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Tis the Season for Award Nominations: World Fantasy Award

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May 25 2013

A Geography Of Haarth: Caer Argent

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May 24 2013

Around The Traps: A Review Poll; & A Gemmell Quote on Fantasy Book Critic

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May 23 2013

“Here’s SpecFicNZ–Christchurch”: Featuring Beaulah Pragg

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May 22 2013

Tuesday Poem: “Cathedral of the Poor” by Frankie McMillan

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May 21 2013

Truth, Lies, & Storytelling

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May 20 2013

A Book Quote for Sunday: from Ursula Le Guin

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May 19 2013

Inside Middle Earth: Fantail / Piwakawaka

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May 18 2013

A Geography Of Haarth: Butterworth

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May 17 2013

Women Write Science Fiction: Yes, We Do!

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May 16 2013

“Here’s SpecFicNZ–Christchurch”: Featuring Cat Langford

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May 15 2013

Tuesday Poem: “Portrait of Betty Curnow” by Nick Williamson

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May 14 2013

Celebrating Mother’s Day on BookSworn: Three Great “Moms” of SFF

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May 13 2013

A Book Quote for Sunday, from Mark Twain

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May 12 2013

Inside Middle Earth: The King Country

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May 11 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Bridge of Boats

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May 10 2013

Book Review: “Towers Of Midnight” by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson—Reviewed by Chris Whelan

Posted in Book Reviews for "..on Anything Really" by Helen Lowe

May 09 2013

“Here’s SpecFicNZ–Christchurch”: Featuring AJ Fitzwater

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May 08 2013

Tuesday Poem: “Giacometti”

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May 07 2013

What’s Happening On The Blog This Week, 6-12 May

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May 06 2013

A Book Quote for Sunday, from John Steinbeck

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May 05 2013

More on May Day, Summer’s Eve… & A Dash of Tongue-In-Cheek (or Plain Cheek!) On Author Names (‘Mongst Other Things)

Posted in My Books, Supernatural Underground, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

May 04 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Brackwater

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May 03 2013

On The Supernatural Underground Today: Celebrating May Day & Summer’s Eve In “The Gathering Of The Lost”

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May 02 2013

“Here’s SpecFicNZ–Christchurch”: Featuring Kevin Berry

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May 01 2013

Tuesday Poem: “Female nude” by Joanna Preston

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Apr 30 2013

Inside Middle Earth: Tamaki Makaurau

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Apr 29 2013

A Little “A Song For Arbonne” Paean

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 28 2013

Excitement—NZ’s Sir Julius Vogel Award Shortlist Announced

Posted in Awards, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 27 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Border Mark

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Apr 26 2013

ANZAC Day & “The Walk Home” on Radio New Zealand National

Posted in General, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Apr 25 2013

“Here’s SpecFicNZ–Christchurch”: Featuring Elizabeth Gatens

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Apr 24 2013

Tuesday Poem: In Memory of Sarah Broom, 1972-2013

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 23 2013

What’s Happening This Week of 22-28 April

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Apr 22 2013

A Book Quote For Sunday from Samuel Butler

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Apr 21 2013

What I’m Reading: Patricia Briggs’ “Frost Burned”

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Apr 20 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Bonamark

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Apr 19 2013

On Blogging & The Interrelationship With Writing–Or, Is Blogging A Marketing Tool?

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Apr 18 2013

Here’s SpecFicNZ-Christchurch: Introducing Comrades in Speculative Fiction

Posted in Friends, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 17 2013

Tuesday Poem: “Angela Carter” by Tim Jones

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 16 2013

Celebrating “The Gathering Of The Lost”: Building Fantastic Worlds

Posted in Book Launches, My Books by Helen Lowe

Apr 15 2013

A Book Quote for Sunday from Freya Stark

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Apr 14 2013

Allusion In Literature: “Eyeless In Gaza”

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Apr 13 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Black Tower

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Apr 12 2013

Five Books That Changed Me (Warning: Not An Exclusive List!)

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Apr 11 2013

Read and Enjoyed: “Prickle Moon” — A Short Story Collection by Juliet Marillier

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 10 2013

Tuesday Poem: “The Autistic Cloudboy Visits Auckland Art Gallery” by Siobhan Harvey

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 09 2013

Celebrating “The Gathering of The Lost” & Women in Genre Month: Writing Strong Women

Posted in Book Launches, My Books by Helen Lowe

Apr 08 2013

A Book Quote For Sunday from Saint Augustine

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Apr 07 2013

New Zealand National Flash Fiction Day Is Happening Again—And There’s A Contest!

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Apr 06 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Barrowdun

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Apr 05 2013

Just Arrived: “The Disestablishment Of Paradise” by Phillip Mann

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Apr 04 2013

Great Fantasy Courtships: Intercedents, Masks, Gifts, Choices, & Magic on the Supernatural Underground

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Apr 03 2013

Tuesday Poem: “Au Charbonnage” by Laurice Gilbert

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 02 2013

Here’s Another Photo of My Cat…

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Apr 01 2013

Last Call for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards: Nominations Close Today!

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Mar 31 2013

“Fun With Friends” On SF Signal: I Interview Ian Irvine

Posted in Fun with Friends Interviews on SF Signal by Helen Lowe

Mar 30 2013

A Geography of Haarth: The Barren Hills

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Mar 29 2013

Just Arrived: “Of Blood and Honey” & “And Blue Skies From Pain” by Stina Leicht

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Mar 28 2013

Good News for “The Heir of Night”

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Mar 27 2013

Tuesday Poem: “Ti”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 26 2013

Celebrating “The Gathering of The Lost”: R is for Romance

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Mar 25 2013

A Book Quote for Sunday from Carl Sagan

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Mar 24 2013

Read and Enjoyed: “The Fractal Prince” by Hannu Rajaniemi

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Mar 23 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Arun-En

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Mar 22 2013

Just Arrived: “Prickle Moon” by Juliet Marillier

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Mar 21 2013

Welcome To The BookSworn: Spinners of Tales, Weavers of Worlds!

Posted in BookSworn, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Mar 20 2013

Tuesday Poem: “To Autumn” by John Keats

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 19 2013

Celebrating Adventure In “The Gathering of The Lost”

Posted in Book Launches, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 18 2013

A Book Quote For Sunday, From James Baldwin

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Mar 17 2013

22 Rules of Storytelling by Emma Coates (A Former Pixar Storyboard Artist)

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Mar 16 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Argent

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Mar 15 2013

Read & Enjoyed: “Days of Blood and Starlight” by Laini Taylor

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Mar 14 2013

Romance vs Reality: War & Conflict in Epic Fantasy and “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Book Launches, Epic Fantasy, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 13 2013

Tuesday Poem: “Home Thoughts From Abroad” by Robert Browning

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 12 2013

Read and Enjoyed: “Dearie–The Remarkable Life of Julia Child” by Bob Spitz

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Mar 11 2013

So What Are You Reading?

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Mar 10 2013

Just Arrived: “Frost Burned” by Patricia Briggs

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Mar 09 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Ar

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Mar 08 2013

Book Review: “The Twelve” by Justin Cronin — Reviewed by Lou Stella

Posted in Book Reviews for "..on Anything Really" by Helen Lowe

Mar 07 2013

Celebrating “The Gathering Of The Lost”: Historical Influences

Posted in Book Launches, Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 06 2013

Tuesday Poem: “Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s Day?” by William Shakespeare

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 05 2013

Antecedents Of Contemporary High Fantasy — A Few Thoughts

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Mar 04 2013

Just Arrived: “Rebellion” by Ian Irvine

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Mar 03 2013

High Romantic Fantasy and “The Gathering Of The Lost” On The Supernatural Underground

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Mar 02 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Aldermere

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Mar 01 2013

“Fun With Friends” On SF Signal: I Interview Karen Healey

Posted in Fun with Friends Interviews on SF Signal by Helen Lowe

Feb 28 2013

War and Power: Sources of Conflict In “The Gathering Of The Lost”—A Guest Post

Posted in Book Launches, Guest Blog Posts, My Books by Helen Lowe

Feb 28 2013

Book Review: “The Gathering Storm” by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson—Reviewed by Chris Whelan

Posted in Book Reviews for "..on Anything Really" by Helen Lowe

Feb 27 2013

Tuesday Poem: “Pied Beauty” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 26 2013

What’s A-Happening Now, Plus What’s Coming Up on “Anything, Really”

Posted in General, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Feb 25 2013

Three Arcane Secrets for Successfully Writing Books in the 21st Century

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 24 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Aralorn

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Feb 23 2013

Commemorating February 22nd, 2011: “Disintegration”

Posted in Earthquake Poems, General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 22 2013

“Use of Weapons: The Armoury of Epic Fantasy”—A Guest Post Celebrating the UK Mass Market Release of “The Gathering Of The Lost”

Posted in Book Launches, Guest Blog Posts, My Books by Helen Lowe

Feb 21 2013

Celebrating Epic Fantasy in “The Gathering Of The Lost”

Posted in Book Launches, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Feb 21 2013

Celebrating “The Gathering of the Lost”: A Story About Friendship

Posted in Book Launches, My Books by Helen Lowe

Feb 20 2013

Tuesday Poem: “A Good Kiwi Girl” by Alexandra Fraser

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 19 2013

Book Review: “The Fractal Prince” by Hannu Rajaniemi—Reviewed by Andrew Robins

Posted in Book Reviews by Andrew Robins by Helen Lowe

Feb 18 2013

A Quote for Sunday: from Writer, J.M. Coetzee

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Feb 17 2013

What’s Coming Up?

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Feb 16 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Aeris

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Feb 15 2013

Celebrating “The Gathering of the Lost” And The Power of Environment

Posted in Book Launches, Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Feb 14 2013

An Interview with Elspeth Cooper: Giveaway Result for “Songs of the Earth” & “Trinity Rising”

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Feb 13 2013

Tuesday Poem: “At the Workingmen’s Club Picnic” by Gail Collier

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 12 2013

What’s Coming Up: “The Gathering of the Lost” Mass Market Release in the UK,That’s What!

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Feb 11 2013

A Writing Quote for Sunday, Courtesy of Ray Bradbury

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Feb 10 2013

What I’m Reading: Still Reading “The Food of Spain” by Claudia Roden

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Feb 09 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Academy Island

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Feb 08 2013

What I’m Reading: “Miserere—An Autumn Tale” by Teresa Frohock

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Feb 07 2013

February 6: Waitangi Day — New Zealand is 173 Years Old Today

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Feb 06 2013

Tuesday Poem: Haiku — “Summer grasses” by Mattsu Basho

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 05 2013

An Interview with Elspeth Cooper, Author of “The Wild Hunt” Series—Plus A Giveaway!

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Feb 04 2013

Coming Up Tomorrow: An Interview with Fantasy Author, Elspeth Cooper

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Feb 03 2013

Oops! I Forgot “A Geography of Haarth”…

Posted in A Geography of Haarth, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 03 2013

I Wish “Pride and Prejudice” Happy 200th Birthday on the Supernatural Underground

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Feb 02 2013

Interview Mania Continues: I Am Guest of the Month with Karen McMillan

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Feb 01 2013

Interview Mania: Marianne De Pierres and Elspeth Cooper

Posted in Fun with Friends Interviews on SF Signal, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 31 2013

My Favourite Fantasy Standalone Novels

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 30 2013

Tuesday Poem: “We Children” by Janine Sowerby

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 29 2013

A Red Letter Day: I Have Upgraded My Website!

Posted in General, My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jan 28 2013

February 14 Isn’t Just Valentine’s Day: It’s International Book Giving Day

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Jan 27 2013

Speaking of The Tuesday Poem…

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 26 2013

A Geography of Haarth: Announcing A New Post Series

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Jan 25 2013

What’s Coming Up On The Reading Front

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Jan 24 2013

What’s Coming Up

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jan 23 2013

Writing the Novel: An Extended Nautical Metaphor

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Jan 22 2013

Holidays & the Joy of the Comfort Read

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jan 21 2013

Two More Holiday Books: Both for the “Foodie”

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Jan 20 2013

List Mania: “The Heir of Night” & “The Gathering of the Lost” Both Get Mentions

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 19 2013

Tis the Season for Award Nominations: New Zealand’s Sir Julius Vogel Awards

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Jan 18 2013

An Author Book Exchange: Teresa Frohock Is Reading “The Heir of Night”

Posted in My Books, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 17 2013

What I Read Over the Holidays

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Jan 16 2013

Tis the Season for Award Nominations: The Hugo Awards

Posted in Awards, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 15 2013

The Most-Read posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: My Favourite Epic Fantasy Series

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Most-Read Posts of 2012 by Helen Lowe

Jan 14 2013

A Writing Quote for Sunday, from Toni Morrison

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jan 13 2013

A Saturday Post: A Walk in the Park

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jan 12 2013

Just Arrived: “Miserere, An Autumn Tale” by Teresa Frohock

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 11 2013

The Most-Read posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: Andrew Robin’s Review of “The Hydrogen Sonata”

Posted in Book Reviews by Andrew Robins, Most-Read Posts of 2012 by Helen Lowe

Jan 10 2013

The Observer Celebrates Jane Austen’s 10 Best Characters—in Pictures

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 09 2013

The Most-Read posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: A Tuesday Poem—”AB Negative (The Surgeon’s Poem)” by Brian Turner

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 08 2013

”A Memory of Light” Giveaway—the Draw Result for the Third & Final Giveaway Book

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Jan 07 2013

The Most-Read posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: ‘Robin Hobb & Helen Lowe in Conversation…’

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Jan 06 2013

The Most-Read posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: ‘It’s Publication Day for New Zealand, Australia & the USA: Welcome to “The Gathering of the Lost” ‘

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Jan 05 2013

The Most-Read Posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: “The Heir of Night Wins — Yes, Wins! — the 2012 Gemmell Morningstar Award!”

Posted in Awards, Most-Read Posts of 2012 by Helen Lowe

Jan 04 2013

The Most-Read Posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: Tropes Not Cliches—More thoughts on Making Epic Fantasy New & The Importance of Character

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Jan 03 2013

What’s Your Dream for 2013? Check out My Guest Post on The Supernatural Underground

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Jan 02 2013

Happy New Year!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jan 01 2013

”A Memory of Light” Giveaway—the Draw Result for the Second Giveaway Book

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Dec 31 2012

“Fun with Friends” on SF Signal — An interview with Stephen Minchin of Steam Press

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Dec 30 2012

The Most-Read Posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: Maori Mythology in New Zealand SFF—A Few Favourite Tales

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Dec 29 2012

The Most-Read Posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: A Tuesday Poem—The Tauparapara ”Te Tangi A Te Matui” (Traditional)

Posted in Most-Read Posts of 2012, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 28 2012

The Most-Read Posts of “…on Anything, Really” in 2012: An Interview with Kristin Cashore, Author of Bitterblue

Posted in Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Most-Read Posts of 2012 by Helen Lowe

Dec 27 2012

Heralding The Most-Read Posts of “…On Anything Really” from 2012

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Dec 26 2012

Merry Christmas!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 25 2012

The First “A Memory of Light” Giveaway Book Drawn—& the Draw for Copies Two & Three Continues!

Posted in Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Dec 24 2012

A Sunday Quote from Neil Gaiman

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 23 2012

“Great Exploding Supernovae, Batman!”

Posted in Astronomy by Helen Lowe

Dec 22 2012

Book Review: “Aralorn—Masques & Wolfsbane” by Patricia Briggs

Posted in Book Reviews by Andrew Robins by Helen Lowe

Dec 21 2012

My Terribly Important Thoughts on “The Hobbit” Film

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 20 2012

I’ve Seen “The Hobbit”—Yes, I Have!

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 19 2012

Tuesday Poem: “O lucky man” by Riemke Ensing

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 18 2012

“Epic” Giveaway for “A Memory of Light” Begins Today!

Posted in Giveaways by Helen Lowe

Dec 17 2012

Guest Post: “Becoming Olivia Black” — Ripley Patton Talks Character in “Ghost Hand”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 16 2012

“Epic” Giveaway, Plus Also Coming Up…

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 15 2012

My Favourite Epic Fantasy Series, Part 2

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 14 2012

My Favourite Epic Fantasy Series

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Recommended Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 13 2012

What’s A-Happening…

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Dec 12 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Banana & The Battered Woman Group” by Johanna Aitchison

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 11 2012

What I’m Reading: “The Whitefire Crossing” & “The Tainted City” by Courtney Schafer

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Dec 10 2012

Festive Season Deals on The Supernatural Underground

Posted in My Books, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Dec 09 2012

A Quote for Saturday…from Katherine Mansfield via Elizabeth Knox

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 08 2012

“The Next Big Thing” Rocks On

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 07 2012

Just Arrived: “Songs of the Earth” and “Trinity Rising” by Elspeth Cooper

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Dec 06 2012

What I’m Reading: “Dragons Away!” by K.D. Berry

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Dec 05 2012

Tuesday Poem: “New Zealand Dredge”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 04 2012

An Evening with Walter Jon Williams

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 03 2012

Steampunk Holiday

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 02 2012

Why Queenstown (& Environs) for The Holiday

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 01 2012

What’s Up

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 30 2012

Of Holidays & Writing

Posted in General, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Nov 29 2012

The Next Big Thing—An “Author Tags Author” Meme

Posted in General, My Books by Helen Lowe

Nov 28 2012

“Home Thoughts, From Abroad” by Robert Browning

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 27 2012

What I’ve Been Doing: I’ve Been On Holiday, That’s What!

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Nov 26 2012

“Just This” Moments: Celebrating Spring iii

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 25 2012

A Quote for Saturday: Courtesy of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 24 2012

Just Arrived: “Days of Blood and Starlight” by Laini Taylor

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Nov 23 2012

A Few Thoughts on the Nobel Prize for Literature

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 22 2012

“Just This” Moments: Celebrating Spring ii

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 21 2012

Tuesday Poem: A Poem by E Nesbit from “The Story of the Treasure Seekers”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 20 2012

Look What’s New: “the Food of Spain” (Penguin) by Claudia Roden

Posted in Just Arrived, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 19 2012

“Just This” Moments: Celebrating Spring, i

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 18 2012

A Saturday Writing Quote from Toni Morrison

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 17 2012

Fellow Author, Courtney Schafer, Reads “The Heir of Night” & “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Books, Other Writers, Reader Feedback by Helen Lowe

Nov 16 2012

“Names A New Perspective”: Recapping A Great SpecFic Guest Series

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 15 2012

This Evening With Canterbury Poets: Joanna Preston, Owen Marshall, & Tusiata Avia

Posted in Events, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 14 2012

Tuesday Poem: “is anybody in there?” by Johanna Aitchison

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 13 2012

In which the author is drowning in paperwork…

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 12 2012

Fun Stuff: Trying the New—I Make A Floral Wreath

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Nov 11 2012

A Saturday Writing Quote from Marcus Fabius Quintilianus

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 10 2012

“Shutting Out A World of Digital Distraction”

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 09 2012

Just Arrived: “The Whitefire Crossing” & “The Tainted City” by Courtney Schafer

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 08 2012

World Fantasy Awards 2012

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Nov 07 2012

Tuesday Poem: “The Old Vicarage, Grantchester” by Rupert Brooke

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 06 2012

About the Sir Julius Vogel Awards

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Nov 05 2012

“Just now the wisteria is in bloom…”

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 04 2012

Reprise of My Interviews with Fellow Authors, Plus “Just This”

Posted in General, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 03 2012

A Friday Giveaway—A Trio of YA Fantasy Reads: We Have A Result

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 02 2012

Not One But Two Author Interviews Today!

Posted in Fun with Friends Interviews on SF Signal, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 02 2012

1021 Posts Today!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 01 2012

Reflection on Character: Malian of Night

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 31 2012

Tuesday Poem: “The zookeeper sings the blues” by Jeni Curtis

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 30 2012

Reprised for Monday: A Friday Giveaway—A Trio of YA Fantasy Reads

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 29 2012

On Writing: Mostly Via Quotes

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Oct 28 2012

Just Arrived: The Landmark “Xenophon’s Hellenika”

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Oct 27 2012

A Friday Giveaway: A Trio of YA Reads

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 26 2012

Reflection on Minor Characters

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 25 2012

Questions Authors Get Asked: “Aren’t Writers in Competition?”

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Oct 24 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Tom O’ Bedlam” — An Anonymous Folk Ballad

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 23 2012

A New Review for The Gathering of the Lost: “Highly, Highly, Highly Recommended”

Posted in Reviews by Helen Lowe

Oct 22 2012

A Writing Quote for Sunday — Courtesy of Ernest Hemingway

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 21 2012

Book Review: “Citadel” by Kate Mosse—Reviewed by Karen McMillan

Posted in Book Reviews for "..on Anything Really" by Helen Lowe

Oct 20 2012

Just Arrived: “When We Wake” (Advance Reading Copy) by Karen Healey

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 19 2012

More Reflection on Characters

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 18 2012

What’s Happening Today: It’s Canterbury Poets’ Spring Reading No. 3

Posted in Events, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 17 2012

Tuesday Poem: I Am Guest Editor on The Tuesday Poem Hub

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 16 2012

Reflection on Characters

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 15 2012

What I’m Reading: “A Long Girl Ago” by Johanna Aitchison

Posted in Poetry, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 14 2012

The Supernatural Underground Celebrates Halloween: A Paranormal Giveaway Extravaganza!

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 13 2012

I Guest Post on “The Power of Names”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Oct 12 2012

SF Signal Mind Meld: “Holding Out For A Hero”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 11 2012

An Aotearoa Affair: Frankfurt 2012 & “A View From Here”—The 5th Blog Carnival Goes Live

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Oct 10 2012

Tuesday Poem: “My Ancestors Live” by Christina Stachurski

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 09 2012

What’s Happening This Week: 8 — 14 October

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Poetry, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Oct 08 2012

What I’m Doing: A “Daughter of Blood” Update

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Oct 07 2012

It’s the Weekend — So What Are You All Reading?

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 06 2012

Book Review: “The Hydrogen Sonata” by Iain M Banks — Reviewed by Andrew Robins

Posted in Book Reviews by Andrew Robins by Helen Lowe

Oct 05 2012

Just Arrived: “Seven Wonders” by Adam Christopher

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Oct 04 2012

A View from Here: My View As A Writer

Posted in General, Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 03 2012

Tuesday Poem: “The stars, Natasha” by Tim Jones

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 02 2012

What’s Happening This Week: 1 — 7 October

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Oct 01 2012

A Writing Quote for Sunday — Courtesy of John Steinbeck

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 30 2012

“Fun With Friends” on SF Signal — An Interview with Jane Higgins

Posted in Fun with Friends Interviews on SF Signal, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 29 2012

What I’m Reading: “Zoo City” by Lauren Beukes

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Sep 28 2012

A View From Here: A View From Aotearoa-New Zealand

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 27 2012

Abhinav Jain & A Guest Author Series on The Importance of Names in Speculative Fiction

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 26 2012

Tuesday Poem: ‘sewing the world’ by Kerrin Sharpe

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 25 2012

Stargazing

Posted in Astronomy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 24 2012

“Fun With Food”—A Few Photos

Posted in Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 23 2012

The Magic of The Gift: Thank You, Christchurch Irish Society

Posted in Earthquake Reports, General by Helen Lowe

Sep 22 2012

Spring Fever Is Well & Truly Here—With the Poetry In Performance Spring Season 2012

Posted in Events, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 21 2012

It’s Aotearoa-New Zealand Speculative Fiction Blogging Week!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 20 2012

Today is Women’s Suffrage Day in Aotearoa-New Zealand

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 19 2012

Tuesday Poem: A Podcast Interview With Rhian Gallagher, Author of “Shift” & Winner of the NZ Post Book Award for Poetry 2012

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry, Radio Interviews by Helen Lowe

Sep 18 2012

What I’m Doing: A Quick Round Up, Plus Around the Traps

Posted in General, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 17 2012

A View From Here: From The Writer’s Study

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 16 2012

The Very Last Day of Women on Air

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 15 2012

What I’m Doing… More on “Daughter of Blood, The Wall of Night Book Three”

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 14 2012

A View From Here: A View From Christchurch

Posted in Earthquake Reports, General by Helen Lowe

Sep 13 2012

What I’m Doing… “Daughter of Blood, The Wall of Night Book Three”

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 12 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Re-vision” by Karen Zelas

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 11 2012

Book Review: “Redshirts” by John Scalzi

Posted in Book Reviews by Andrew Robins by Helen Lowe

Sep 10 2012

Some More Spring Photos

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 09 2012

A Codicil On True Confessions Of A Writer

Posted in General, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Sep 08 2012

What’s Happening…

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 07 2012

True Confessions Of A Writer…

Posted in General, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Sep 06 2012

Congratulations, SF Signal!

Posted in Awards, Friends by Helen Lowe

Sep 05 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Abandoned Geography” by Sugu Pillay

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 04 2012

It’s Official…

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Sep 03 2012

I Interview Juliet Marillier on the Supernatural Underground—Plus “Shadowfell” / “The Heir of Night” Giveaway

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Sep 02 2012

The First Day if Spring & What’s Coming Up…

Posted in Events, Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 01 2012

Festival Poetry Launches & Interactive Publications’ Tour

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 31 2012

Why YA? My Christchurch Writers’ Festival 2012 Event

Posted in Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Aug 30 2012

“Fun With Friends” on SF SIgnal — An Interview with Tim Jones

Posted in Fun with Friends Interviews on SF Signal, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 29 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Christchurch Gothic” by David Eggleton

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 28 2012

Almost Here: The Christchurch Writers’ Festival 2012, August 30 – September 2

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Aug 27 2012

“Absent Antipodeans”—Bob Kuhn Reads Speculative Fiction by Australian & New Zealand Authors at Worldcon 70, 2012

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Aug 26 2012

The Magic of Poetry at the Christchurch Writers’ Festival

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Aug 25 2012

More Thoughts on “Risking Delight”—Plus, “What If?” In The Context of Harry Potter

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Aug 24 2012

Where The Ideas Come From: About “Thornspell”

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Aug 23 2012

Risking Delight — The Awesomeness of Diana Wynne Jones & “The Power of Three”

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Aug 22 2012

Tuesday Poem: “For a new Technician” by Sarah Jane Barnett

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 21 2012

Developing “The Wall of Night” Series Map

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Aug 20 2012

What’s Coming Up…

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Aug 19 2012

A Weekend Book Quote from William Styron

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Aug 18 2012

Thoughts On Space Opera: Women Authors

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Aug 17 2012

Hmm, I Wonder, Am I Really Right About Space Opera?

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 16 2012

Three New Reviews

Posted in Reader Feedback, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Aug 15 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Night’s Magic” by Helen Heath

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 14 2012

A Passion for Fantasy

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Aug 13 2012

Go The Poem: ‘Stepping Into Rain’ In The Press

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 12 2012

Today I’m At The Hagley Writers’ Institute

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Aug 11 2012

A Week For Wonderful Features…

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 10 2012

A Guest Post by Ripley Patton—”Ghost Hand: Why ‘This’ Story?”—Plus, Ripley’s Kickstarter

Posted in Friends, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 09 2012

What’s Coming Up: Tomorrow & Friday

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 08 2012

Two Interesting Articles

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Aug 08 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Juice of Nelson Haven” by Helen McKinlay

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 07 2012

A Guest Post by Rowena Cory Daniells: “Fantasy, the Poor Cousin of Science Fiction”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 06 2012

Yesterday & Tomorrow…

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 05 2012

NZ Post Book Award for Poetry 2012: Rhian Gallagher and “Shift”

Posted in Awards, Friends, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 04 2012

“All About… The Awesomeness of Story” — Check It Out On the Supernatural Underground

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Aug 03 2012

Book Review: “2312″ by Kim Stanley Robinson

Posted in Book Reviews by Andrew Robins by Helen Lowe

Aug 02 2012

What’s Coming Up

Posted in Book Reviews by Andrew Robins, Events, General by Helen Lowe

Aug 01 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Desert Bloom” by Ciarán Fox

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 31 2012

What I’m Reading: “Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion” by Anne Somerset

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 30 2012

Two Reviews for “L’Héritière de la Nuit/The Heir of Night” — All the Way From From France

Posted in My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Jul 29 2012

‘Fun With Friends’ On SF SIgnal — An Interview with Juliet Marillier

Posted in Fun with Friends Interviews on SF Signal, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 28 2012

National Poetry Day Today!

Posted in Events, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 27 2012

World Building: The Wall of Night Series & The World of Haarth

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jul 26 2012

Margaret Mahy, 1936 – 2012: A Personal Tribute

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 25 2012

Tuesday Poem: A Podcast Interview with Helen Heath, Author of “Graft”

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry, Radio Interviews by Helen Lowe

Jul 24 2012

“Meet Helen Lowe” — I Am Interviewed by Australian Author, Rowena Cory Daniells

Posted in My Interviews by Helen Lowe

Jul 23 2012

A Little More Poetry News…

Posted in Poetry, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jul 22 2012

The Magic of Winter Worlds

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Jul 21 2012

Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: An Aotearoa Affair Blog — ‘The Wayfarer’ A Highlight

Posted in Events, Guest Blog Posts, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 20 2012

What I’ve Been Doing…

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jul 19 2012

A Little Poetry News…

Posted in Poetry, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jul 18 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Vivien’s Song” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 17 2012

The Christchurch Writers’ Festival: “Why YA?”

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Jul 16 2012

Nice!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jul 15 2012

Just Arrived: “Shadowfell” by Juliet Marillier

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Jul 14 2012

The Christchurch Writers’ Festival Programme Is Out Today!

Posted in Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jul 13 2012

A Bit More Feedback for “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Reader Feedback, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Jul 12 2012

“L’Héritière De La Nuit: Le Mur De La Nuit 1″ Is Here!

Posted in Just Arrived, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jul 11 2012

Tuesday Poem: “North” Reprised

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 10 2012

What I’m Reading: Books Recently Completed

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 09 2012

A Sunday Quote From Roberto Calasso

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jul 08 2012

Women on Air Interview Today — Helen Heath & “Graft”

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry, Radio Interviews by Helen Lowe

Jul 07 2012

Time To Give In & Admit It…

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 06 2012

Just Arrived: Rachael King’s “Red Rocks”

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 05 2012

“‘Place As Person’: What Does It Mean When Telling Story?”

Posted in Friends, Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jul 04 2012

Tuesday Poem—”Fairytale V: O Brother” by Helen Heath

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 03 2012

The Speculative Element In Fantasy — & Keeping It Real

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jul 02 2012

I Join The Gemmell Awards’ Pantheon

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Jul 01 2012

What I’m Reading: “The Quantum Thief” by Hannu Rajaniemi

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jun 30 2012

‘Fun With Friends’ On SF SIgnal — AUS/NZ Friends In Fact!

Posted in Fun with Friends Interviews on SF Signal, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 29 2012

A Weekend Creative Writing Workshop from The Hagley Writers’ Institute

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jun 28 2012

“Snow White & The Huntsman”: A Few of My Terribly Important Thoughts

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jun 27 2012

Tuesday Poem: A Podcast Interview With Bernadette Hall, Editor of “Best New Zealand Poems 2011″

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry, Radio Interviews by Helen Lowe

Jun 26 2012

A Gemmell Award Essay: “Why I Chose To Write Fantasy & Writing Influences”

Posted in Awards, Epic Fantasy, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Jun 25 2012

What I’m Reading: “Graft” by Helen Heath

Posted in Poetry, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jun 24 2012

Here It Is: The Gemmell Morningstar Award

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Jun 23 2012

‘Once Upon A Time in Aotearoa’: Today Is National Flash Fiction Day in New Zealand

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 22 2012

An Interview With Kristin Cashore—Author of “Bitterblue”

Posted in Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 21 2012

Some Photos From The Gemmell Award Ceremony

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Jun 20 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Learning Italian” by Catherine Fitchett

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 19 2012

A New Review For “The Heir of Night” from AurealisXpress

Posted in Reviews by Helen Lowe

Jun 18 2012

“The Heir of Night” Wins The Gemmell Morningstar Award 2012: My Acceptance Speech

Posted in Awards, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jun 17 2012

The Heir of Night Wins — Yes, Wins! — the 2012 Gemmell Morningstar Award!

Posted in Awards, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jun 16 2012

Just Arrived: “Winter Be My Shield” by Jo Spurrier

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Jun 16 2012

Last Chance To Acquire “Tales for Canterbury” (Random Static)

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Jun 15 2012

Introducing Melvin Sterne & His Debut Novel “Zara” (Ink Brush Press)

Posted in Friends, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 14 2012

What’s Being Said About “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Reviews by Helen Lowe

Jun 13 2012

Tuesday Poem: “at Fossil Gorge” by James Norcliffe

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 12 2012

What’s Coming Up

Posted in Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 11 2012

Looks Like Snow—Christchurch Past & Present

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jun 10 2012

Civilian Reader Asks: “Should You Read What You Write?”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jun 09 2012

Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012: A Personal Tribute

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 08 2012

And Because A Picture Speaks Those Thousand Words…

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Jun 07 2012

More Photos from the UnCONventional Natcon

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Jun 06 2012

Tuesday Poem: Homing

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 05 2012

Natcon Fun & The Sir Julius Vogel Awards

Posted in Awards, Events by Helen Lowe

Jun 04 2012

Natcon Day 2 — A Blog Marker

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Jun 03 2012

Day 1 at Natcon

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Jun 02 2012

The “Help Baby Jayden” Online Auction Begins Today

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jun 02 2012

Event Horizon — I’m At Natcon

Posted in Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 01 2012

And Today’s The Day: The Very Last Gasp for Gemmell Award Voting

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

May 31 2012

A Bit Of A Round Up: Interviews

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

May 30 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Push” by David Gregory

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 29 2012

The 2012 Mythopoeic Award Shortlist Is Out

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

May 28 2012

Fun Stuff

Posted in Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

May 27 2012

What I’m Reading: “Started Early, Took My Dog” by Kate Atkinson

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 26 2012

I Appear On SF Signal Podcast (Episode 128)

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, My Interviews by Helen Lowe

May 25 2012

New York Times Best-Selling Author Nalini Singh Interviews Me On “The Realm”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, My Interviews by Helen Lowe

May 24 2012

Breaking News: Robin Hobb & Helen Lowe in Conversation—Plus an “Easter Egg” for “…on Anything, Really”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, My Interviews by Helen Lowe

May 23 2012

An Interview & Two Reviews for “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Interviews, Reviews by Helen Lowe

May 23 2012

Tuesday Poem: “The Longest Day of the Year” by Michael Harlow

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 22 2012

“Help Baby Jayden”: Please Welcome Wen Baragrey

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

May 21 2012

Fun With Food

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

May 20 2012

Two New Interviews

Posted in My Interviews by Helen Lowe

May 19 2012

Friends’ News…

Posted in Friends, General by Helen Lowe

May 19 2012

Reddit Fantasy AMA With Robin Hobb: What A Blast!

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 18 2012

My Reddit ‘AMA’ Q&A with Robin Hobb Is On Today!

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 17 2012

Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: An Aotearoa Affair—& the Blog Carnival Rocks On!

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

May 17 2012

Some More Reader Feedback On “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Reader Feedback, Reviews by Helen Lowe

May 16 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Conversations”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 15 2012

Exciting News: I’m To Do An AMA On Reddit With Robin Hobb

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 14 2012

What I’m Reading

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 13 2012

“Write On”: I Am Interviewed By Vanda Symon

Posted in My Interviews by Helen Lowe

May 12 2012

Gone Perhaps “Where The Wild Things Are”: Farewell Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

May 11 2012

On SF Signal Now—A New Mind Meld: The Pros and Cons of Book Trailers

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 10 2012

Two New Reviews For “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Reviews by Helen Lowe

May 09 2012

Tuesday Poem: I Am Guest Editor On The Tuesday Poem Hub

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 08 2012

Out of Middle Earth: Reality & Imagination—New Zealand’s Landscape Influence On The Wall of Night World

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

May 07 2012

It’s Been Wonderful Having Nicole Murphy As My Guest This Weekend

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

May 06 2012

“When The Heroine Swoops In To Save The Day” — A Guest Post By Nicole Murphy

Posted in Friends, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

May 05 2012

Hachette NZ is Giving Away An ARC of 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson!

Posted in General, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 04 2012

The Gemmell “Ravenheart” Award for Best Cover Art—”Oracle’s Fire” & “Journey By Night” Make the Shortlist

Posted in Awards, Friends by Helen Lowe

May 03 2012

“The Heir of Night” Makes The Final of the Gemmell Morningstar Award—& Voting Is Now Open!

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

May 02 2012

“Fey” Is This Week’s Feature Poem on the Tuesday Poem Hub

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 01 2012

I Wrap Up The Blog Tour

Posted in Book Launches, Events, My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 30 2012

Just Arrived: ‘Bitterblue’ by Kristin Cashore

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Apr 29 2012

Some Early Reader Feedback on “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Reader Feedback by Helen Lowe

Apr 28 2012

Two More Reviews: One for “The Heir of Night”; One for “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Reviews by Helen Lowe

Apr 27 2012

SF Signal Mind Meld: “Great Genre Reads For Teenage Girls”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Apr 26 2012

Last Stop On The Blog Tour—A Guest Post & Joint Giveaway With Kate Elliott

Posted in Book Launches, Guest Blog Posts, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 25 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Autumn”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 24 2012

Earth Day Visit To Wine Country

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Apr 23 2012

RisingShadow Reviews “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Apr 22 2012

The Blog Tour Keeps Rolling—I Stop In With The Mighty Mur Lafferty!

Posted in Book Launches, Guest Blog Posts, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 21 2012

And the Gemmell Awards Feature on Harper Voyager USA, Too

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Apr 21 2012

Orbit Celebrates “The Heir of Night’s” Gemmell Morningstar Shortlisting

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Apr 20 2012

She Writes The Night! — A Great Indepth Interview with John R Fultz

Posted in Book Launches, Epic Fantasy, My Interviews, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 19 2012

Fellow Epic Author, Ian Irvine, Interviews Me On Orbit

Posted in My Interviews, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 18 2012

The 2012 Sir Julius Vogel Award Shortlist Is Out!

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Apr 17 2012

Tuesday Poem: Our Second Birthday Poem—Plus An Interview with Poet Jan Hutchison

Posted in Poetry, Radio Interviews by Helen Lowe

Apr 17 2012

Kim Falconer Interviews Malian of Night on the Supernatural Underground

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 16 2012

Where We’re At With The Blog Tour

Posted in Book Launches, Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 16 2012

A Day on Otago Peninsular

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Apr 15 2012

What I’m Reading: “City of Dragons” by Robin Hobb

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 14 2012

“The Gathering of the Lost” Blog Tour: I Drop In On “The Shared Desk”

Posted in Book Launches, Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 13 2012

Two New Reviews: One for “The Heir of Night”; One for “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Reviews by Helen Lowe

Apr 12 2012

I Interview Fellow Author, Ian Irvine, on Orbit

Posted in My Interviews by Helen Lowe

Apr 11 2012

Today’s Stop on The Blog Tour: I Visit US Entertainment Site “I Smell Sheep”

Posted in Book Launches, Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 10 2012

Tuesday Poem: “The Trojan Shore”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 10 2012

Breaking News: “The Heir of Night” Has Been Shortlisted for The Gemmell Awards

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Apr 09 2012

A Few More Photos From The Launch

Posted in Book Launches, Events by Helen Lowe

Apr 09 2012

Currently on “The Gathering of the Lost” Blog Tour: An interview With Mary Victoria

Posted in Book Launches, Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 08 2012

UK Release Day Giveaway Result Announced!

Posted in Book Launches, Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 07 2012

The “Your Name For A Character” Draw: We Have A Result

Posted in Book Launches, Events by Helen Lowe

Apr 07 2012

Next Stop On The Tour: I Chat With Mary Victoria

Posted in Book Launches, Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 07 2012

UK Release Day Done: But The Blog Tour Rolls On!

Posted in Book Launches, Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 06 2012

It’s Publication Day—”The Gathering of the Lost” Touches Down In The UK

Posted in Book Launches, Events, My Books by Helen Lowe

Apr 05 2012

There Has been A Slight Delay …

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Apr 05 2012

“The story is …” A Great Quote From Ursula Le Guin

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Apr 05 2012

Fabulous Launch!

Posted in Book Launches by Helen Lowe

Apr 04 2012

Tuesday Poem: Haiku—”yellow admiral”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 03 2012

The Tour Rolls On — & This Stop Is With Civilian Reader

Posted in Book Launches, My Interviews, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 02 2012

Podcast Interview on Galactic Chat

Posted in My Interviews, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 02 2012

It’s The Next Stop On the Tour: R is for Romance in “The Gathering of the Lost” on the Supernatural Underground

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 02 2012

Reviewing the Week That’s Been & What’s Coming Up For This Week

Posted in Book Launches, Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 01 2012

Last Chance to Dance: The Gemmell Awards & the Sir Julius Vogels Both Close Today!

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Mar 31 2012

The Blog Tour: I Stop By “Trentonomicon”

Posted in Book Launches, Guest Blog Posts, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Mar 30 2012

The Big Idea & “The Gathering of the Lost”—Today on John Scalzi’s Whatever

Posted in Book Launches, Guest Blog Posts, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Mar 30 2012

The “Gathering of the Lost” Has Its First US Review

Posted in Reviews by Helen Lowe

Mar 30 2012

Grand Giveaway Result Announced!

Posted in Book Launches, Events, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 29 2012

It’s Still Launch Day in the USA! :)

Posted in Events, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 28 2012

It’s Publication Day for New Zealand, Australia & the USA: Welcome to “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Book Launches, Events, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 27 2012

Blog Tour Schedule for “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Events, Guest Blog Posts, My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Mar 26 2012

Nearly Tuesday 27 March: Advance Notice of Release Day Festivities

Posted in Book Launches, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 25 2012

Counting Down To “The Gathering of the Lost” — Now Only 3 Days To Go!

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 24 2012

So What’s Happening: Celebrating Publication of “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Events, My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Mar 23 2012

5 Days — & Counting Down to “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 22 2012

The Gemmell Awards: Just Ten Days Until Voting Closes

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Mar 21 2012

Tuesday Poem: Siobhan Harvey and “Day of Delivery”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 20 2012

8 Days — & Counting Down To “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 19 2012

‘Die Erbin Der Nacht’ Has A Release Date for Germany

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 18 2012

Sunflowers

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Mar 17 2012

What’s Coming Up With NZ Book Month: Starting 19 March: “The Great NZ Book Race”

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Mar 16 2012

12 Days — & Counting Down To “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 15 2012

What’s Coming Up: Right Here in Christchurch on 18 March—”Flights of Fancy: Kiwi Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror”

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Mar 14 2012

The Tuesday Poem: “Angelfish” by Bernadette Hall

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 13 2012

15 Days — & Counting Down To “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 12 2012

Celebrating Friends’ Successes

Posted in Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Mar 11 2012

Are You A Robert Jordan Fan? Then You May Want To Turn The Wheel of Time …

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Mar 10 2012

What I’m Reading: “The Prince of Soul And The Lighthouse” by Fredrik Brounéous

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Mar 09 2012

19 Days — & Counting Down To “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 08 2012

On Writing …

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Mar 07 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Finland ” by Victoria Broome

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 06 2012

22 Days — & Counting Down to “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 05 2012

Book Giveaway Draw

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Mar 04 2012

My Excellent Adventure

Posted in Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Mar 04 2012

It’s NZ Book Month! Two Events Coming Up

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Mar 03 2012

The Aotearoa Affair Blog Carnival Launches—”Crossings”

Posted in Events, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 02 2012

27 Days — & Counting Down to “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 01 2012

The Countdown Is On For “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Feb 29 2012

Tuesday Poem: Haiku—”May Day”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 28 2012

27 February — & The Final Countdown Begins

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Feb 27 2012

Some Books To Give Away

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Feb 26 2012

Photos From My Garden

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Feb 25 2012

Just Arrived: ‘The Prince Of Soul And The Lighthouse’ by Fredrik Brounéous

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Feb 24 2012

SF Signal Mind Meld: Favourite Villains in Fantasy & Science Fiction

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Feb 23 2012

Commemorating February 22nd 2011

Posted in Earthquake Reports, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 22 2012

Tuesday Poem: Commemorating February 22nd 2011—”This Will Be Us”"

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 21 2012

An Interview with John R Fultz—Author of “Seven Princes”

Posted in Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Feb 20 2012

Less Than 6 Weeks To Go …

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Feb 19 2012

“Life Isn’t …” A Great Quote From Alan Moore

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Feb 18 2012

Just Arrived: “Blue Remembered Earth” by Alastair Reynolds

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Feb 17 2012

The Gemmell Awards: Why I Feel Honoured To Be Nominated

Posted in Awards, Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Feb 16 2012

What’s Coming Up — On The Blog & Otherwhere

Posted in Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Feb 15 2012

Tuesday Poem for Valentine’s Day: “Whenas in Silks My Julia Goes” by Robert Herrick

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 14 2012

Update On The Big Writing Goal 2012

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Feb 13 2012

My ‘Terribly Important Thoughts’ on the Writing Life …

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Feb 12 2012

We Pass The 10,000 Mark …

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Feb 11 2012

Maori Mythology in New Zealand SFF: A Few Favourite Tales

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Feb 10 2012

My Favourite Arthurian-Influenced Fantasy-Fiction

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Feb 09 2012

A Poetry Launch: “The Happiness of Rain” by Jan Hutchison

Posted in Book Launches, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 08 2012

Tuesday Poem: Tauparapara—”Te Tangi A Te Matui”; Traditional

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 07 2012

Waitangi Day: “He Iwi Kotahi Tatou”

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Feb 06 2012

My Favourite Arthurian Retellings

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Feb 05 2012

Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: An Aotearoa Affair—”Crossings”

Posted in Events, General, My Books by Helen Lowe

Feb 04 2012

I Make SF-Signal’s Top 25 Posts … :)

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Feb 03 2012

From the Residency …

Posted in Supernatural Underground, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Feb 02 2012

Breathless: aka Playing Catch Up

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Feb 01 2012

Tuesday Poem: “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 31 2012

Guest Interview With Nicole Murphy: On Writers’ Habits & Processes Series

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 30 2012

Guest Post: Simon Litten & June Young Discuss Their Approach to Reading & Nominating for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Jan 29 2012

More On “Place” In ‘The Heir of Night’

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 28 2012

Guest Post on Orbit Today—But Wait, There’s More: The Role of Place In Shaping ‘The Heir of Night’

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 27 2012

Tis the Time: for Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominations!

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Jan 26 2012

Just Arrived: “Seven Princes” by John R Fultz

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Jan 25 2012

Tuesday Poem: “AB Negative (The Surgeon’s Poem)” by Brian Turner

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 24 2012

Tropes Not Cliches: More Thoughts On Making ‘Epic Fantasy New’ & The Importance of Character

Posted in Epic Fantasy, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 23 2012

What I’m Reading: “Sacrifice” by Joanna Orwin

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 22 2012

Guest Post On SF Signal: “Making Epic Fantasy New—Do We Need To?”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 21 2012

“The Heir of Night”–Mass Market Edition Out In The UK Today

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 20 2012

Catherine Asaro on “The Gathering of the Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 19 2012

No, I Didn’t Forget …

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jan 18 2012

Tuesday Poem: “My Father, The Oceanographer” by Frankie McMillan

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 17 2012

“The Heir of Night” Nominated For The UK-Based Gemmell Awards

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Jan 16 2012

‘Place As Person’: Read My Guest Author Post On Mary Victoria’s Blog

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Jan 15 2012

‘Place As Person’ A Guest Author Series Celebrating the Newly Released “River” Anthology

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 15 2012

‘All the Pretty Covers’

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 14 2012

Guest Post On Orbit—”The Evolution of Character: Malian of Night and the Heroic Tradition”—Plus Giveaway!

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 13 2012

The Gathering of the Lost Cover UK—Revealed Now on Orbit!

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 12 2012

What I’m Doing: My Big Writing Goal for 2012

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jan 11 2012

Tuesday Poem: The Best of ‘… on Anything Really’ 2011 — “from the hill”"

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really' 2011, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 10 2012

Coming Very Soon: ‘The Heir of Night’–UK Mass Market Edition, Plus New Cover Feature!

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 09 2012

The Best of ‘… on Anything Really’ 2011: National Poetry Day—& “The Curve of the World”

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really' 2011, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 09 2012

What I’m Reading: “The Lieutenant” by Kate Grenville (Text Publishing)—Now Finished

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 08 2012

Just Arrived: “Here, Bullet” & “Phantom Noise” by Brian Turner from Bloodaxe Books

Posted in Just Arrived, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 07 2012

Ringing In The New: I’m Now On Twitter!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jan 06 2012

The Best of Anything Really 2011: An Interview With Brandon Sanderson

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really' 2011 by Helen Lowe

Jan 05 2012

“The Gathering of the Lost”: New Year’s Day Cover Flat Giveaway Result

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 04 2012

The Best of ‘… on Anything Really’ 2011: The Tuesday Poem—”Indifferent Planet”

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really' 2011, Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 03 2012

But Wait, There Is More: A Quote From Juliet Marillier for ‘The Gathering of the Lost’

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 02 2012

Happy New Year: Welcome to The Year of ‘The Gathering of the Lost’

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 01 2012

The Best of ‘… on Anything Really’ 2011: My Personal Highlights

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury, Best of '... on Anything, Really' 2011 by Helen Lowe

Dec 31 2011

The Best of ‘… on Anything Really’ 2011: “An Interview with Daniel Abraham, Author of ‘The Dragon’s Path’” “

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really' 2011 by Helen Lowe

Dec 30 2011

The Best of ‘… on Anything Really’ 2011: “Why Write Epic Fantasy?”

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really' 2011, Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Dec 29 2011

The Best of ‘… on Anything Really’ 2011: An Interview with Mary Victoria, Author of “Samiha’s Song”

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really' 2011, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Dec 28 2011

The Best of ‘… on Anything Really’ 2011: The Tuesday Poem—“Knowing” (for Valentine’s Day)

Posted in Best of '... on Anything, Really' 2011, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 27 2011

Boxing Day—& Why I Never Do The Big Sales

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 26 2011

Merry Christmas to You All!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 25 2011

More Earthquakes: Not The Start To Christmas We’d All Hoped For …

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Dec 24 2011

Just Arrived: “Sacrifice” by Joanna Orwin—Plus Reading for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards

Posted in Awards, Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Dec 23 2011

Putting In A Good Word for Epic & Genre

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Dec 22 2011

Guest Blog Post on SF Signal: “Having fun With Epic Fantasy—The Soul-Sucking Sword”

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 21 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Winter Light” by Kathleen Jones

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 20 2011

What I’ve Been Doing…

Posted in Supernatural Underground, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Dec 19 2011

What I’m Reading: “The Lieutentant” by Kate Grenville

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 18 2011

Just Arrived: “Not Saying Goodbye at Gate 21″ by Kathleen Jones

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Dec 17 2011

Fun With Thornspell: “Nameless”—A Short Story For My Readers

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Dec 16 2011

“Fun With Thornspell”—The “Rue” Short Story Here At Last!

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Dec 15 2011

Plus Guest Post on SF-Signal—”Having Fun With Epic Fantasy: The Band of Brothers”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 14 2011

Ursula Bethell Residency Featured On the Orbit Blog

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Dec 14 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Sumer is Icumen In”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 13 2011

A Magical Mystery Tour Through “Men Briefly Explained”—& A Few Side Topics—With Author Tim Jones

Posted in Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 12 2011

Another Great Thing About Summer …

Posted in Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Dec 11 2011

Just Arrived: “The Bone People” by Keri Hulme

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Dec 10 2011

Book Giveaway Result—from An Interview With Brandon Sanderson

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 09 2011

Ursula Bethell Creative New Zealand Residency in Creative Writing 2012

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Dec 08 2011

Guest Post on SF Signal: Having Fun with Epic Fantasy

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Dec 07 2011

What I’ve been Doing: All Sorts

Posted in Short Fiction, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Dec 07 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Unwinding Matariki’s Hair” by Jan Hutchison

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 06 2011

An Interview with Brandon Sanderson—Plus Giveaway

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 05 2011

What I’ve Been Doing …

Posted in General, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Dec 04 2011

“It Started With A Kiss” On The Supernatural Underground—Plus Giveaway!

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Dec 03 2011

Die Erbin Der Nacht: “The Heir of Night” to be Published in Germany

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Dec 02 2011

Awards Catch Up

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Dec 01 2011

A Walk Along the River …

Posted in Earthquake Reports, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 30 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Teddy” by Glenn Colquhoun

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 29 2011

Encountering Fantastic Worlds, Part 3: SciFi continued

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Nov 28 2011

What I’m Reading: “The Way of Kings” Parts 1 & 2 by Brandon Sanderson

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 27 2011

Election Day

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 26 2011

Encountering Fantastic Worlds, Part 3: SciFi

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Nov 25 2011

A Personal Tribute: Anne McCaffrey, 1926-2011

Posted in Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 24 2011

Just Arrived: “The Way of Kings” Parts 1 & 2 by Brandon Sanderson

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Nov 23 2011

Tuesday Poem: Haiku—”Hanging Out Washing”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 22 2011

In the Spirit of Poe and Proofing …

Posted in Fun Stuff, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 21 2011

Proof Is Done

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Nov 20 2011

Writing Process Oddments

Posted in Influences on Story, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Nov 19 2011

Fun Stuff, Not Proofing …

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 18 2011

Still Proofing!

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Nov 17 2011

I’m In Proofing Mode!

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Nov 16 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Orison”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 15 2011

Book Giveaway Result: An Interview with “Oracle’s Fire” Author, Mary Victoria

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Nov 14 2011

A Long Awaited Launch: Barbara Strang’s “The Corrosion Zone”

Posted in Events, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 13 2011

Just Arrived: “The Alloy of Law” by Brandon Sanderson

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Nov 12 2011

An Interview with Mary Victoria, Author of “Oracle’s Fire”—& Giveaway

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 11 2011

You Gotta Have Character!—My Mind’s Been Melded!

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 10 2011

Forthcoming Interviews

Posted in Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 09 2011

Tuesday Poem: “The Wait” by Barbara Strang

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 08 2011

Summer is A-Comin’ In

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 07 2011

What’s Happening?

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Nov 06 2011

Remember, Remember the 5th of November …

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Nov 05 2011

Encountering Fantastic Worlds, Part 2 continued

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 04 2011

Encountering Fantastic Worlds—Part 2

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 03 2011

The Importance of Buddies in SFF—on the Supernatural Underground (Plus Giveaway!)

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Nov 02 2011

Tuesday Poem: “backwards”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 01 2011

Getting In The Mood for Halloween with Merrie Destefano

Posted in Friends, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 31 2011

A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury: “The Bus To Nostalgia” by Ripley Patton

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury by Helen Lowe

Oct 30 2011

World Building in “The Heir of Night”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 29 2011

World Building In “Thornspell”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 28 2011

Encountering Fantastic Worlds: Part 1

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 27 2011

Just Arrived: “The Tempest Prognosticator” by Isobel Dixon

Posted in Just Arrived, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 26 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Thinning” by Tim Jones

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 25 2011

Launching “Oracle’s Fire” (Harper Voyager) by Mary Victoria

Posted in Events, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 24 2011

Today’s The Big Day …

Posted in Events, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 23 2011

Forget-Me-Nots

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Oct 22 2011

And The Excitement Builds …

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Oct 21 2011

“Writers Are Thieves”—aka Influences on Story

Posted in Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Oct 20 2011

An Interview with Daniel Abraham, Author of “The Dragon’s Path”

Posted in Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 19 2011

Tuesday Poem: Cowarral Sequence ii—The Orange Tree, by Joanna Preston

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 18 2011

In Support of the Short Story

Posted in General, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Oct 17 2011

Around The Traps

Posted in Events, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 16 2011

Experimentation and Finding the New 2

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Oct 15 2011

Experimentation and Finding the New

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Oct 14 2011

Just Arrived: “The Kingdom of Gods” by NK Jemisin and “Oracle’s Fire” by Mary Victoria

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 13 2011

Guest Post on SF Signal—”Looking at the Stars: Why Epic Fantasy Keeps ‘Speaking’ To Us”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Oct 12 2011

Doing Interviews

Posted in Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Radio Interviews by Helen Lowe

Oct 12 2011

Tuesday Poem: “She asked me if she took one pill … ” by Glenn Colquhoun

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 11 2011

Gettin’ In The Mode

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 10 2011

Fun With Friends

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Oct 09 2011

Sense of Place 2

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 08 2011

Placido Domingo and Katherine Jenkins in Christchurch

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Oct 07 2011

Sense of Place

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 06 2011

What I’m Reading: “Lion of Senet” by Jennifer Fallon

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Oct 05 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Windowpane” by Rhian Gallagher

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 04 2011

New Books

Posted in My Books, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 03 2011

Heroines vs Villainesses on the Supernatural Underground—Plus Giveaway

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 02 2011

What’s A-Happenin’ …

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Oct 01 2011

Comfort Reading

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Sep 30 2011

Earthquake Report: Reprise

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Sep 29 2011

Earthquake Report: 28 September

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Sep 28 2011

Tuesday Poem: “The Begonias”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 27 2011

Book Giveaway Result—An Interview with “Phoenix Rising” Co-Authors Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Sep 26 2011

Steampunk Oamaru

Posted in Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 25 2011

Oh No! I Missed “Talk Like A Pirate” Day! But There’s Still Great Pirate Tales of SFF …

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Sep 24 2011

More Looking Ahead

Posted in My Books, Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 23 2011

An Interview with “Phoenix Rising” Co-Authors, Pip Ballantine & Tee Morris—Plus Book Giveaway

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 22 2011

Celebrating the Seasons In “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Sep 21 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Indigo” by Barbara Strang

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 20 2011

Looking Ahead

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 19 2011

Just Arrived: “The Language of Flowers” by Vanessa Diffenbaugh & “The Quantum Thief” by Hannu Rajaniemi

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Sep 18 2011

A Dutch Review for “Kind van de Nacht” (The Heir of Night)

Posted in Reviews by Helen Lowe

Sep 17 2011

Reflections on What I’m Reading

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Sep 16 2011

“Fun With Thornspell”: We Have A Result!

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books by Helen Lowe

Sep 15 2011

A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury: Neil Gaiman’s “Inventing Aladdin”

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury by Helen Lowe

Sep 14 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Cargoes” by John Masefield

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 13 2011

Writers’ Tea Party Reprise

Posted in Events, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Sep 12 2011

Just Arrived: “Shift” by Rhian Gallagher

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Sep 11 2011

What I’m Reading: “The Passage” by Justin Cronin

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Sep 10 2011

Last Call for Writers’ Tea Party

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Sep 10 2011

“Kind van de Nacht” Is Here!

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Sep 09 2011

Done!

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 08 2011

Around The Traps

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 07 2011

Tuesday Poem: Swarm

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 06 2011

WOW!

Posted in Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Sep 05 2011

This’n'That

Posted in Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Sep 04 2011

What I’m Reading: “Surface Detail” by Iain M Banks

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Sep 03 2011

Supernatural Underground: Where “Does” Time Go?

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Sep 02 2011

Fun With Thornspell: The Final Week!

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books by Helen Lowe

Sep 01 2011

It’s (Still!) Copyedit Time …

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Aug 31 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Enchantress of Numbers” by Helen Rickerby

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 30 2011

It’s Copyedit Time—Over Halfway There!

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Aug 29 2011

What’s Coming Up: Christchurch Friends of the Library, 18 October

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Aug 28 2011

Just Arrived: “The Broken Kingdoms” & “The Dragon’s Path”

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Aug 27 2011

“Completed To Date”—aka It’s Copyedit Time!

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Aug 26 2011

“Fun With Thornspell”: Week 4

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books by Helen Lowe

Aug 25 2011

A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury: Karen Healey’s “The Unicorn Bell”

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury by Helen Lowe

Aug 24 2011

Tuesday Poem: Guest Editor on The Tuesday Poem Hub

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 23 2011

The Hugo Awards 2011 Announced

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Aug 22 2011

A Tea Party in Amberley—Still On for September 11

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Aug 21 2011

It’s—Copyedit Time!

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Aug 20 2011

Six Great Non-Human Heroes of SFF: Part Two

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Aug 19 2011

Fun With Thornspell: Week the Third!

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books by Helen Lowe

Aug 18 2011

Six Great Non-Human Heroes of SFF

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Aug 17 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Snow Country”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 16 2011

What I’m Reading: “Graveminder” by Melissa Marr

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Aug 15 2011

Another Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury: “Eggs for Dinner” by Jay Lake

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury, Other Writers, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Aug 14 2011

It’s Official: News from the UK

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Aug 13 2011

The Arthouse Presents “En Masse”, with Claire Beynon

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Aug 12 2011

“Fun with Thornspell”: Introducing the Judges, Plus …

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books by Helen Lowe

Aug 11 2011

Record Turnout for Hugo Award Voting

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Aug 10 2011

Tuesday Poem: “June 13″

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 09 2011

“Fun With Thornspell” Reprise

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books by Helen Lowe

Aug 08 2011

I “Heart” Port Waikato

Posted in Earthquake Reports, Friends by Helen Lowe

Aug 07 2011

Cool Places

Posted in Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Aug 06 2011

A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury: “Juggling Silver” by Juliet Marillier

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 05 2011

Fun With “Thornspell”

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books by Helen Lowe

Aug 04 2011

The 2011 World Fantasy Award Finalists

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Aug 03 2011

Tuesday Poem: The Sparrows

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Aug 02 2011

Reading for the Hugo Awards: The Ballot Is In

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Aug 01 2011

Just Arrived!

Posted in Just Arrived by Helen Lowe

Jul 31 2011

Hugo Awards Reading Report 5: The Novels—”Blackout” and “All Clear” by Connie Willis

Posted in Awards, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 30 2011

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Posted in Astronomy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jul 29 2011

Hugo Awards Reading Report 4: The Novels—”Cryoburn” by Lois McMaster Bujold

Posted in Awards, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 28 2011

Hugo Awards Reading Report 3: The Novels—”The Dervish House” by Ian McDonald

Posted in Awards, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 27 2011

Tuesday Poem: “It’s Over”

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 26 2011

Fun With Friends

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 25 2011

Being In The Lull

Posted in Earthquake Reports, General, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jul 24 2011

Another Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury: “The Daughter of the Khan” by Mary Victoria

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 23 2011

National Poetry Day—& “The Curve of the World”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 22 2011

Hugo Awards Reading Report 2: The Novels—”Feed” by Mira Grant

Posted in Awards, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 21 2011

There & Back Again

Posted in Fun Stuff, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jul 20 2011

Tuesday Poem: “This Will Be Us”

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 19 2011

“The Heir of Night” Released in The Netherlands Today as “Kind van de Nacht”

Posted in Book Launches, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jul 18 2011

“Tales for Canterbury”: A Peek Inside “The Magician” by Janis Freegard

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 17 2011

Hugo Awards Reading Report 1: The Novels—”The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms” by NK Jemisin

Posted in Awards, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 16 2011

It’s Friday!

Posted in What I'm Doing ..., What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 15 2011

“ismellsheep” Review Blog’s Swagday Giveaway

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jul 14 2011

Guest Author Nicole Murphy Posts on “The Challenge”—Plus Giveaway!

Posted in Friends, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 13 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Indifferent Planet”

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 12 2011

Just Arrived: “Graveminder” & “Phoenix Rising”

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 11 2011

Six Great Heroes of Epic Fantasy, Part 2

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jul 10 2011

Guest Blog Post: Portent and Fate—The Mythic Aspect of Dream and Fulfilment in Contemporary Fantasy

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 09 2011

Six Great Heroes of Epic Fantasy: Part 1

Posted in Epic Fantasy, General by Helen Lowe

Jul 08 2011

“Gathering” News; Plus Tales for Canterbury: A Peek Inside “Sign of the Tui” by Tim Jones

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jul 07 2011

Life After Deadline

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jul 06 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Midwinter”

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 05 2011

Reflections on Meeting Deadline & Oscar Speech (ie Many “Thank Yous”)

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jul 04 2011

What I’m Reading: “Under Heaven” (Guy Gavriel Kay) & “My Iron Spine” (Helen Rickerby)

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jul 03 2011

Draw Result: Birthday-of-the-Blog Grand Book Giveaway Competition

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jul 02 2011

Supernatural Underground: 1 Year On: Plus …

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 02 2011

The Blog Birthday Grand Book Giveaway Competition Now Closed

Posted in Uncategorized by Helen Lowe

Jul 01 2011

“Completed Today 5″ Plus Video of the ConText Preview Reading from “The Gathering of the Lost”

Posted in Events, My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 30 2011

“Completed Today 4″ Plus Videos of the ConText Readings from “The Heir of Night”; & “Samiha’s Song” by Mary Victoria

Posted in Events, My Books, Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 29 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Allow Me To Say …”

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 28 2011

Videos from the ConText Readings: from “Thornspell” & Mary Victoria’s “Tymon’s Flight” (Read by Helen Lowe)

Posted in Events, My Books, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 27 2011

“Completed Today 3″ Plus “Fun with Friends” & Competition Reminder

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books, Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 26 2011

“Completed Today 2″

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 25 2011

2011 Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards

Posted in Awards, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 24 2011

“Tales For Canterbury”: A Peek Inside “The Fountain” by Helen Lowe

Posted in A Peek Inside Tales for Canterbury, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Jun 23 2011

“Completed Today”

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 22 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Leaving”

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 21 2011

The Gemmell Awards Announced

Posted in Awards, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 20 2011

Ladies & Gentlemen: I Give You—the Post Office; aka “Just Arrived: More Hugo Awards Reading”

Posted in Just Arrived, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 19 2011

Small Earthquake Update, Plus “Completed Today”

Posted in Earthquake Reports, My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 18 2011

It’s Friday: More Revision Progess

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 17 2011

Pick ‘n’ Mix

Posted in Awards, Earthquake Reports, Epic Fantasy, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 16 2011

Earthquake Report: Christchurch June 14

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Jun 15 2011

Tuesday Poem: “A Canterbury Tale”

Posted in Earthquake Poems, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 14 2011

Christchurch Friends of the Library Event, Tuesday 14 June: Cancelled Due to Earthquake

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Jun 13 2011

Earthquake Report: Christchurch Gets Hammered Again

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Jun 13 2011

Award Watch: The Gemmell Awards

Posted in Awards, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jun 13 2011

What I’m Doing: The Great Revision Rolls On

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 12 2011

Christchurch Friends of the Library: Tuesday 14 June

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Jun 11 2011

Just Arrived & What I’m (Already!) Reading: “Tales for Canterbury”

Posted in General, Just Arrived, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jun 10 2011

Orbit & Harper Voyager Celebrate “The Heir of Night’s” Vogel Success; Plus, the “Grand Giveaway” Reminder!

Posted in Awards, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jun 09 2011

More on ConText

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Jun 08 2011

A Year of The Tuesday Poem: “from the hill”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 07 2011

More on the Sir Julius Vogel Awards

Posted in Awards, Events, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jun 07 2011

“The Heir of Night” Wins the Sir Julius Vogel Award 2011 for Best Novel

Posted in Awards, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jun 06 2011

“Kind van de Nacht”: Netherlands Cover for “The Heir of Night”

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jun 05 2011

Dance, Dance, Dance: ConText Officially Rolling!

Posted in Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 04 2011

Word & Image

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jun 03 2011

In Which I Have Been Remiss …

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Jun 02 2011

Guest Blog Post: “Martial Arts and Me: 5 Reasons Why I Love ‘em”

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jun 01 2011

Happy Birthday to ” … on Anything, Really”: 1 Year Old Today—Plus Grand Birthday Giveaway Begins!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

May 31 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Sonnet on the Author’s Birthday” by Robert Burns

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 31 2011

ConText: Natcon 2011

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

May 30 2011

Just Arrived: Two Poetry Collections & A Novel

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 29 2011

Six Great Heroines of SFF: Part 2

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 28 2011

Six Great Heroines of SFF: Part 1

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

May 27 2011

Nancy Mattson: “Lisi’s Letters from Karelia”, Cardinal Points Literary Journal

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 26 2011

What I’m Reading: “Moon Called” by Patricia Briggs

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 25 2011

Tuesday Poem: “The Ballad of Sir Bors” by John Masefield

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 24 2011

What I’m Reading: “broadsheet 7″

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 23 2011

What I’ve Been Doing: The Great Revision Rocks On

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

May 22 2011

The Excitement Mounts: “Tales for Canterbury” Goes To Press

Posted in General, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

May 21 2011

Christchurch Friends of the Library: Guest Speaker

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

May 20 2011

Time, Quality, & The Modern SFF Novel

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

May 19 2011

Around The Traps: Shaun Tan, Paolo Bacigalupi & Professor John Johnson of Caltech

Posted in Other Writers by Helen Lowe

May 18 2011

Tuesday Poem: The Riders of Rohan’s Poem, from “The Lord of the Rings”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 17 2011

Just Arrived: NK Jemisin’s “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms” & Mira Grant’s “Feed”

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

May 16 2011

I’m Going To A Writers’ Tea Party: Woot!

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

May 15 2011

What I’ve Been Doing …

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

May 14 2011

So—Is Epic Fantasy Misogynist? Part 3: “The Wheel of Time” & “A Song of Ice and Fire” Series, and Conclusion

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

May 13 2011

So—Is Epic Fantasy Misogynist? Part 2—”The Lord of the Rings”

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

May 12 2011

So—Is Epic Fantasy Misogynist? Part 1

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

May 11 2011

Tuesday Poem: “The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by William Butler Yeats

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 10 2011

Picking Up Post Threads 2: “One Vital Part of My Process’

Posted in My Books, Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

May 09 2011

Just Arrived: “broadsheet 7: new new zealand poetry”

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 08 2011

Picking Up Post Threads 1: “Baggage”

Posted in General, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

May 07 2011

Update—Plus “Just Arrived”

Posted in Just Arrived, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

May 06 2011

This ‘n’ That Again

Posted in General, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

May 05 2011

The Auckland Writers’ & Readers’ Festival 2011–Almost Here!

Posted in Events, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

May 04 2011

Tuesday Poem: Haiku—”the world of dew” by Kobayashi Issa

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

May 03 2011

The Supernatural Underground: “When The Going Gets Tough—What’re You Gonna Reach For?”

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

May 02 2011

About Revision: One Vital Part of My Process.

Posted in My Books, Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

May 01 2011

What I’m Reading: “Baggage”

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 30 2011

It’s Friday & “Gathering” Progress

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 29 2011

No Big Post Today …

Posted in My Books, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 28 2011

Requiem for a Bookshop

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Apr 27 2011

Tuesday Poem: NZEF Trooper 203453 by Leigh Vickridge

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 26 2011

The Hugo Award Finalists 2011

Posted in Awards, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 25 2011

Blog Roll

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 24 2011

Starry Starry Night

Posted in Astronomy by Helen Lowe

Apr 23 2011

Earthquake Report, 22 April: Christchurch—Whose City?

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Apr 22 2011

What I’ve Been Doing …

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 21 2011

Is There A Distinctively New Zealand Speculative Fiction?

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Apr 20 2011

Tuesday Poem: “The Gift Outright” by Robert Frost

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 19 2011

What I’m Reading: Patricia McKillip’s “The Changeling Sea”

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 18 2011

Earthquake Report, 17 April: ‘Just When You Thought It Was Safe …’

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Apr 17 2011

Why Write Epic Fantasy?

Posted in Epic Fantasy, My Books by Helen Lowe

Apr 16 2011

Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists 2011: The Full List Now Out

Posted in Awards, Events by Helen Lowe

Apr 15 2011

Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2011: “The Heir of Night” a Finalist

Posted in Awards, My Books by Helen Lowe

Apr 14 2011

More Thoughts on Epic Fantasy

Posted in Epic Fantasy by Helen Lowe

Apr 13 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Castle Rock”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 12 2011

“The Heir of Night” is Reviewed Again—In German:)

Posted in My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Apr 11 2011

More on Epic Fantasy

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 10 2011

Epic Fantasy

Posted in Epic Fantasy, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 09 2011

More This ‘n’ That

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 08 2011

This ‘n’ That

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 07 2011

ConText 2011

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Apr 06 2011

Tuesday Poem: First Birthday & “This is My Heart”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Apr 05 2011

“Winter is Coming …”

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Apr 04 2011

What I’m Reading …

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Apr 03 2011

The Supernatural Underground: “1 April & Three Fabulous Moms of SFF”

Posted in Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Apr 02 2011

My Book Month 2011

Posted in Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Apr 01 2011

Earthquake Report, 31 March

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Mar 31 2011

Diana Wynne Jones, 1934-2011: A Personal Tribute

Posted in Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Mar 30 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 29 2011

Earthquake Fundraiser: Tales for Canterbury

Posted in Earthquake Reports, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Mar 28 2011

Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominations About to Close

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Mar 27 2011

What I’m Reading Post-Earthquake

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Mar 26 2011

Guest Blog Post: Historically-Influenced Fantasy Settings

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Mar 25 2011

New Reviews for “The Heir of Night”

Posted in My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Mar 25 2011

New Review for “Thornspell”

Posted in My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Mar 24 2011

Of Earthquakes & Reader Feedback on “The Heir of Night”

Posted in My Books, Reader Feedback by Helen Lowe

Mar 23 2011

Tuesday Poem: Café

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 22 2011

NZ Book Month, Here I Come!

Posted in Events, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Mar 21 2011

Silent Witness: True Heroes

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Mar 20 2011

A Much-Needed Day Off

Posted in Earthquake Reports, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Mar 19 2011

Silent Witness

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Mar 18 2011

Yvonne de Fresne, A Personal Tribute

Posted in Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Mar 17 2011

Just Doing It

Posted in Earthquake Reports, Guest Blog Posts, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Mar 16 2011

Tuesday Poem: Haiku—”after the funeral”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 15 2011

Earthquake Report, 14 March

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Mar 14 2011

Some Fun / Good Stuff

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Mar 13 2011

Japanese Earthquake

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Mar 12 2011

Earthquake Report, Day 17 (March 10)

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Mar 11 2011

Not About Earthquakes Or Their Aftermaths

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Mar 10 2011

Earthquake Report Day 15 (March 8)

Posted in Earthquake Reports, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Mar 09 2011

Tuesday Poem: “To a Poor Old Woman” by William Carlos Williams

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 08 2011

In Which I Decide … To Return to My Work

Posted in Earthquake Reports, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 07 2011

Earthquake Report, Day 13 (March 6)

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Mar 06 2011

“The Heir of Night” UK Launch Giveaway—& Launch-a-thon Result

Posted in Book Launches by Helen Lowe

Mar 05 2011

“The Heir of Night” UK Launch Book Giveaway Now Closed

Posted in Book Launches by Helen Lowe

Mar 04 2011

“The Heir of Night”: Now Published in the UK—Plus Earthquake ‘Launch-a-thon’

Posted in Book Launches by Helen Lowe

Mar 03 2011

UK Launch Day ‘Advisory’

Posted in Book Launches, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 03 2011

Reprise on my Earthquake Report for Day 8

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Mar 03 2011

Earthquake Report for Day 8, Plus the UK Release of “The Heir of Night”

Posted in Book Launches, Earthquake Reports, My Books by Helen Lowe

Mar 02 2011

Tuesday Poem: Storm Front

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Mar 01 2011

Earthquake Report Day 6 (27 February)

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Feb 28 2011

Earthquake Report Day 5 (26 February)

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Feb 27 2011

Earthquake Day 4 (25 February)

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Feb 26 2011

Earthquake Day 3 (24 February)

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Feb 25 2011

Christchurch Earthquake Update

Posted in Earthquake Reports by Helen Lowe

Feb 24 2011

Tuesday Poem: Haiku “splitting pine” by Nick Williamson

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 22 2011

Here It Is—the UK Cover for “The Heir of Night”!

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Feb 21 2011

What I’m Reading—Plus “Just Arrived!”

Posted in Just Arrived, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Feb 20 2011

In Which, Despite the Exigencies of the Writing Life, I Am Happy …

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Feb 19 2011

In Which I Reflect on Bottom Lines …

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Feb 18 2011

Single Titles Reviewers’ Choice Award 2010 for “The Heir of Night”

Posted in Awards, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Feb 17 2011

An Interview with Mary Victoria: Book Giveaway Result

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Feb 16 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Knowing”—for Valentine’s Day

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 15 2011

An Interview with Mary Victoria, Author of “Samiha’s Song”—with Giveaway

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Feb 14 2011

What I’m Reading: ‘The Elegance of the Hedgehog’

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Feb 13 2011

International Literary Quarterly: Issue 14 Published

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 12 2011

What I’m Doing …

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Feb 12 2011

Writing Strong Women in Fantasy: It’s all About Character

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Feb 11 2011

Influences on Story 3: Other Writing

Posted in Influences on Story by Helen Lowe

Feb 10 2011

International Literary Quarterly: A New Zealand Literary Showcase

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 09 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Tarantella” by Hilaire Belloc

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 08 2011

Book Giveaway Result

Posted in Giveaways, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Feb 07 2011

What I’m Reading: “Leviathan” & “A Shadow In Summer”

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Feb 06 2011

What I’ve Been Doing … And What’s Coming Up

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Feb 05 2011

Release Day Interview with Beth Anne Miller—Plus Giveaway!

Posted in Giveaways, Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Feb 04 2011

Fun Stuff Happening—Everywhere!

Posted in Friends, Fun Stuff, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Feb 03 2011

Helen Lowe in Conversation with Beth Anne Miller—on the Supernatural Underground

Posted in Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Feb 02 2011

Tuesday Poem: 51 by Catullus

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Feb 01 2011

Speculative Fiction: Reader Preferences

Posted in Friends, Reader Feedback by Helen Lowe

Jan 31 2011

What I’m Reading

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 30 2011

Happy (Belated) Release Day, Tracey O’Hara!

Posted in Friends, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 29 2011

More Astronomy Fun—A Runaway Star!

Posted in Astronomy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jan 28 2011

Speculative Fiction in New Zealand

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jan 27 2011

“The best words in their best order”

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 26 2011

Tuesday Poem: Haiku “spring rain” by Kobayashi Issa

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 25 2011

I Welcome in the New Year on The Realm

Posted in Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 24 2011

New Reviews

Posted in Reviews by Helen Lowe

Jan 24 2011

What’s Coming Up

Posted in Events, My Books, Other Writers, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jan 23 2011

Of Retreats and Productive Writing Environments

Posted in General, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jan 22 2011

Book Recommendations

Posted in Fun Stuff, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 21 2011

More Mish-Mash …

Posted in What I'm Doing ..., What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 20 2011

And here’s the cat …

Posted in Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jan 19 2011

Tuesday Poem: “Putting in the Seed” by Robert Frost

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 18 2011

What I’ve Been Doing … Or of Glossaries, Catch-Up, Contracts, Gardens & TV Viewing!

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jan 17 2011

Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominations: Best Artwork

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Jan 16 2011

Guess What I Found in My PO Box This Morning?

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 15 2011

Guest Post on HarperVoyager USA: It’s Hugo Awards Time Again!

Posted in Awards, Guest Blog Posts by Helen Lowe

Jan 14 2011

Sir Julius Vogel Awards Now Open for Nomination—& “How To” Nominate

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Jan 13 2011

Tis still the season—for lists!

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jan 12 2011

Tuesday Poem: Harvey McQueen & “After the Disaster”

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 11 2011

Reader Feedback

Posted in My Books, Reader Feedback by Helen Lowe

Jan 10 2011

It’s Hugo Awards Time Again!

Posted in Awards, Worldcon by Helen Lowe

Jan 09 2011

True Love: The Chicago Manual of Style

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jan 08 2011

It’s Friday …

Posted in What I'm Doing ..., What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jan 07 2011

A Food Anecdote

Posted in Fun Stuff, Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Jan 06 2011

Omissions!

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jan 05 2011

In Memory of My Fellow Tuesday Poet: Harvey McQueen

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jan 04 2011

Summary of Reviews

Posted in My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Jan 03 2011

Reflecting on 2010

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jan 02 2011

1-1-’11: And I’ve Finished The Wall of Night, Book Two!

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Jan 01 2011

Happy New Year 2011!

Posted in General, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jan 01 2011

250 Posts Giveaway Result

Posted in Uncategorized by Helen Lowe

Jan 01 2011

“I Wish You Angels” by Joanna Preston

Posted in Fun Stuff, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 31 2010

Milestone: 250 Posts Reached—& Now Passed!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Dec 30 2010

Short Fiction: Black Magic

Posted in Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Dec 29 2010

Christmas-New Year Tuesday Poem: “Uncle Joe’s New Year Tree” by Mike Bartholomew-Biggs

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 28 2010

Short Story: Heartland

Posted in Short Fiction by Helen Lowe

Dec 27 2010

Earthquakes, Wine, Food … & A Poem by Keri Hulme

Posted in Fun Stuff, General, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 26 2010

Merry Christmas!

Posted in General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 25 2010

Christmas Is Coming …

Posted in Fun Stuff, General by Helen Lowe

Dec 24 2010

Tis A Nor’west Season

Posted in General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 23 2010

What’s Gone Down … What’s Coming Up

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Dec 22 2010

Tuesday Poem Christmas Exchange: “Burning with Joan of Arc” by Helen Rickerby

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 21 2010

“I Did It! I Did It!”

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Dec 20 2010

What I’m Reading

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 19 2010

What I’m Doing

Posted in What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Dec 18 2010

Voyager Heading Out Beyond the Solar System

Posted in Astronomy, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 17 2010

Mer-Made Tonight!

Posted in Events, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 16 2010

Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominations

Posted in Awards by Helen Lowe

Dec 16 2010

12 Spec Fic Stocking Fillers for the 12 Days of Christmas!

Posted in My Books, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 15 2010

Mer-Made Magic & Maybe Mayhem on the ‘Morrow

Posted in Events, Fun Stuff, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 15 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Fey”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 14 2010

Guest Post: Helen Rickerby & “JAAM 28 Dance Dance Dance”

Posted in Book Launches, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 13 2010

2010 Nobel Peace Prize: Congratulations Dr Liu Xiaobo

Posted in Awards, General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 12 2010

What I’m Reading

Posted in What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 11 2010

Rosewater Macaroon Cakes

Posted in Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Dec 10 2010

Shameless Self-Promotion!

Posted in General, My Books by Helen Lowe

Dec 09 2010

Mer Made!

Posted in Events, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 08 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Blue” by Barbara McCartney

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 07 2010

Keeping Going

Posted in My Books, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Dec 06 2010

On Beatties Bookblog: “The Heir of Night” Sells Netherlands Rights

Posted in My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Dec 05 2010

More Good News!

Posted in My Books, Reader Feedback, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Dec 05 2010

Good News

Posted in Friends, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Dec 04 2010

Songs from the Sea

Posted in General, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Dec 03 2010

Thornspell

Posted in My Books, Reader Feedback by Helen Lowe

Dec 02 2010

What I’m Reading

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Dec 01 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Blue” by Catherine Fitchett

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 30 2010

Steampunk Reprised

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 29 2010

Thanksgiving

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 28 2010

2010 Reads: My Personal Picks So Far

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 27 2010

Christchurch City Libraries: “Heir” Included in Best Reads of 2010!

Posted in My Books, Reader Feedback by Helen Lowe

Nov 26 2010

Pike River Mine Deaths

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 25 2010

New Publications: “JAAM 28: Dance Dance Dance” and “Bravado 20″

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 24 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Wonderful To Relate” by Michele Leggott

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 23 2010

What I’m Reading: “Ship Breaker” by Paolo Bacigalupi

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 22 2010

What I’ve Been Doing …

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Nov 21 2010

Guest Post on Out of this Eos

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, My Books by Helen Lowe

Nov 20 2010

Clockwork Angel Giveaway

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 19 2010

Family Feedback

Posted in My Books, Reader Feedback by Helen Lowe

Nov 19 2010

What’s Hot?

Posted in General, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 18 2010

More “Helen Lowe” Reads

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Nov 17 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Glass Cases (i)” by Christina Stachurski

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 16 2010

What I’m Reading

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Nov 15 2010

The Quakes Go On …

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 14 2010

Spiral

Posted in Astronomy by Helen Lowe

Nov 13 2010

“Fresh Fiction” Review for “The Heir of Night”

Posted in My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Nov 12 2010

Out of this Eos: It’s All About Character!

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, My Books by Helen Lowe

Nov 12 2010

Something About Auckland … Photos and Poem

Posted in Fun Stuff, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 11 2010

Something About Auckland …

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Nov 11 2010

What I’ve Been Doing …

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Nov 10 2010

Tuesday Poem: “The Foreign Office” by Victoria Broome

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 09 2010

So Who Was Sir Geoffrey Cox?

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 08 2010

The Loser in NZ Film

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Nov 07 2010

Partial Solar Eclipse

Posted in Astronomy by Helen Lowe

Nov 06 2010

Great Things Happening for Christchurch Poets

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 05 2010

Favourite Cover Art

Posted in Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Nov 04 2010

“Our Staff Recommends”—Hurrah!

Posted in My Books, Reader Feedback by Helen Lowe

Nov 03 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Spring and All” by William Carlos Williams

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Nov 02 2010

What I’ve Been Doing …

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Nov 01 2010

Samhein—All Hallows Eve—Halloween

Posted in Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Oct 31 2010

FSF Guest Author Series: Wrap Up & Competition Result

Posted in Book Launches, F-SF Guest Author Series by Helen Lowe

Oct 30 2010

Out of this Eos: “The Heir of Night” & Characters Under Pressure

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 29 2010

Specusphere Review … & Halloween

Posted in Fun Stuff, My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Oct 29 2010

Over the Edge: Book Interview, Plus …

Posted in My Books, My Interviews, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 28 2010

“The Heir of Night” Guest Author Series: James Norcliffe

Posted in F-SF Guest Author Series, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 27 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Van Gogh in Aotearoa” by Siobhan Harvey

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 26 2010

“The Heir of Night” Guest Author Series: Marianne de Pierres

Posted in F-SF Guest Author Series, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 25 2010

Arts on Sunday Interview on Podcast, Plus a New Review

Posted in My Books, Reviews by Helen Lowe

Oct 24 2010

Arts on Sunday, The Supernatural Underground, And …

Posted in Events, Other Writers, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 24 2010

A Few Armageddon Photos!

Posted in Events by Helen Lowe

Oct 24 2010

“The Heir of Night” Guest Author Series: Gillian Polack

Posted in F-SF Guest Author Series, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 23 2010

Weekend Events: Armageddon & Arts on Sunday!

Posted in Events, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 22 2010

Big Idea

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 22 2010

Keeping It Real: Character

Posted in My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Oct 22 2010

“Is Fantasy Really Escapism?”

Posted in F-SF Guest Author Series, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 21 2010

“The Heir of Night” Guest Author Series: Julie Czerneda

Posted in F-SF Guest Author Series, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 21 2010

“The Heir of Night” Guest Author Series: Anne Hamilton

Posted in F-SF Guest Author Series, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 20 2010

There’s So Much Happening!

Posted in Events, My Books by Helen Lowe

Oct 19 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Nanosphere” by Harvey Molloy

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Oct 19 2010

“The Heir of Night” Guest Author Series: Juliet Marillier

Posted in F-SF Guest Author Series, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 18 2010

“The Heir of Night” Guest Author Series: Tracey O’Hara

Posted in F-SF Guest Author Series, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 17 2010

“The Heir of Night” Guest Author Series: Michael Pryor

Posted in F-SF Guest Author Series, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Oct 16 2010

Tim Jones Guest Post Re-Posted on io9!

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Oct 15 2010

Cover Love

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Oct 15 2010

It’s Friday Update!

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Oct 15 2010

“The Heir of Night” Guest Author Series: Tim Jones

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Oct 14 2010

Revised F-SF Guest Author Schedule

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Oct 14 2010

“The Heir of Night” Guest Author Series: Kim Falconer

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Oct 13 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Maze” by Nancy Mattson

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Oct 12 2010

“The Heir of Night” F-SF Guest Author Series: Mary Victoria

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Oct 11 2010

Armageddon—Saturday 23 October

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Oct 10 2010

“The Heir of Night” Map Features … Plus “Our Staff Recommends”

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Oct 10 2010

“The Heir of Night” F-SF Guest Author Series: Nicole Murphy

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Oct 09 2010

“The Heir of Night” Grand Giveaway Draw Announced!

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Oct 08 2010

“The Heir of Night” F-SF Guest Author Series: Alan Baxter

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Oct 08 2010

Well, We Did It—We Painted AU/NZ Red for “The Heir of Night”!

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Oct 08 2010

“The Heir of Night” Launched in Australia/New Zealand Today—& I’m Celebratin’!

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Oct 07 2010

Celebrating F-SF & “The Heir of Night”: F-SF Author Guest Series

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Oct 06 2010

“Fiction Kingdom” Review for The Heir of Night

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Oct 06 2010

Tuesday Poem: Ithaca Conversations—Argos

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Oct 05 2010

Painting It Red: AU/NZ Launch of “The Heir of Night” Thursday 7

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Oct 04 2010

Mary Victoria Says: I’m A “Versatile Blogger”

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Oct 03 2010

Fun With Food

Posted in Fun Stuff, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 02 2010

It’s Friday!

Posted in My Books, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Oct 01 2010

After the Party …

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Sep 30 2010

A Fantastic Party, But Seriously, It’s All You …

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Sep 29 2010

Here At Last: Publication Date In the USA!

Posted in Book Launches, Events, Fun Stuff, My Books by Helen Lowe

Sep 28 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Out of the blue” by Frankie McMillan

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Sep 28 2010

Early Copies Here!

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Sep 27 2010

A Day Closer … & Blog Interviews

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Sep 26 2010

Still Counting Down … & Some Thoughts on Reviews

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Sep 25 2010

Being In Countdown Mode

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Sep 24 2010

Library Journal Review for “The Heir of Night”—& Cover Flat Giveaway

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Sep 23 2010

Revised Countdown to “The Heir of Night” Release

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Sep 22 2010

Tuesday Poem: “In A Station of the Metro” By Ezra Pound

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Sep 21 2010

Countdown to “The Heir of Night” Release

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Sep 20 2010

Avast Me Hearties!

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Sep 19 2010

Zombie Love

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Sep 18 2010

Being A NZ SpecFic Writer

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 17 2010

Heir of Night Interview on Podcast

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Sep 16 2010

UNconventional: Worldcon & Me

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Sep 15 2010

Out of this Eos & NZ SpecFic Blogging Week

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Sep 15 2010

Tuesday Poem: “In the midst of the plain …” Bassho

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Sep 14 2010

Carrying On

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Sep 13 2010

The Big Idea: John Scalzi’s “Whatever” Blog

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Sep 12 2010

What I’m Reading

Posted in Awards, Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Sep 11 2010

A Few Worldcon Photos

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Sep 10 2010

Orbit Interview: Building The Wall of Night

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Sep 09 2010

Living on the Back of the Dragon

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 08 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Outback”

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Sep 07 2010

Worldcon: It’s All Over Now

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Sep 06 2010

“Thornspell” Review from Finland: 5 Stars

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Sep 06 2010

Christchurch Earthquake

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 05 2010

Worldcon: Two Days In

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Sep 04 2010

An Interview with Cheryl Morgan: Reprised for Worldcon

Posted in Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really', Worldcon by Helen Lowe

Sep 03 2010

Helen-in-Black on the Supernatural Underground

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Sep 02 2010

I’m in Melbourne!

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Sep 02 2010

I’ve Got Business Cards!

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Sep 01 2010

Tuesday Poem: “The World As Meditation” by Wallace Stevens

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Aug 31 2010

What I’m Reading: “Guardian of the Dead” by Karen Healey; “Mirabile Dictu” by Michelle Leggott

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Aug 30 2010

Wine Wow

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Aug 29 2010

And Here’s The NZ Post Book Award Result!

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Aug 28 2010

Today’s The Day—the NZ Post Book Awards Will Be Decided!

Posted in Awards, Events, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 27 2010

An Interview with Mary Victoria, Author of “Tymon’s Flight”

Posted in Other Writers, Radio Interviews, Worldcon by Helen Lowe

Aug 26 2010

An Interview With Cheryl Morgan

Posted in Guest Interviews on '...Anything Really' by Helen Lowe

Aug 25 2010

Tuesday Poem: “I am a Tyger” by Michael Harlow

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Aug 24 2010

Worldcon Ho!

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Aug 23 2010

Of CP Lin, Food & Wine Matches

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Aug 22 2010

What I’m Reading

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Aug 21 2010

More “Heir of Night” Feedback

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Aug 20 2010

Ripley Patton Interview Features on Out of this Eos

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Aug 19 2010

Here It Is: The Australia-New Zealand Cover!

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Aug 18 2010

Tuesday Poem: “The Fox” by Bernadette Hall

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Aug 17 2010

The Press Christchurch Writers’ Festival

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Aug 16 2010

What I’m Reading

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Aug 15 2010

UnCONventional

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Aug 14 2010

Sir Julius Vogel Awards

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Aug 13 2010

New Radio Interviews

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Aug 12 2010

Reading for the Hugo Awards: the Final Instalment

Posted in Awards, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Aug 11 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll

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Aug 10 2010

UNconventional—Fun Stuff!

Posted in Fun Stuff, Worldcon by Helen Lowe

Aug 09 2010

Catch-Up Sunday

Posted in Awards, General, My Books, What I'm Doing ... by Helen Lowe

Aug 08 2010

What I’m Reading

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Aug 07 2010

Speculative Fiction Interview

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Aug 06 2010

Our Very Own G2V Star

Posted in Astronomy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Aug 06 2010

Even More Australia/New Zealand Cover Excitement!

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Aug 05 2010

It’s Official: I’m Off to Worldcon

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Aug 04 2010

Tuesday Poem: “North”

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Aug 03 2010

Giveaway Draw Result

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Aug 03 2010

It’s “All About the Characters” on the Supernatural Underground

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Aug 02 2010

More Australia/New Zealand Cover Excitement!

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Aug 01 2010

Reading for the Hugos on Out of this Eos Blog

Posted in Awards, Guest Blog Posts, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 31 2010

What I’m Reading: “The God Engines” by John Scalzi; “Definitely Dead” by Charlaine Harris

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Jul 31 2010

New Zealand National Poetry Day: “Ti”

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Jul 30 2010

Sometimes …

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Jul 29 2010

Good Thornspell News

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Jul 28 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson

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Jul 27 2010

The Supernatural Underground

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Jul 26 2010

What I’m Reading: “The Windup Girl” by Paolo Bacigalupi; “The City & The City” by China Mieville

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Jul 25 2010

National Poetry Day: Friday 30 July

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Jul 24 2010

More Fun Stuff

Posted in Book Launches, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jul 23 2010

The Pleiades Again: Awesome!

Posted in Astronomy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jul 22 2010

Reading for the Hugo Awards on Out of this Eos Blog

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Jul 21 2010

Influences on Story (2) Giveaway

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Jul 21 2010

Tuesday Poem: “The First Artist On Mars” by Tim Jones

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Jul 20 2010

First Public Reader Response to “The Heir of Night”

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Jul 19 2010

Influences on Story (2)

Posted in Influences on Story, My Books by Helen Lowe

Jul 19 2010

Check This Out!

Posted in Astronomy, Fun Stuff by Helen Lowe

Jul 18 2010

It’s My Birthday!

Posted in Friends, General by Helen Lowe

Jul 18 2010

What I’m Reading: A Positive Bouquet of Books!

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Jul 17 2010

It’s Friday!

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jul 16 2010

2010 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing

Posted in Awards, Other Writers by Helen Lowe

Jul 15 2010

2010 Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards Announced

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Jul 14 2010

Tuesday Poem: Cowarral Sequence iii—A Summer Storm by Joanna Preston

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Jul 13 2010

Australia/New Zealand Cover Excitement

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Jul 12 2010

A Little Travelogue …

Posted in Friends, General by Helen Lowe

Jul 11 2010

Feeling For Daylight: The Photographs of Jack Adamson

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Jul 10 2010

Interviews …

Posted in Other Writers, Poetry, Radio Interviews by Helen Lowe

Jul 09 2010

Joanna Preston & “The Summer King” Win The Mary Gilmore Poetry Prize (Australia)

Posted in Awards, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 08 2010

Mid-Week Already!

Posted in Awards, My Books, Other Writers, Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jul 07 2010

Tuesday Poem: “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning

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Jul 06 2010

Reading the Mythopoeic Children’s Award Finalists

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Jul 05 2010

Fun Stuff!

Posted in Friends, My Books, Other Writers

Jul 04 2010

“The Hat” Delivers!

Posted in My Books, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 03 2010

Wrap-Up Saturday

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Jul 03 2010

“Thornspell” is Out In Paperback Today!

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jul 02 2010

Making My Bow on the Supernatural Underground!

Posted in Guest Blog Posts, Supernatural Underground by Helen Lowe

Jul 01 2010

The Gathering of the Lost: Part 2—Done!

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Jul 01 2010

There’s A Lot Happening …

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Jun 30 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Between” by Rhian Gallagher

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Jun 29 2010

More on Books …

Posted in Other Writers, What I'm Reading by Helen Lowe

Jun 28 2010

Interviews

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Jun 27 2010

Out of this Eos Blog: The Oil Spill

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jun 26 2010

It’s Still Friday!

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Jun 25 2010

It’s Friday — But First, More from “Elizabeth Knox & SpecFic”

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Jun 25 2010

Elizabeth Knox & Spec-Fic Christchurch

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Jun 24 2010

Influences on Story

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Jun 23 2010

Poetry Tuesday: More Poetry News

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Jun 22 2010

Tuesday Poem—A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

Posted in Poetry

Jun 22 2010

Something About Mondays …

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Jun 21 2010

Neil Gaiman on Stories

Posted in Other Writers

Jun 21 2010

Winter Solstice, Loulandia, & Matariki

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Jun 20 2010

Catalyst Open Mic Poetry Nights

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Jun 19 2010

It’s Friday!

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Jun 18 2010

And the winner is …

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Jun 17 2010

ARE Draw Pending

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jun 17 2010

Robin Hobb Quote for “The Heir of Night”

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Jun 16 2010

Tuesday Poem: “Ithaca Conversations—The Wayfarer”

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Jun 15 2010

“The Heir of Night” ARE’s Are Here!

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Jun 14 2010

A Welcome from the Bookman

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Jun 14 2010

What I’m Reading (& Awards)

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Jun 13 2010

Writing Books & Blogs

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Jun 12 2010

The Green Comet

Posted in Astronomy by Helen Lowe

Jun 11 2010

The Seagull: Portrait of the Artist?

Posted in General

Jun 10 2010

Thornspell: Here in Paperback July 2!

Posted in My Books by Helen Lowe

Jun 09 2010

Tuesday Poem: “You know the place: then … “

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 08 2010

Queen’s Birthday

Posted in General by Helen Lowe

Jun 07 2010

Diana Wynne Jones

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Jun 06 2010

Book Launch: Grandma Meets The Queen

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Jun 05 2010

It’s Friday!

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Jun 04 2010

Worldcon: Also Attending

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Jun 03 2010

The Supernatural Underground Goes Live!

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Jun 02 2010

Tuesday Poem

Posted in Poetry by Helen Lowe

Jun 01 2010

And so it begins …

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May 31 2010

The Heir of Night

The Heir of Night: UK/AU/NZ Cover (Orbit) - Read More Here!

Jacket art by Greg Bridges
The Heir of Night: USA Cover (Eos) - Read More Here!

"THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe is a richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in a well realized world."--Robin Hobb

The Heir of Night is the first in a 4-book epic fantasy series published internationally.

HEIR recently won the international Gemmell Morningstar Award 2012 for Best Fantasy Debut.