{"id":203,"date":"2008-01-28T15:39:27","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T05:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/01\/28\/at-the-aurealis-awards\/"},"modified":"2008-01-28T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T06:22:00","slug":"at-the-aurealis-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/01\/28\/at-the-aurealis-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Aurealis Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cat Sparks and I just did a flying visit to Brisbane over the Australia Day weekend for the Aurealis Speculative Fiction Awards (for fiction written in 2007). I was a presenter in the Horror Short Fiction section (it went to Anna Tambour — yay, Anna!) and Cat won in the SF Short Fiction section for her story “Hollywood Roadkill”. She then went on the win the Best of the Best Convenors’ selection award — the Golden Aurealis. The ceremony was a spectacular affair, attracting publishers and writers galore, and a wonderful time was had by all. Especially Cat.<\/p>\n

Her win was well deserved and comes on the heels of an intense and determined year of writing. Keep an ear\/eye out for great things from Cat. She’s on an upward track. Way to go, Cat!<\/p>\n

Here is me blathering on:<\/p>\n

\"Rob<\/a><\/p>\n

and here’s Cat, all aglow with her awards (still neatly packaged):<\/p>\n

\"Cat<\/a><\/p>\n

If you want to see lots more pictures, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here<\/a>‘s some more, taken by Mil Clayton.<\/p>\n

And for a full list of winners, go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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