Editor Mimi Mondal Becomes First Dalit Hugo Nominee
On the cusp of Dalit History Month, a collection of essays and letters to Octavia E. Butler, edited by Dalit writer and editor Mimi Mondal, has been nominated for a Hugo Award recognising Science Fiction and Fantasy literary works and achievements. Luminescent...
February Notes from the Publisher’s Laptop
January was a very busy month here for us as Twelfth Planet Press offices moved across country. That’s right, we’re now an east coast based press! We spent January desperately trying to cull possessions (we were not very successful), reduce the warehouse inventory of...
Announcing new novella “Icefall” by Stephanie Gunn
We are so very excited to announce our acquisition of a new novella from Stephanie Gunn titled, Icefall. The Mountain on the planet of Icefall holds the mystery to a lost colony and an irresistible, fatal allure to the climbers of the universe. Maggie is...
Advance Notice: Novella Series
Advance notice that we will be open for novella submissions in September 2018 Why so much notice? We want new work written for us. And we want this call to to reach far and wide. We are looking to build a kickass series of novellas that defines and redefines the...
Notes from the Publisher’s Laptop
We’re starting a new regular column here at Twelfth Planet Press. Our first instalment is in the form of an interview with our publisher, Alisa Krasnostein. Q: How did you get into the local publishing scene? Alisa: During my postgrad years, a friend was beginning to...
Preorder Sharp Edge
Sharp Edge, Book 4 in Marianne Delacourt's Tara Sharp series launches October 24! You can now preorder your copy here or on your favourite ebook seller platform.
Luminescent Threads on The Portalist
Alexandra Pierce, senior editor of Luminescent Threads, wrote an essay for The Portalist about the patterns around Octavia Butler. They're also running a competition to win a copy of the book. Check it...
Defying Doomsday news
Recently, at the Continuum Convention in Melbourne, the Ditmar Awards were announced. The Ditmar Awards are awarded to Australian creators based on popular vote by the members of each year’s Australian National Convention (or NatCon). This year, Defying Doomsday won...
Mother of Invention hits $20k!
Thank you so much to all of our splendid backers. We're delighted to have met our funding goal so quickly. WE'RE GONNA MAKE THIS BOOK! We even have gotten a lovely write up in Books+Publishing today! But there's no sitting on laurels at the Twelfth Planet Press ranch....
Mother of Invention Kickstarter hits $12k mark!
Overnight the Kickstarter campaign for Mother of Invention surpassed the $12 000 mark. Tansy has some fab milestone robots she's hanging out to use! It's not late to back the campaign here, and bring on the robot revolution: kck.st/2qCtaY5