Category: Special announcments

2022 Australian Shadows Awards finalists announced!

The judges have read everything with great criticism, arguments were had, fights broke out and bodies were buried in shallow graves… *touches earpiece* Errr, okay. I’m being told none of that happened. In fact, all the judges did an amazing job and our huge thanks go out to them.

And now, the AHWA is very …

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AsylumFest 2022

AsylumFest 2022 is being held this October 29-30 in beautiful, historic Beechworth, Victoria. What’s more, this two day book/pop culture festival is being held within the buildings of Mayday Hills, a former 1800s psychiatric facility!

Click HERE to book your ticket!

Authors, book signings, pop culture traders, all in the Bijou Theatre at Mayday. …

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AHWA member Geneve Flynn becomes the second Australian author in history to win two prestigious Bram Stoker Awards®

Last year, Geneve Flynn won the 2020 Bram Stoker Award® for her work on Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, an anthology of Southeast Asian horror co-edited with celebrated New Zealand author and AHWA member Lee Murray.

This year’s award event was hosted by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) during StokerCon in Denver, Colorado. …

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