I had to tear myself away from revision work on the latest novel (I’m really in the flow!) to go to the Aurealis Awards last night – but so glad I did! The turnout was amazing – people from every state, a Who’s Who of spec fic in Australia. I’ve never seen an Awards night better attended by authors and publishers. It was so great to catch up with friends!
I only remembered to pull out my camera now and then – and spent half the night wondering why it wouldn’t work (I’d accidentally set it to video!) Here’s me (without glasses), Sean Williams and Cat Sparks before the show –
The venue is the old Independent Theatre in North Sydney, with its spectacular ceiling. Not sure if it’ll come out in this photo-
That’s when people were filing in, and Rob Hood’s first bit of video was showing on the screen. I wasn’t up for anything this time, so I could just sit back and enjoy. I sat next to a winner though! Thoraiya Dyer, who picked up the award for best Fantasy Short Story.
That’s Thoraiya – and she looked that happy even before she received the award! Apart from sitting next to a winner, I can claim I had a story in an anthology that was a winner – the “Ghosts By Gaslight” won best anthology, ed. Jack Dann and Nick Gevers.
All in all, a great night!
Tags: aurealis awards, australian fantasy. australian SF, australian horror, australian speculative fiction, best spec fic novel, best spec fic short story, cat sparks, Richard Harland, sean williams, thoraiya dyer
Richardharland's Blog 
May 13, 2012 at 11:42 pm |
Aha! So that’s why your camera wasn’t working! (so glad it wasn’t me). Great to see you there, Richard. There’s a photo of you on my blog of the night (http://www.zenashapter.com/blog/?p=4210). Now… get back to your revisions!!!
May 14, 2012 at 10:13 am |
Hi Zena!
I took whole union tended videos that I found on my camera later. I can be heard saying things like, Why doesn’t it flash? And It’s not working! And *#%#*!!
Now almost back to revisions, after I’ve checked out your blog.
Richard
May 15, 2012 at 10:38 am
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