Marianne de Pierres

Marianne is an author, blogger, writing educator and cake tragic. 

Hi there friends!

Thought I might pop in with some updates on various things.

Mythmaker release is drawing close (October 6th), and you can read an extract from the book over at CARABAS‘s blog. If you’re signed up to NETGALLEY you can download a full review copy of the novel.

Meanwhile, aside from working on my Master’s, I’m writing the next Tara Sharp novel. It’s so much fun being back with her, Wal, Tozzi, Smitty, Bok, Ed, Cass and the gang. This time Tara is having a hard time keeping Garth Wilmot out of trouble, Henry’s not speaking to her on account of the broken nose episode, and the guys in her life are proving high maintenance. The book will be released around October/November next year by Twelfth Planet Press.

You can read my letter to my teen self at DEAR TEEN ME, and a recent interview I did with Angela Slatter.

Here’re a couple of upcoming workshops I’ll be running. Speaking in Tongues: harnessing narrative voice for the QWC. Then in October, I’m running a Speculative Fiction Masterclass for the ACT Writers Centre.

And next weekend you can find me at COMIC CON. I’ll have a stall to myself, so make sure you come past and say hello.

Lastly, and mostly, I’ll be GOH at GENRECON in October. Please come to the con and celebrate Aussie genre fiction.

And after all that fun, I’m heading stateside to World Fantasy Con. Can’t wait to see my long time friend Anne Bishop, and make some new acquaintances.

Best of all though I get to see my son play basketball for his college team in New York — the St Thomas Aquinas College Spartans.

Life is a blessing!

Issue #2 of the revamped newsletter is out and you can read it through this link. Just to give you an idea of the juiciness within… here’s an excerpt!

“Twelfth Planet Press will be re-issuing ALL the Tara Sharp novels (with new covers), and releasing book 4, Sharp Edge under their Deadlines imprint.

I’m so excited and happy to be working with Alisa Krasnostein again. I love what she’s done with Twelfth Planet Press, and I know how committed she is to quality fiction. News of release dates will be following soon.

Some of you may remember that TPP published my Glitter Rose collection a couple of years ago. It was a beautiful collector’s edition hard cover.

Deadlines is also the home of Livia Day’s funny, foody crime novels.

The first three books will be coming out in around October this year, and the new, fourth book, will be released in 2016. Twelfth Planet Press have purchased WORLD RIGHTS, so finally we’ll be able to take the books to international readers.

I want to take the chance to thank all the Marianne Delacourt readers for their continued support and love of Tara Sharp. She’ll be back with a funny, exciting venture into the world of motorcycle mayhem…”

Read – The Lashing’s #2

The birth of the a new website is a big event on MDPWeb, and this time it’s our crime site that gets the overhaul. We’re thrilled with the great job by Austin Designworks who are also responsible for this site and the Burn Bright website. Thank you ADW!

The third Tara Sharp novel will be out in September, so head over to the new look site and tell us what you think!