Hal Spacejock - No Free Lunch

09 May, 2009	Hal 4 a Ditmar Finalist The ballot for the 2009 Ditmar Awards has been announced, and I'm pleased to report that Hal Spacejock No Free [...]

14 April, 2009	Hal 4 wins an award! The WASFF 'Tin Duck' awards for Western Australian speculative fiction were announced at Swancon over the weekend, and I'm pleased [...]

16 January, 2009	Ebooks out now! All four novels in the Hal Spacejock series are now available as ebooks. Save the environment! Don't wait months or [...]

12 January, 2009	Night with our Stars 2009 In March I'll be attending the Childrens' Book Council of WA 'Night With Our Stars' event at Westbooks. This evening [...]

08 December, 2008	Hal 4 an Aurealis Finalist The 2008 Aurealis Awards finalists have just been announced, and Hal Spacejock 4: No Free Lunch is one of the [...]

01 July, 2008	Hal 4 a #1 bestseller Sadly I don't get to visit Fantastic Planet, since they're in the middle of Perth and I don't go near [...]

06 May, 2008	Hal 4 review I had a lot of fun writing this book, even though it involved months of very hard work. So, it's [...]

01 May, 2008	Specusphere reviews Hal 4 Simon Haynes shows us again that he is a master of humorous speculative fiction. Praise like that has me cringing, [...]

30 April, 2008	Hal 4 Book Launch The books are ready, the date and time has been set, and I'm hyped up for the big signing session. [...]

14 April, 2008	First Hal 4 review Unfortunately, you can't get your hands on a copy until June, but review copies are circulating and that means early [...]

March 24, 2008	Hal 4 cover I've just put the cover of Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch online for your viewing pleasure. In related news, a [...]

March 12, 2008	Hal 4 review copies According to the publicist, review copies of Hal Spacejock 4 are on their way. I'm also sending her a list [...]

February 7 2008	Hal 4 Release Date Hal 4 is now confirmed to hit shops across Australia and New Zealand on the 2nd of June, 2008. Keep [...]

August 28 2007	Hal 4 handed in This morning I handed in the 101,000 word draft of Hal 4 (Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch.) I plotted this [...]

July 3 2007	Hal 4 release date Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch (book four in the series) had a provisional release date of January 2008, but after [...]

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