Just in case anyone thought I wasn’t still wallowing in the pleasure of my first ever award…

Here’s a few of my fave pics from that evening.

The OMG moment… And celebrating with my gorgeous family afterwards.

Photo by Dennis Murphy

Photo by Cat Sparks

And here’s a few other snaps from the evening (courtesy of Cat Sparks, whose full album of Swancon & the Aurealis Awards is on Flickr).

Cat Sparks and Glenda Larke, the evening’s MCs

The very glamorous Lyn Battersby, one of the YA fiction judges

Russell and Liz of Ticonderoga Publishing

Sean and Terri

Alan and Durand

Michael, Davina, Traci and Roxy

Tehani, Sam & Terri

Other fave moments from the evening included getting to see Sam Murray pick up her Aurealis for Best Science Fiction Short Story; watching Sam deliver Tim Napper’s speech for his win for Best Horror Short Story; and having the honour of accepting Kaaron Warren’s award on her behalf for Best Horror Novel. (If you’re interested, the #fauxcon hashtag chronicles my Canberra crowd’s celebration of the evening from back home. Made me wish I could be in two places at once.) All the winners are up on the Aurealis website.

And here’s a few pics from the day I spent at Swancon in Perth (again, thank you Cat Sparks!). I caught a GOH talk with Traci Harding, attended *two* book launches, a panel debating various thorny issues that arise in SFF fandom and I got a short excursion to a local bookstore to catch sight of Cat’s new novel Lotus Blue in the wild. Plus I spent some serious quality time with my tribe in the restaurant and the bar.

Alan & I in the bar (Cat Sparks)

Traci & I at the launch of Ticonderoga’s 2015 Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror (Cat Sparks)

Alex in the bar (Cat Sparks)

Cat signing books in the wild

Alan & Cat at the launch of Ticonderoga’s 2015 Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror

Corinne looking a little bloody (Cat Sparks)

Dinner on Saturday night

Liz & Tehani (Cat Sparks)

Nicho & Durand (Cat Sparks)

Dinner on Saturday – crazy alien tree

Slightly licked Ticonderoga launch cupcake

Lotus Blue launch (Cat Sparks)

Sean chilling in the hotel restaurant (Cat Sparks)

Stephen & Anthony reading at the Ticonderoga launch

I rounded it all out with a delicious dinner with friends under a spectacular, purple, fairy-lit tree. As always, the very best thing about going to a con was the people. *sniff* I love youse all.