Author: lisahannett

Bluegrass Symphony: Auction for a great cause!

Russell B Farr, editor extraordinaire at Ticonderoga Publications, has organised an auction of some special copies of Bluegrass Symphony to help fundraise for a really worthy cause. Lezli Robyn — an award-winning science fiction writer, Mike Resnick’s collaborator, Cambell Award finalist, Ticonderoga author, and all-around lovely gal — is raising funds to help her fiancé…… Continue reading Bluegrass Symphony: Auction for a great cause!

Great review of Shimmer #13…

…in which Jessica Barnes at The Portal has some lovely things to say about my story, ‘Gutted’: One of the best stories in this issue is “Gutted,” by L.L. Hannett. Erl doesn’t believe in selkies, but everyone around him does, and when his wife goes missing after confessing to an affair, Erl is pulled into…… Continue reading Great review of Shimmer #13…

Fairy Tale Girls Should Always and Never Do What They’re Told

Lately, I’ve been thinking about fairy tales. There was a fantastic panel at Swancon – with Ellen Datlow, Richard Harland, Jenny Blackford, Amanda Pillar, and Brain (aka Angela Slatter) – in which the panelists were kicking around many ideas about fairy tales: the evolution of the form; classics and modern retellings; questioning the theory that…… Continue reading Fairy Tale Girls Should Always and Never Do What They’re Told

Loves, New and Old

 1)      Podcasts  So, I’d listened to the first two episodes of ‘The Writer and the Critic’ (aka Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond sharing news, opinions and reviews about mostly-speculative-fiction books) and then in the madness of finishing the PhD of Doom I apparently forgot about anything that wasn’t directly related to medieval Icelandic literature. However.…… Continue reading Loves, New and Old

‘Gutted’ in Shimmer Issue 13

Shimmer’s gorgeous Issue 13 is now available in print and e-versions and it includes ‘Gutted’, my creepy selkie tale: Erl doesn’t believe in selkies. The only skins women in his village discard are covered in scales, separated from juicy white flesh at the points of their gutting knives. Twice a day, fisherwives make short work of the fleet’s…… Continue reading ‘Gutted’ in Shimmer Issue 13

Swancon: There and Back Again

I’m still fairly new to the con circuit but so far I’m getting the impression that Australian conventions rock. Swancon was certainly no different. The long weekend started off with a HUGE surprise: I got my advanced reading copy of Bluegrass Symphony!! It’s a book! It’s a real book! So, basically, I was in such a…… Continue reading Swancon: There and Back Again

Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010

Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene, editors of the inaugural Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror anthology, have just announced the table of contents — and, I’ve got to say, I’m squeeeeeeeeeeeeing over how many awesome stories are in this book! And squeeing over how lucky I feel! (And how gorgeous is this cover?!?!) RJ Astruc:…… Continue reading Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010

Speaking of Swancon…

In between floating around in clouds of joy over the completion of my thesis and bunkering down in the hotel to work on Midnight and Moonshine stories with Brain, I will also be part of this panel: Steampunk Style and Substance Monday, 25 April 11:30 AM Plaza 1 I’ll also be celebrating great stories at…… Continue reading Speaking of Swancon…

Oh the joy of finishing…

Six years. 362 pages, including 35 pages of bibliography. 40 Icelandic sagas. Over 93,000 words. Hour after endless hour of agony, analysis, translation, weeping, thinking, thinking, thinking. And more weeping. And finally, FINALLY, THE PHD IS FINISHED!!!!!!! Writing this PhD has been the hardest thing I have ever done. EVER. And, fingers crossed, it will…… Continue reading Oh the joy of finishing…