The finalists of the 2017 Aurealis Awards have been announced. These awards recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers.
Here are some of the 2017 finalists for the different categories…
Best Children’s Fiction
- How to Bee by Bren MacDibble
- The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn Moriarty
- The Shop at Hoopers Bend by Emily Rodda
- The Exile by Jo Sandhu
- Accidental Heroes by Lian Tanner
- Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
Best Graphic Novel / Illustrated Work
- Action Tank by Mike Barry
- Changing Ways by Justin Randall
- Dungzilla by James Foley
- Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts by Craig Phillips
- Home Time by Campbell Whyte
- Tintinnabula by Margo Lanagan
Best Collection
- The Birdcage Heart & Other Strange Tales by Peter M Ball
- The Silver Well by Kate Forsyth & Kim Wilkins
- Beneath the Floating City by Donna Maree Hanson
- Singing My Sister Down and Other Stories by Margo Lanagan
- Please Look After This Angel & Other Winged Stories by Tansy Rayner Roberts
- Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories by Deborah Sheldon
Best Young Adult Novel
- In The Dark Spaces by Cally Black
- Ida by Alison Evans
- Frogkisser! by Garth Nix
- This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada
- Psynode by Marlee Jane Ward
- The Undercurrent by Paula Weston
Best Horror Novel
- Aletheia by J S Breukelaar
- Who’s Afraid Too? by Maria Lewis
- Soon by Lois Murphy
Best Fantasy Novel
- Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer
- Gwen by Goldie Goldbloom
- Cassandra by Kathryn Gossow
- Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
- Gap Year In Ghost Town by Michael Pryor
- Wellside by Robin Shortt
Best Science Fiction Novel
- Closing Down by Sally Abbott
- Terra Nullius by Claire G Coleman
- Year of the Orphan by Daniel Findlay
- An Uncertain Grace by Krissy Kneen
- From the Wreck by Jane Rawson
- Lotus Blue by Cat Sparks
