A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction

The anthology A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction will be launched at Au Contraire in Wellington on August 27. A Foreign Country includes a short story by Juliet entitled "Back and Beyond." Juliet describes her story as "magical autobiography." Find out more about the anthology and pre-order copies from the publisher, Random Static, here.

Legends of Australian Fantasy

Due to be published in June 2010, Legends of Australian Fantasy includes a novella by Juliet called " ’Twixt Firelight and Water: A Tale of Sevenwaters." The anthology is edited by Jonathan Strahan and Jack Dann, published by HarperCollins Australia, and features cover art by Greg Bridges. It will be available in all good Australian book shops. Readers outside Australia can purchase through Australian online bookstores. Try Collins or Seekbooks.
 
Contents:
Introduction: Homegrown Legends, Jonathan Strahan and Jack Dann
To Hold the Bridge: An Old Kingdom Story, Garth Nix
The Mad Apprentice: A Black Magician Story, Trudi Canavan
’Twixt Firelight and Water: A Tale of Sevenwaters, Juliet Marillier
The Dark Road: An Obernewtyn Story, Isobelle Carmody
Crown of Rowan: A Tale of Thrysland, Kim Wilkins
The Spark (A Romance in Four Acts): A Tale of the Change, Sean Williams
The Corsers’ Hinge: A Lamplighter Tale, D M Cornish
Tribute to Hell: A Tale of the Tainted Realm, Ian Irvine
A Captain of the Gate, John Birmingham
The Magic Word, Jennifer Fallon
The Enchanted: A Tale of Erith, Cecilia Dart-Thornton

The Road to Camelot

First published in 2002, The Road to Camelot was re-released in June 2009 with a new cover (right). The collection contains stories by fourteen well-known fantasy writers, each featuring one of the characters from the Arthurian legend when he or she was a young adult. The Road to Camelot can be purchased from Random House Australia. Juliet’s story is called In Coed Celyddon. It deals with a turning point in the life of young Arthur. In Juliet’s note on the story she says: “I wanted to write a story about the real Arthur. In the oldest chronicles he was a courageous warlord who united the sixth-century tribes of Britain to keep out the invading Saxons. Coed Celyddon (the ‘Scottish Wood”) was the scene of one great battle.” The story also features two dogs and some sausages.

A trailer made for this anthology: