Alison Goodman

Alison Goodman.

2011 Appearances

October 2011
Alison will be appearing at the
SheKilda Women's Crime Writers' Convention, Melbourne.
7-9 October.

Alison will be appearing at New York Comic Con (13-16th October) to sign books and chat to fans.
Sunday 16th October, 2011
Javits Centre, New York.

Alison will be attending the
World Fantasy Convention, San Diego. October 27-31.

November 2011
"Two Sides of the Story" at The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne.
A conversation between Alison Goodman and Alison Croggon about the points of difference and common experiences of their creative lives writing Fantasy.
Free event.
Tuesday 22nd November, 2011
7pm - 8pm


2012 Appearances

June 2012
Alison will be Guest of Honour at Continuum 8, Melbourne.
8-11 June, 2012


 

 

 

Singing the Dogstar Blues

Joss Aaronson has two loves in her life: playing the blues and training to jump through time.

Then Mavkel, the first alien student on Earth, selects her to be his time-travel partner and Joss’s life gets a lot more complicated. There’s an assassin on campus, an anti-alien lobby group chanting slogans, and Joss is constantly being tracked by the tight security around her new friend.

Life with Mavkel is not all bad, though. Music-loving Joss is fascinated by him and his people, the Chorians, who communicate through song.

But Mavkel is pining for his lost twin, and his will to live is draining away. Joss wants to help him, and that means going back to the petri dish where it all began. She’s playing with history, but if Mavkel doesn’t survive, then Joss could really be singing the blues …

  • Winner of an Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel
  • Listed as a C.B.C. Notable Book
  • Listed as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults
  • Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Best Y.A. Fiction
The Two Pearls of Wisdom
  
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Click here to download a free PDF (50kb) of the first chapter of
Singing the Dogstar Blues

  

Looking for the original Joss adventure that inspired Singing the Dogstar Blues?
Click here to download a free PDF (84kb) of
"One Last Zoom at the Buzz Bar"
(Originally published in The Patternmaker, Omnibus Books, 1994)

  

 

 


Singing the Dogstar Blues (Australia)
Buy (and browse) at
Harper Collins Australia

Singing the Dogstar Blues (USA)
Buy (and browse) at Amazon.com (USA)

Firebirds Rising
Looking for another Joss and Mav adventure?
"The Real Thing"
A short story in Firebirds Rising.