I wrote Shattered Ice before the latest headlines about opening the Arctic to more oil development.
But that is exactly the point.
The future rarely arrives as fiction. It arrives as policy, profit, melting ice, disrupted migration, and people saying it is necessary.
Releases June 3.
It's my birthday month!
To celebrate, my epic YA #fantasy trilogy, whose mostly queer & neurodivergent cast have been my fictional co-adventurers for 1/2 my decades, is $8.99 (USD) -direct from me- till May 31st!
Think Narnia; Aussie-er, queerer & darker!
My Direct Store: https://payhip.com/b/QKvL7
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Do I dig #YA #fiction? Not what I've seen of it thus far & it's because I think #YA can handle more. They already do, we just need fiction that permits that: https://boldly.blue/ya-dystopian-fiction-dark-themes/
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https://boldly.blue/ya-dystopian-fiction-dark-themes/
The Hunger Games is built on the premise of children murdering children on live television. The Giver depicts infanticide as routine civic procedure. Divergent packages totalitarian body-sorting as a personality quiz. YA dystopia is wildly popular and systematically defanged β and the gap between its premises and its execution tells us something important about how we talk to young readers about the darkness they already live inside.
Maybe your library would order a copy?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kAz__hC-teM
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The Book of Wands
The cards await, ready to unveil their secrets. Are you prepared to witness their magic?The Book of Wands The Tarot Series Book 1 by Lauren Louise Hazel Genre: YA Academy, Urban FantasyThe cards await, ready to unveil their secrets. Are you prepared to witness their magic? Olivia Pembroke is in her final year of The School of Wands, where she will vie against her friends and rivals for qualification in The Final Judgment. Designed to be the ultimate test of Intelligence, [β¦]https://reluctantretireebookreviews.com/2026/04/13/the-book-of-wands/
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is QUICK. Ted is finding that the King can command anyone and they will give him unquestioning loyalty. Even Ted's own friends and family. #bookqw #yafantasy https://www.benjeapes.com/index.php/the-comeback-of-the-king/
Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.
It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is OLD. The present-day story begins with a magical assault back in the dark ages, otherwise known as Cambridgeshire in the 1970s. #bookqw #evilwizards #yafantasy https://www.benjeapes.com/index.php/the-teen-the-witch-the-thief/
Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.
From the British Fantasy Society:
More than two decades since Mortal Engines was published, Philip Reeve revisits that world with his new release, Bridge of Storms. But how did he get here? And why does he keep going back to that world?
https://britishfantasysociety.org/from-pen-to-print-philip-reeve-on-bridge-of-storms/
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