Yay! Worldshaker has been shortlisted for the Ethel Turner Prize in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards! Completely out of the blue – how often do fantasy books get chosen for such prizes? This shortlisting means that the judges selected Worldshaker as one of the 6 best YA novels by any Australian author anywhere. And if I won, it would mean $30,000 in prize money. But I’m not expecting a further miracle, I”m just delighted at this success. Another small step in the march of fantasy …
the Australian cover
Richard Harland
