Aurealis finalists 2025

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The 2025 Aurealis Awards finalists for speculative fiction have been announced. Of special interest:

BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION

Villain, Adrian Beck (Scholastic Australia)
Little Bones, Sandy Bigna (UQP)
Moonboy, Anna Ciddor (Allen & Unwin)
Escape from Firestone Fortress, Rachel Jackson (Riveted Press)
The Last Seed Keeper, Paul Russell (EK Books)
When the Mountain Wakes, Matt Shanks (Affirm Press)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Blood Moon Bride, Demet Divaroren (Allen & Unwin)
Lady’s Knight, Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)
Dark Sun Rising, A A Kinsela (Plainspeak Publishing)
The Serpent Called Mercy, Roanne Lau (New Dawn)
This Stays Between Us, Margot McGovern (Penguin Random House Australia)
Unhallowed Halls, Lili Wilkinson (Allen & Unwin)