Another week, another list of awesome stories and books from Aussies for you to get into.

The finalists for the Aurealis awards have been announced and you can find a full list here. The Aurealis awards covers short fiction through to novels and horror, fantasy and sci-fi.

I’m going to list the science fiction nominees here (great options for prompt 18 of the Aussies Rule challenge):

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

What a great list! It’s wonderful to see Kneen and Coleman receiving further acknowledgements of their work. I was also really happy to see both Jane Rawson and Cat Sparks on this list for their fine books.

The LoveOzYa anthology of short stories didn’t receive a nomination for the anthology (not all stories fell within the spec fic spectrum) but so many of the stories in the collection have been nominated. If you enjoy YA, definitely check it out. (First Casualty by Michael Pryor nearly had me in tears.)

This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada has been nominated for best YA novel – it has been sitting on my TBR shelf for a while now and I’ve heard good things!

Have you read any of these? Are you planning to?