Narrelle M Harris: writer | editor | songwriter | crafter
Words are like oxygen
I’m so pleased to reveal the glorious cover of the upcoming Clan Destine Press anthology, Clamour and Mischief – with 16 fabulous stories about corvids. The cover artwork is by the fabulously talented Andrea L Farley (aka Altocello) with graphic design by Willsin Rowe. The anthology itself is due out in around November, and contains stories by fledgling and emerging […]
» Read moreI’m so proud and delighted to formally announce the coming of a new anthology to Clan Destine Press – Clamour and Mischief, and anthology about corvids edited by yours truly
» Read moreI’m delighted that the latest song from the Duo Ex Machina Song Project is now live and online! Copper Beaches is a song about acknowledging how big and uncaring the universe is – and also how beautiful it is, and how we care for it, and love each other, despite loss and pain. It’s a song about defying nihilism and […]
» Read moreWe’re just over a month into the new year and I’ve been giving all my commitments for the year the side-eye! Please understand that I am very very very excited about every single one of these projects! And I’m going to list them here in the hopes that it keeps my honest and also perky when the work gets hard […]
» Read moreOver the last few months I’ve been chatting all over the place about The Only One in the World – and I’m utterly delighted and proud of the work of its contributors, and mine in pulling the book together, and of Clan Destine Press for taking on the pitch and guiding its literary birth! CDP’s fabulous publicist, Carmel Shute, was […]
» Read moreMy final post for the contributors to The Only One in the World is a guest post from Atlin Merrick (who wrote ‘S.H.E.R.L.O.C.K.’ for the anthology) about me, as I couldn’t really write one about myself. I would certainly have been less flattering 😀 The Only One in the World: commissioning editor, Narrelle M Harris Narrelle M Harris makes me […]
» Read moreThe Only One in the World: cover art by Judith Rossell I first encountered Judith Rossell’s charming art not in her children’s books, but when she designed the delicate and delightful cover for Billings Better Bookstore and Brasserie by Fin J Ross. Soon after, CDP publisher Lindy Cameron showed me the concept art Judith had drafted for my rat character […]
» Read moreThe Only One in the World: internal art by Andrea L Farley/Altocello I first discovered the artist known as Altocello when Atlin Merrick waved at Andrea’s stunning portraits of Adam Driver, almost speechless with glee at the glory she beheld. So yeah, we knew from the start that Andrea had mad skills. Just look at that self-portrait that appears on […]
» Read moreThe Only One in the World: “A Study in Lavender” by JM Redmann I was so fortunate and delighted that several very well-known and highly respected crime authors agreed to take part in this anthology, sharing not only their wonderful writing and elements of their own backgrounds and experience but, in the case of JM Redmann, one of their own […]
» Read moreThe Only One in the World: “The Enemy Within.” by Raymond Gates I knew I wanted a story with an Indigenous Australian viewpoint for this anthology and naturally turned to Raymond Gates to see if he was interested. Raymond and I both had stories in Sherlock Holmes: The Australian Casebook so I knew he could deliver on the Holmesian mystery […]
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