Only one sleep until the Aurealis Awards. And there’s an added reason to frock up. Marianne and I are going to be EMCeeing the awards.
This is a particular thrill for us as it is the 21st Aurealis Awards night and the 20th anniversary of the Vision Writers group. 20 years ago Marianne and I escaped our families on Father’s Day (we have very patient husbands) and met at the very first Vision Writers group meeting.
After discovering that we had 9 children between us and that were both eager to pursue our dream of becoming published authors we buddy-ied up, going to workshops and events together.
Here we are hanging out at a Melbourne Convention
There were many times we were all set to go to Brisbane Writers Festival event then one of us would have to cancel because of a sick child.
Here we are at a Supanova event
Through the ups and downs of writing, getting rejected, writing some more, finding an agent and getting published we supported each other. Twenty years later, dozens of books and with our kids all in their twenties now, we have become the ‘establishment’ LOL.
Honestly, it is an honour to be asked to EMC the awards.
If you’re in Brisbane and you’d like to come to the Aurealis Awards tickets are available here.
And the national SF convention CONTACT is on in BrisVegas over the Easter weekend. You can find out more about CONTACT here. This is the place to be if you are interested in the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror this weekend.
