2023 Aurealis Awards Finalists

The finalists for the 2023 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The nominees in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

Minds of Sand and Light by Kylie Chan (HarperCollins)
The Comforting Weight of Water by Roanna McClelland (Wakefield)
Aliens: Bishop by T.R. Napper (Titan)
Dronikus by Marko Newman (AndAlso)
Time of the Cat by Tansy Rayner Roberts (self-published)
Traitor’s Run by Keith Stevenson (coeur de lion)



BEST FANTASY NOVEL

Shadow Baron by Davinia Evans (Orbit / Hachette)
The Will of the Many by James Islington (Text)
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
Of Knives and Night-Blooms by Tansy Rayner Roberts (self-published)
The Blood-Born Dragon by J.C. Rycroft (BattleWarrior)
How to be Remembered by Michael Thompson (Allen & Unwin)



BEST HORROR NOVEL

Borderland by Graham Akhurst (UWA)
When Ghosts Call Us Home by Katya de Becerra (Macmillan)
The Graveyard Shift by Maria Lewis (Datura)
Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney (Allen & Unwin)
Cretaceous Canyon by Deborah Sheldon (Severed)
Bunny by S.E. Tolsen (Pan Macmillan Australia)

See Locus for all the nominees in all categories .
Winners will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in May.