It’s Saturday here in Australia, but it’s always time for Fan Art Friday! Especially when we have such awesome Leviathan-inspired art.
Check out this beautiful Lego Stormwalker from Sam Hinz:
Yes, that’s Alek, Volger, and Klopp (left to right) hanging out at the bottom of the picture.
And now some more glorious views:
And here, for reference, is Keith’s original version:
Okay, that was awesome. Lego Leviathan, anyone?
Every year, the Australian speculative fiction (that is, science fiction, fantasy, and horror) community comes together for the Aurealis Awards. This year, Leviathan was nominated in the YA category, and won!
My speech was a bit shambolic, but here’s everyone I should have thanked:
Congrats to all the other winners and nominees (click here for a list), especially Cat Sparks, who won the YA short story category for her story “Seventeen.”
The award itself made of curved glass, and so is fiendishly hard to photograph. I’ve been trying and failing all afternoon. So here’s the picture I took with my phone on the night, lit by tiny lightsabers (long story), and showing the audience for the ceremony filing out in the background. It’s more interesting than anything I’ve done under controlled circumstances.
Event News
For those of you in Adelaide, I’ll be appearing virtually at the Royal Institution of Australia’s Science Exchange Book Club this week. If you’ve read Leviathan, come and join in the discussion. I’ll drop in through iChat or skype, so I can’t sign books, I’m afraid. But I’ll try to answer any questions generated by the discussion.
Leviathan at the Science Exchange
Wednesday, 27 January, 2010
6:00-7:30PM
55 Exchange Pl
Adelaide SA 5000
Admission is free, but book ahead.
Four Five things to talk about here, starting with an appearance! (UPDATE!)
Thing One
Leviathan has been nominated for an Aurealis Award, so Justine and I are headed up to Brisbane this weekend for the ceremony. We’ll also be doing an appearance at Pulp Fiction Books on Saturday at 11:30AM.
But it’s not just us. A whole crew of SF and fantasy writers will be descending that day. Check out this list:
Pulp Fiction
Shops 28-29
Anzac Square Arcade265-269 Edward St
Brisbane QLD 4000 (map)
(07) 3236 2750‎
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Trudi Canavan and Kaaron Warren, 10:30-11:30
Justine Larbalestier, Scott Westerfeld and Sean Williams, 11:30-12:30
Karen Miller and Glenda Larke, 12:30-1:30
Pamela Freeman and Katie Taylor, 2:30-3:30
It’s all very informal. Just come by and say hello. Brings books to be signed or buy them in the store. (You can also buy tickets to the award ceremony that night.)
Thing Two
I haz a wine:
My lovely Oz publisher, Penguin Australia, gave this to me. It’s a Barolo Valley Shiraz, if you’re interested.
Thing Three
Keith Thompson, illustrator of Leviathan, haz a sketchbook for iPhone, which you can buy at the iTunes Store. It looks like this:
None of these images are from Leviathan, but they are in color. It’s a nifty little collector’s item.
Thing Four
Congrats to everyone who took home Printz and Newberry Honors yesterday!
Special congrats go to Libba Bray, who won the Michael L. Printz Award for 2009′s Best YA, for Going Bovine. And Rebecca Stead, who won the Newberry for When You Reach Me.
Let the w00ting commence!
Thing Five
For all you non-monoglots out there, here’s an interview with me in Spanish.
Another, in Italian, is coming soon.
First thing:
A few months ago we installed a Forum here on the Westerblog, and people have been gradually populating the threads. But it was recently suggested to me that we have a meet-up, where new people can sign on and be guaranteed a big group of online welcomers.
This sounds awesome to me, so I am announcing the first WesterForum Meet-Up. In fact, I’ll be joining in the discussions if possible.
Here are the times and dates, depending on where you are in the world:
(Update: The western US/Canada time was wrong; now it’s right.)
USA/Canada
Saturday, January 9th, 2010
7PM Eastern/4PM Western
Australia
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
11AM Eastern/8AM Western
Europe
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
1AM CET/Midnight UK, GMT
(Okay, I admit that this time sucks for Europe. Next time we’ll do better for the fans there. Sorry.)
The meet-up doesn’t have an end-time, and of course the Forum is always open, so feel free to start a little early, and we’ll see how long it goes.
How do you get there? Click FORUM on the big menu at the top of this site. Then sign up so you can use the forums. It’s EASY!
Hope to see you all there!
Second thing:
I’ve been finding some amazing Leviathan fan art on Deviant Art. Check this out, from Dante-D:
This is wicked cool, seeing Deryn and Tazza hanging out together, and in a style that’s so different from Keith’s, while still capturing the same characters.
And here’s Count Volger, from Konira Thax, also on Deviant Art.
Also a totally different style, but still rocking the character.
A quick request: I don’t have a Deviant Art account, so I couldn’t message these two artistes and tell them I was ganking their stuff. Could someone please forward my thanks, and mention this post? Cheers.
Keep the Leviathan fan art coming, and see you at the Meet-Up!
As you can see, my website has had its first makeover in many years. This is to celebrate the fact that my first new series in years, Leviathan, comes out this autumn. (October 6, to be exact.)
Things may be wonky for a while as we play around under the hood. But I hope you enjoy the new look. Let me know what you think!
Click here to contact Scott Westerfeld.
Jill Grinberg
Jill Grinberg Literary Management
info@grinbergliterary.com
