from the Aurealis Awards blog
We all need a bit of joy in our lives right now, so it is with great pleasure we present the Aurealis Awards finalists for 2019. Congratulations to all the finalists, and a huge thanks to our panelists who have persevered through fire, flood and plague to deliver these shortlists, which contain a glorious diversity of work for your delectation. It’s a really important time to support your local creators, so if you are able, go hunt down some great reads today! — Tehani
BEST FANTASY NOVEL
Angel Mage, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
Darkdawn, Jay Kristoff (HarperCollins Publishers)
The Wailing Woman, Maria Lewis (Little, Brown Book Group)
The Harp of Kings, Juliet Marillier (Macmillan Australia)
The Darkest Bloom, P M Freestone (Scholastic)
Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town, Michael Pryor (Allen & Unwin)BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
The Subjects, Sarah Hopkins (Text Publishing)
Aurora Rising, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
The Trespassers, Meg Mundell (UQP)
The Year of the Fruit Cake, Gillian Polack (IFWG Publishing Australia)
The Glad Shout, Alice Robinson (Affirm Press)
Daughter of Bad Times, Rohan Wilson (Allen & Unwin)
More details in other categories here: Aurealis shortlist
The Adelaide Fan Review 
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