The May 2009 Version

Garth Nix Website

A representative sampling of US, UK and Australian covers for my books.

This is my erratically maintained personal website. However there are other, more professional efforts out there at www.garthnix.co.uk,
www.keystothekingdom.com.au, www.abhorsentrilogy.com and www.scholastic.com/titles/keys

Some of My Favourite Books: An Alphabetical Remembrance Frequently Unanswered Questions The Short and the Long Biography Writing Advice ‘The Nine Stages of a Garth Nix Novel’ How I Write: The Process Of Creating A Book Down To The Scum Quarter An Interactive Text Adventure on the Web My New Really Epic Fantasy Series Warning for the literal-minded: this is not serious Some Sabriel covers from around the world Contact Information If you would like to get a postcard from me, write to: Nix Entertainment Pty Ltd PO Box 2308 Clovelly NSW 2031 AUSTRALIA. Or send an e-mail requesting one with your postal address to: garthnix at ozemail dot com dot au (replacing the words with the usual symbols) I’m also happy to friend readers on Facebook. Just search for “Garth Nix” and you’ll find me. However, I also don’t have time for much interaction there, though I do post the occasional note or event. Unfortunately I usually cannot reply to e-mails (I need to spend pretty much all my time writing books) but I do personally read all letters and e-mail and I appreciate receiving these communications. But if you ask for a postcard, you will get one! Please note that I do not read unsolicited stories, book manuscripts or scripts sent in the hope that I will comment on them or assist in their publication or development. I wish you all the best with your work, but due to lack of time and to avoid possible legal complications all such material sent to me is returned (if you provided a SAE) or destroyed/deleted unread. The best thing to do is to write as well as you can, and submit the work to actual publishers or agents, and keep on doing so, with new work if the older material does not meet with success. See ‘Writing Advice’ in the sidebar above.

LORD SUNDAY DELIVERED I've delivered the ms. of LORD SUNDAY to my publishers. Much later than was hoped by everyone, including myself. Now there will be the editing process. As soon as I know the publication date or dates in the various countries -- which right now looks likely to be early-ish in 2010, I'll post that information here and around the 'nets. I also hope that the first two chapters or so will be put up online in the next few months, to ease a little of the pain of the cliffhanger at the end of SUPERIOR SATURDAY. THE ABHORSEN'S SEVEN BELLS The bell charm packaging is at the printers. If all goes well, I plan to have an online store operational by mid-June 2009. The bells will be packaged individually in a black velvet bag inside a round tin, stickered with the bell's name. WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION 2009 I am delighted to be one of the guests of honour along with Jeff Vandermeer, Ann Vandermeer, Lisa Snellings and Michael Swanwick at the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose in late October 2009. Of particular value if you're a writer of fantasy or want to become one, this is a great industry-focused convention, attended by a huge number of professionals in the field, including agents, editors, artists and authors. More here http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/ STORIES, STORIES EVERYWHERE I have a bunch of stories out now or coming up in various anthologies. They include: "An Unwelcome Guest" in TROLLS-EYE VIEW edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (out now) "Punctuality" in THE NEW SPACE OPERA 2 edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan (June 2009) "The Quiet Knight" in GEEKTASTIC edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci (August 2009) "Beyond the Sea Gate of the Scholar Pirates of Sarkoe" in FAST SHIPS, BLACK SAILS edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer (out now) "Old Friends" in DREAMING AGAIN edited by Jack Dann (out now) "The Heart of the City" coming up sometime probably 2009 in Subterranean magazine online "Stop!" in THE DRAGON BOOK edited by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann (out November 2009) plus a few others where the book titles are not yet set, including a new Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz story called "A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet" which will be in the sword and sorcery collection edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders that is out in 2010; and a unicorn story in the Zombies vs. Unicorns collection edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier, which I think is also a 2010 publication. IMPERIAL GALAXY website live The game that I’ve been working on with Phil Wallach, and that has been live on Facebook for most of 2008, can now be played via a browser as well. Just go to Imperial Galaxy. It’s free, though there is an inexpensive premium option that allows some personalisation and other benefits, such as your player name being eligible to be chosen as a character name in my forthcoming novel, A Confusion of Princes. IMPERIAL GALAXY is a massively multiplayer online game that lets you and your friends play the parts of noble princes (the term is used for either gender) serving in the navy of a galaxy-spanning empire. Everyone is in the same persistent universe, and what you and your fellow princes do will shape both your own future and decide the fate of a vast interstellar empire that is beset by enemies. The game's background is based on A Confusion of Princes, the forthcoming novel by New York Times bestselling author Garth Nix (out 2010 from HarperCollins in the USA and UK and from Allen & Unwin in Australia) The bells, the bells . . . The Abhorsen’s silver bell charms designed by Oliver Smith are slowly getting into production. The charms are cast in sterling silver (.925 silver) and ultimately will be for sale online through a dedicated website or possibly an Ebay store, and we will ship internationally. Here are a few sneak preview pics of the three varieties: bright (shiny silver); ancient (a tarnished, antique look); and black handle (for the evil necromancers).

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