>Forgive a short boast, but I am inordinately pleased. The Gift,
>which some of you may recall is a fantasy novel which came out this
>October, has been shortlisted in two categories (young adult and
>fantasy) for the Aurealis Awards, the Australian awards for
>speculative fiction - this despite its lack of gum trees, for which I
>was ticked off in The Age. I am rapt!
And well it deserves it, Alison! Congratulations!
Hope it wins both.
Doug
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
It sounds right, spoken on the ridge
between marine olives and hillside
blue figs, under the breeze fresh
with pollen of Apennine sage.
Basil Bunting
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