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The Next Big Thing

Posted by Craig Cormick on 1-01-13 in Imaginings | 3 comments

Buy This Book My Next Big Thing Phill Berrie, a member of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild,and all-round nice guy, tagged me for the ‘Next Big Thing’ – which is sort of a pass the parcel for writers promotions. If you haven’t reached this post from his blog post about his next big thing then you can read it here. What is ‘The Next Big Thing’? It’s like one of those old-fashioned chain letters or a better still a benign pyramid scheme where authors promote their own work and tag five of their colleagues to...

Futures Trading

Posted by Craig Cormick on 1-01-09 in Works | 0 comments

Buy This Book Mockingbird Press, 2009 67 pages Short stories [*Shortlisted for the ACT Writing and Publishing Awards 2010] ISBN 9781740275606 Satirical and Cautionary Tales from Cautious Times of the near future.

Shackleton’s Drift

Posted by Craig Cormick on 1-01-09 in Works | 0 comments

Buy This Book Merino Press, 2009 264 pages Fiction ISBN 9780646509495 A novel of a man trying to find a metaphor for his troubled life through the exploits of the Antarctic explorer Ernest...

Of One Blood: The Last Histories of Van Diemen’s Land

Posted by Craig Cormick on 1-01-07 in Works | 0 comments

Out of Print Australian Booksellers Association, 2007 Historical fiction [*As a manuscript, shortlisted for the Australian-Vogel Award in 1993, the National Book Council Award in 1996 and the Victorian Fellowship of Australian Writers Jim Hamilton Award in 1999] ISBN 097524857X Based loosely on the historical characters of Van Diemen’s Land: George Augustus Robinson, Martin Cash and Matthew Brady and the Aboriginal outlaw Musquito.

The Prince of Frogs

Posted by Craig Cormick on 1-01-07 in Works | 0 comments

Buy This Book Mockingbird Press, 2007 122 pages Short stories ISBN 9781740274357 Stories of relationships and how the modern world impacts upon our lives.

A Funny Thing Happened at 27 000 Feet

Posted by Craig Cormick on 1-01-05 in Works | 0 comments

Buy This Book Mockingbird Press, 2005 64 pages Short stories [*Winner of the Queensland Premier’s Award – Steel Rudd Award for short fiction, 2006] ISBN 1740273370 Satirical tales from the war on terror.

Princess of Cups

Posted by Craig Cormick on 1-01-03 in Works | 0 comments

Buy This Book Mockingbird Press, 2003 112 pages Short stories [*Short-listed for the Queensland Premier’s Award Steel Rudd Award, 2004] ISBN 1740272242 Stories of love and loss.

DIG: the Unwritten History of Burke and Wills

Posted by Craig Cormick on 1-01-02 in Works | 0 comments

Buy This Book Ginninderra Press, 2002 66 pages Novella ISBN 1740271386 A satirical retelling of the story of Burke and Wills

When Angels Call

Posted by Craig Cormick on 1-01-01 in Works | 0 comments

Buy This Book Aberrant Genotype Press, 2001 95 pages Short fiction by Craig Cormick, Poetry by Hal Judge and illustrations by Steve Harrison ISBN 187677102X Political and satirical stories, poems and illustrations.

Kurikka’s Dreaming

Posted by Craig Cormick on 1-01-00 in Works | 0 comments

Buy This Book Simon and Schuster, 2000 [*Recipient of a Centenary of Federation grant and featured on ABC Radio National’s Australia Talks Books, May 2001] 218 pages Non-fiction ISBN 0731810244 A creative telling of the story of the Finnish Utopian socialist, Matti Kurikka, and his attempt to established a utopian colony in far north Queensland in 1899.