Publication!

'Undoing Life's Choices' is my first published sci-fi story, published in Chronos: An Anthology of Time Drabbles, available now through Amazon.  Chronos is an anthology of drabbles (a story told in exactly one-hundred words) themed around time. Seventy-five talented authors from around the world come together to present ninety-eight stories of time, time travel, time … Continue reading Publication!

An Event!

  Exciting news! If you are in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, on the 8 September (next Saturday!) You could come along to the Salamanca Arts Centre and hear a snippet from my novella 'What the Tide Brings', alongside a wonderful tale from Isabel Shapcott's collection of re-woven fairytales, and one of Pearl Maya's short stories, many … Continue reading An Event!

I’ve been busy…

I have two lots of exciting news to share this week. First, I had a 100 word story ‘Undoing Life’s Choices’ accepted for publication in ‘Chronos: An Anthology of Time Drabbles’, which is already available for pre-order here, and will be published on 10 September 2018. I’m especially excited for this because two wonderful writers … Continue reading I’ve been busy…

Welcome

  Hello! And Welcome to the website of Heather Ewings. I'm a Tasmanian author of mostly speculative fiction, a chocoholic, a bookworm and a would-be hermit! My blog posts tend to be sporadic, coming in clumps and then none for months. If it's been a while since I've posted, I'm most likely working on something, … Continue reading Welcome

#AWW Review; Songlines by Carolyn Denman

So last year I had the opportunity to read this amazing book. Below is an adaptation of my Amazon review: "Can you hear the river crying?" Songlines was such an amazing, beautiful story, it gave me goosebumps! And so Australian. I loved the way the author has woven together strands from completely different cultures in such … Continue reading #AWW Review; Songlines by Carolyn Denman

Review – Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire

Stars crown the world, she said, but the lights in your eyes, those are stars, too. They make up your crown, he said. I am no queen of anything. Something too few of us know while we are alive, he told her. We are all crowned with glory. Peasants no less than kings. Egg and … Continue reading Review – Egg and Spoon by Gregory Maguire

Welcome to 2017

I'm more than a little relieved we have finally said goodbye to 2016. Many people complained that it was a terrible year, citing the ever-rising rate of celebrity deaths as one of the reasons the year was so awful, alongside the numerous other occurances and events that I'm sure I don't need to mention here. For me personally, the … Continue reading Welcome to 2017

#AWW2016 Review – Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss

  Set during the Second World War, Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms tells the story of Hiroshi, a Japanese Prisoner of War, and Mary, a young Wiradjuri woman living at Erambie Station, an Aboriginal mission. At the beginning of the story, Hiroshi is held, alongside many others, in the No. 12 Prisoner of War compound in … Continue reading #AWW2016 Review – Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss

My Leibster Award

Just over a month ago I learnt that Alisdair Daws had nominated my blog for a Leibster Award! Wow! Thanks Alisdair! I announced the fact to my family, (we were all gathered in the lounge room) who asked me what, exactly, a Leibster Award is. I had a vague idea, but thought I’d better head over … Continue reading My Leibster Award

#AWW2016 Review – A Single Stone by MegMcKinlay

  I first read of this book just before its release last year. I was immediately intrigued, but somehow misplaced the title and author, and with a pile of books to work my way through searching for it fell to the bottom of the priority list,  until earlier this year when I was listening to the Podcast 'So … Continue reading #AWW2016 Review – A Single Stone by MegMcKinlay