What’s Going On
Jolisa is a terrific person, and I really enjoyed this interview, which dug into topics like location, location, location and why YA is awesome even when it gets no respect. Also, The Shattering tidbits. Also, also, and! There is a Booker Prize winner talking in the comments section. I feel all fancy.
read moreHoliday Season
It is well and truly social season in Melbourne, where everyone I know emails each other and swears that we MUST catch up, really we MUST. On Tuesday I attended the Allen and Unwin end of year party, which, it has to be said, is pretty much the gold standard for Karen socialisation.
read moreNew Title Reveal’d!
And lo, the title discussions began. Editors, assistants, some friends I dragged in, and my own febrile brain came up with long lists of titles. Some of them were pretty good. Some of them were totally ridiculous. All of them went through many many people, including sales and marketing teams on both side of the Pacific.
read moreInky Awards Shortlists.
Internets, great news! The Inky Awards shortlists have been announced, and Guardian of the Dead has been shortlisted for the Gold Inky. I am thrumming with joy. The longlist was a stunning honour in itself, but making the shortlist is amazing The full lists: THE GOLD INKY (for an Australian* YA book) Liar by Justine Larbalestier Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey Raw Blue by Kirsty Eager Swerve by Philip Gwynne Stolen by Lucy Christopher The SILVER INKY (for an international YA book) Going Bovine by Libba Bray Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Will Grayson, Will...
read moreWriter Fuel
This week I took a picture of dinner every night, and now I show them to you. THIS SUSTAINS THE WRITER BRAIN.
read moreReading for Christchurch
Internets, I am going to do a Fundraising Thing for Christchurch. Now, before I go into the details, I want to say something. The Christchurch earthquake was terrible by any measure, and many people have been left homeless and traumatised. The city still experiences aftershocks, and the hardship is real. However, New Zealand is a developed nation with a reasonably okay welfare system, a viable infrastructure and some money in the bank. If you have a limited charity budget, I would far rather you donate to appeals in Pakistan, which is a humanitarian disaster on a much wider scale, and where...
read moreAbout Karen
Karen Healey is a young adult novelist. She is the author of the urban fantasies GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD and THE SHATTERING, both set in New Zealand, and the forthcoming sci-fi adventure WHEN WE WAKE. GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD won the 2010 Aurealis Award for Best YA Novel and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award. Karen can tell you a lot about baking, covers of "Hallelujah" and superhero comics.
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