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Cover reveal: Octavia Cade’s THE STONE WĒTĀ

Here it is – the first of three covers reveals for Paper Road Press’s upcoming 2020 releases!

Last year, award-winning artist Emma Weakley created the covers for Andi C. Buchanan’s From a Shadow Grave and the very first Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy (Both of which are eligible for the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Professional Artwork – nominations close 31 March!).

This year, I asked Emma to create cover artwork for Octavia Cade’s climate thriller The Stone Wētā. I’m thrilled with what she came up with. Gorgeously ugly and totally eye-grabbing. I can’t wait to see that face glaring out at me from my bookshelf.

The Stone Wētā comes out on 22 April – Earth Day, appropriate for a book that is so focused on what people would be willing to do to protect, or exert control over, our planet.

You can preorder the paperback and find links to preorder the ebook from all major ebook vendors here.

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Paper Road Press awards eligibility

The New Year has swept in and with it, SFF awards around the globe have opened for nominations.

Sir Julius Vogel Awards

Here in Aotearoa, the primary SFF awards are the Sir Julius Vogel Awards, run by Science Fiction and Fantasy Fans of New Zealand (SFFANZ).

Anyone, anywhere in the world, can nominate works for the SJVs using this form. The (up to) five eligible works that receive the most nominations in each category make it onto the shortlist, which is voted on by members of SFFANZ (Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand) and/or the national science fiction convention. And this year, the national science fiction convention is going international, with Wellington hosting this year’s Worldcon: CoNZealand. This is an amazing opportunity to share NZ SFF with the world.

The following Paper Road Press works are eligible for the SJVs and other awards:

  • From A Shadow Grave, by Andi C. Buchanan – eligible for BEST NOVELLA/NOVELETTE (25,000 words)
  • Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy – eligible for BEST COLLECTED WORK
  • Cover of From a Shadow Grave, by Emma Weakley – eligible for BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTWORK
  • Cover of Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy, by Emma Weakley – eligible for BEST PROFESSIONAL ARTWORK

An unofficial and by no means comprehensive list of eligible works in each category is available here.

Nominations for the SJVs can be made via the webform here, before 31st March 2020.

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A double book launch this Halloween!

If you’re in Wellington this Halloween, join us to celebrate the launch of our first new releases in three years!

We’ll be launching Andi C. Buchanan’s From a Shadow Grave and the inaugural Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy anthology at Vic Books Pipitea from 5.30 pm, on Thursday 31 October.

RSVP at our Facebook event or by email to marie@paperroadpress.co.nz

Find out more about these two books:

From a Shadow Grave

Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume I

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Announcing a new anthology series

SFF writing in this country is going from strength to strength, but it’s all too easy for those short stories that shine like shooting stars to fade like them, too. That’s why I’m pleased to announce the first volume of the YEAR’S BEST AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY will be published later this year.

Submission details can be found here.

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Debbie Cowens in the running for Ngaio Marsh Best First Novel Award

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The list of eligible works for the inaugural Ngaio Marsh Best First Novel Award has been announced, and Paper Road Press is more than proud to see Debbie Cowens’ debut novel Murder & Matchmaking featured, along with 11 other great Kiwi crime novels. Click on the banner below for the Ngaio Marsh Award announcement.

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Image banner from the Ngaio Marsh Award Facebook page

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