Update! June 12, 2021 The Swan Maiden audiobook is out! Squeee! The Swan Maiden has been brought to life in a magical new way, as an audiobook narrated by wonderful voice actor Angela Peters, an Aussie living in London. It was such a joy to hear Gracie’s excitement, and Signet’s vulnerability, and the magic of
I’m honoured to have been nominated for the Australian Fairy Tale Society Award this year, for my books, including The Swan Maiden and Faery Magic, and for my work on the AFTS committee, and the creation and launch of our merchandise. And it’s so wonderful to have been nominated alongside three incredible women, storyteller Jo
I'm so looking forward to the Australian Fairy Tale Society Conference on June 12-14. With two days of zoom sessions so everyone can attend, plus a full in-person day in Newtown, Sydney, it will be full of magic and enchantment, and wonderful faery tale guests including favourite authors Juliet Marillier and Kate Forsyth, amazing performers
Tomorrow is release day for Fairytale Christmas, the box-set of reimagined faery tales that includes 15 brand new stories from some wonderful authors from around the world. Order it here, or read it free in KU. My story, The Snow Queen’s Daughter, began with the question at the heart of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow
I’m part of a box set of reimagined faery tales, Fairytale Christmas, alongside K. A. Last and a bunch of American and Canadian writers. It’s on sale November 1, but you can pre-order it here now. Here is the blurb. Fairy lights, mistletoe and cozy nights by the fire… Delve into this spellbinding Fairytale Christmas
Congratulations to the amazing artist and creative Lorena Carrington, such a wonderfully worthy winner of the Award for Inspiration and Contribution to Australian Fairy Tale Culture, announced today at the Australian Fairy Tale Society Conference. I adore Lorena’s own book, Wiser Than Evening, and her collaborative projects with Kate Forsyth, the beautifully illustrated books Vasilisa the
Bookings are now open for the 2020 virtual conference of the Australian Fairy Tale Society! This year’s theme is Magic Mirrors: the Seen and the Unseen. Schedule for the conference at the bottom of this post. This will be a conference unlike any other because we will be able to have people from all over Australia
I’m honoured (and, to be honest, a little shocked) to have been nominated for the AFTS Award for Inspiration and Contribution to Australian Fairy Tale Culture for my new book The Swan Maiden, alongside amazing artist Lorena Carrington and my all-time favourite author Juliet Marillier. Lorena exhibits her gorgeous artwork, created the lovely book Wiser Than Evening, and
The online launch of The Swan Maiden is on now! You can buy the ebook and paperback from Amazon here. You can buy the ebook from other retailers here. Or you can buy the book from me and I will sign it and post it out to you, complete with a pretty bookmark, and a free
You’re invited to a Faery Tale Launch Party – online of course, in these strange new socially distanced times. It’s all happening HERE – bookmark the link, or click Going to get notifications. K. A. Last is launching Chasing Neve, her Snow White reimagining, and I’m launching my original Australian faery tale The Swan Maiden.
Countdown to The Swan Maiden Launch... Selina Fenech is an amazing artist – her stunning paintings grace the covers of the Into the Mists and Into the Storm Trilogies – and also an incredible writer. She’s the author of the beautiful fantasy series Memory’s Wake, and the intriguing Empath Chronicles, and is currently working on
I’m about to launch a new book! The Swan Maiden is an original Australian faery tale, inspired by the beautiful black swans in my local park, who I’ve so loved watching as they raise their adorable cygnets each year. It’s my first post-Mists fiction, and after six epically-long books in that series, it’s a little scary to
I’m rushing to get ready for the Mind Body Spirit Festival, and haven’t had a chance to update the Blessed Bee Books store, but if you’d like to buy The Swan Maiden now, you can send a payment to me at www.paypal.me/sconneeley and I’ll post it out to you... The Swan Maiden paperback within Australia
A few people have asked about ordering autographed copies of my books for Christmas gifts, so I thought I should offer a few specials. Order any of the below from my Blessed Bee Books shop and I'll post them out asap. Order Into the Fire, Into the Storm and Into the Air and get a
I’m so excited that Into the Air is almost ready for release – the proof copy of the paperback is due tomorrow, so I should be hitting print on Monday or Tuesday! If you would like to pre-order before then (November 5) you still can, and it will come with the ebook free, plus a
I’m so excited that Into the Air is almost ready for release. To celebrate, every pre-order made by Friday September 27 comes with the ebook free, plus a free gift. It might be a gorgeous print of the beautiful artwork that graces the cover – Light and Dark by the awesome Selina Fenech – or
When the call went out for authors to take part in a Summer Solstice Fantasy Bookfest, I had to answer. The solstices, equinoxes and cross-quarter days are such a strong magical thread running through all six of the Mists series books – although of course June 22 is the Winter Solstice down under, while our
Unfortunately I won’t be at the Mind Body Spirit Festival in Sydney this week, but I thought I’d offer a few festival specials for anyone in Australia*. Sale ends midnight Sunday April 7, 2019. (Occasionally Australia Post overcharges for postage on orders – if that is the case, I’ll refund the difference.) Storm + Fire:
Just got a lovely 5-star review for Into the Mists... Into the Mists is a work of fantasy and magic written for young adults by author Serene Conneeley. Written as the first book in the trilogy of the same name, the story revolves around our central teenage character Carlie. In the blink of an eye,
The Spirit of Giving I wasn’t going to mention this in my newsletter, until a stranger from Switzerland said my Instagram post about it inspired her to start doing this with her kids for Christmas, so… During #GivingTuesday, I funded a bee business for a family through Plan Australia’s Gifts of Hope program, which was
