneanderton.bsky.social - yes, it's about Murderbot. Available to subscribers.

Gatton show vibes

Beautiful day for a gentle hike with water views

Can a person haunt a ghost? PIXERINA by @joanneanderton.bsky.social answers...coming in 2026. “Pixerina flirts with the dark heart of art and self.” @angelaslatter.bsky.social, award-winning author of The Crimson Road Illustrated by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. badhandbooks.com/preorders/pi...

So excited my weird Japan story 'He Dances Alone' is a part of this ToC!

Finished this one last night. Giant mecha, found family, sapphic romance. Lots of fun

Another quick comfort reread

We did not get to fly very far thanks to very annoying weather. But there was a pretty rainbow so that's something

Quick reread because a) the show and b) it's been a big few weeks and Murderbot is my emotional support media

Officially Dr Anderton now. This little daruma's been keeping an eye on me the whole time. Now he has two.

I very much enjoyed reviewing Salvage by Jennifer Mills for The Conversation!

Thank you @angelaslatter.bsky.social for the recommendation! That was weird and beautiful and disturbing!

Bit of a drizzly day but still a delightful walk to waterfalls

Recommended by a friend. Very strange but it will stay with me!

It's crazy how gorgeous and creepy this is! Thank you @badhandbooks.bsky.social and @stagah-artworks.bsky.social and @toddkeisling.com !!

PIXERINA: A Haunting is a stunning novella of grief, of wrenching back control when your life has been derailed, and the obsessive need to create art. Coming in 2026. Written by @joanneanderton.bsky.social and illustrated by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. Pre-order. badhandbooks.com/preorders/pi...

Did you know? @joanneanderton.bsky.social's PIXERINA will feature stunning interior illustrations by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. Here's one of them. badhandbooks.com/preorders/pi...

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Enjoyed this! (Maybe didn't love it as much as everyone said I would but I'm a bit contrary like that 😇)

Window

Absolutely loved this! Took me a moment to get into it and then burned through. Can't wait for the next book.

Omg @tomsbrown.bsky.social the interior images for Pixerina are incredible! You captured the haunting beautifully. I can't tell you how happy they have made me. Thank you so much! And thank you @badhandbooks.bsky.social!

Behold the first of @tomsbrown.bsky.social's interior illustrations for PIXERINA: A Haunting by @joanneanderton.bsky.social. Pre-orders are LIVE at the Bad Hand Online Shop. This novella reminds me of @realgdt.bsky.social's Spanish-language films. If you're into that, you'll love PIXERINA.