Proof!

Proofs of Before This Is Over! I know what I'm doing this week.

Dobbie Longlist

"The Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers recognise the works of women writers who have published fiction or non-fiction classified as 'life writing'. This includes novels, autobiographies, biographies, literature and any writing with a strong personal element." The Dobbie Award is for a first time published author. An Ordinary Epidemic has made this year's longlist.

Self Publishing Forum at Katoomba

As part of the Sydney Writers' Festival, May 21st The Blue Mountains City Library and Varuna are holding a morning of panel discussions on self-publishing. Should be interesting! I'll be on the panel discussing the marketing and promotion of self-published books. There will be a range of interesting experience and knowledge on the panel. Tickets here

Newtown Festival November 8!

12:40 Fictional Sydney; Sandra Leigh Price, Amanda Hickie, Tegan Bennett Daylight & Debra Oswald

Canberra Launch Photos

The Canberra launch of An Ordinary Epidemic - Charlotte Harper of Editia launched the book in beautiful style and challenged me with some very interesting questions. It was great to see so many people come out on a cold Canberra night.

An Ordinary Epidemic to be published in US

An Ordinary Epidemic's publisher - MidnightSun - is going from strength to strength! From their website:

Over the last month or so MidnightSun has been hard at work behind the scenes and now we are extremely happy to announce huge successes for two of our books:

We have sold the American rights to Amanda Hickie’s An Ordinary Epidemic in a six-figure deal with Little, Brown.

We have also sold translation rights to Simplified Chinese to CTV Boler Beijing Media and Spanish rights to Ekare for Jane Jolly’s and Sally Heinrich’s One Step at a Time.

This means that MidnightSun’s books will be spread far and wide and we couldn’t possibly be any happier!

I'm incredibly excited to have the opportunity to work with such an amazing publisher in the US and grateful beyond the words I have to express it to MidnightSun and our US agent for making the impossible happen!

Science Book A Day Giveaway

Hop over to Science Book a Day before the end of the month to go into the draw to win a copy of An Ordinary Epidemic. While you are there, have a browse of the interview I did with Carrie Bengston.