SMH: Writing was fantasy novelist’s own escape
Sara Douglass, 1957 – 2011 Sara Douglass was the pre-eminent Australian author of epic fantasy and the first author to show that an Australian could have worldwide success from writing fantasy. Her...
View ArticleKaren Brooks: Loss, Grief and the Healing Power of Words
While I always knew the day of Sara’s death would come and, as she became sicker, tried to prepare myself (as did Stephen), it wasn’t until almost a week after she died, that the reality of her absence...
View ArticleTales From Oz: The Devil’s Diadem
The first thing I do before borrowing from the library or buying from a bookshop is to methodically search the shelves for books by my favourite authors that I haven’t read. I love that feeling of...
View ArticleNorma K Hemming Award 2012
The acceptance speech for the Norma K Hemming Award in 2012 was written by Karen Brooks, friend and literary guardian to Sara Douglass and given on her behalf by writer and dear friend Jason Nahrung....
View ArticleSMSA: Threshold
Threshold by Sara Douglass is a prequel to her popular Darkglass Mountain series. And unlike most prequels, in my opinion, it out rates the series as a whole. … A word of warning though: there are some...
View ArticleKaren Brooks: One year on…
It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since Sara died. It’s not that the reality of her death isn’t apparent; the ache of her absence is constant and painful. Rather, I think it’s because through...
View ArticleAnniki’s Bookcase: Enchanter
Axis has fled to Talon Spike, the home of the Icarii, where he must learn to wield his Enchanter powers to fulfil the Prophecy. Somehow he must lead the Icarii and the Avar back into Achar, defeat his...
View ArticleGoodreads: The Betrayal of Arthur
“This is a wonderfully interesting book that examines history and characters of the Arthurian legend. Written in a very accessible style, Douglass carefully outlines the origins of the legend,...
View ArticleHigh Fantasy Addict: Hades Daughter
Greeting’s Brave Adventurers. I’m going to come right out and say it; I really enjoyed this book. … Douglass has been criticized for over-zealous depictions of sex and depravity in her novels, but I...
View ArticleWelcome to Sara Douglass Worlds
Welcome to SaraDouglassWorlds.com, the new cyber home of the extraordinary writer, Sara Douglass, originally located at SaraDouglass.com. Many of you will know (and I apologise in advance to those of...
View Article20th Anniversary of BattleAxe
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that Sara's publishers, Voyager, are releasing a special 20th anniversary edition of Sara's very first novel, Battleaxe, in March this year. Featuring quotes from...
View ArticleHistorian
Whether you are a history buff yourself, a fellow writer or teacher, or simply a fan of Sara and her works, these rediscovered lectures from her time as an academic and historian give you an insight...
View ArticlePart Two: Introduction to Sara’s Lectures by Ian Irvine
‘Writing Lectures Week After Week is Good Training for Novelists’ When I first met Sara in 1993 she’d been a History lecturer at La Trobe’s Bendigo campus for a year. As an honors student I was...
View ArticleBattleAxe, The Axis Trilogy and Sara’s Women: Re-reading Sara Douglass with...
It’s hard to believe it’s been two decades since BattleAxe first hit Australian shelves and entered readers’ imaginations. In honour of this occasion, Voyager/Harper Collins have asked me to share my...
View ArticleBehind the Medieval Historian a Speculative Fiction Novelist by Ian Irvine
This is the third part of Dr Ian Irvine’s wonderful introduction to Sara’s lectures. Hope you enjoy reading it as much I have. Karen It was during the pre-tutorial meetings in the first half of 1994...
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