Sisters of Spindrift
Book 3 of the Children of Bane
Sons of the Curse
Book 2 of the Children of Bane
Brothers of the Knife
Book 1 of the Children of Bane
Blood of the Sun
Book 3 of the Path of Ra
Teeth of the Wolf
Book 2 of the Path of Ra, co-written with Lee Murray
Hounds of the Underworld
Book 1 of the Path of Ra, co-written with Lee Murray
At The Edge
A dark and dystopic collection from some of Australia and New Zealand’s best speculative writers.
Baby Teeth
All proceeds donated to Duffy's Books in Homes, a childrens literacy charity
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Category Archives: Awards
Among Other Things – the Dan Rabarts Newsletter
Last month I launched my author newsletter, Among Other Things. I’ll be sending this out monthly, with a little slice of fiction, some reviews, and other dark mutterings about stuff I like which you might like. You can be the … Continue reading
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May Update on All The Things
I thought when I did my last blog post that I had a lot to cover in one go, and I also thought I’d do well to do more frequent posts here to save myself being in this situation again, … Continue reading
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So Much News…
Wow, where on earth has the past half a year gone? I’ve thinking for a while “It’s been a couple of months since I updated my blog” but in fact it was July last year I last posted! Where have … Continue reading
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Cons, Awards & Interviews
Queens Birthday Weekend 2017 saw me and the family making a road trip to Taupo, so I could attend LexiCon, New Zealand’s SFF Natcon which I had had a part in bringing about. Despite some fairly heavy personal goings-on, I … Continue reading
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2017 SJV Finalists Announced
The Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists for 2017 have been announced, and it’s a fantastic line-up of top quality people and works. I’m excited to see my partner in darkness, Lee Murray, is in the running for Best Novel with … Continue reading
Tipuna Tapu wins the Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction
In 2015, I was invited to write an adventure story for the anthology And Then…The Great Big Book of Awesome Adventure Stories. The publisher was keen to have a New Zealand story in this Australian collection, and I was stoked … Continue reading
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And… Here’s 2017
Well, 2016 was quite a year all round, wasn’t it? Good with the bad and all that. The highlight for me had to be signing a two-book deal for The Path of Ra series with Raw Dog Screaming Press, and … Continue reading
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Au Contraire 3
Well, I made it. Au Contraire 3, New Zealand’s 37th National Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention, is done and dusted, and I lived to tell the tale. I worked with Lee Murray to programme the Writers’ Stream of panels and … Continue reading
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Story News!
It’s been a while since I posted last, because I’ve had so much going on. My SF horror novella Spindle has appeared in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue #63, and the story is the inspiration for the amazing cover art. … Continue reading
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Awards Nomination Time
Hey ho, it’s that exciting time of year again, when Award Nominations for the Sir Julius Vogels and the Australian Shadows are open! So yes, I’ve got some eligible works, as do a whole lot of people I know. You … Continue reading
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