JM Donellan

Recent happenings.

  • Rumors of Her Death

    Rumors of Her Death is now available for pre-order! You can find it at Bookshop.org (a network of indie bookstores, always the best place to get your literary fix), Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all good bookstores (plus some of the evil ones). You can also add it to goodreads and let me know what […]

  • Triple announcement pew pew pew!!!

    Announcement the first: Killing Adonis will be available as an audiobook on July 12! I absolutely adore audiobooks, and it’s been a dream of mine to have one for a long time. I’m thrilled to have my novel brought to the audio world thanks to the good folks at Blackstone. You can (and should) preorder it now […]

  • Big Issue Fiction edition is out now!

    I’m very excited to announce that I have a short story, Ava, in the annual Big Issue fiction edition. I look forward to its release every year, it always showcases some of Australia’s best and brightest, and I’m absolutely thrilled to be included in this edition alongside some of my favourites like Mandy Beaumont and […]

  • 19 ½ Spells Disguised as Poems is out now!

    After years of performing at schools and helping kids wrote poems, I figured it was about time I brought out a book of poems (spells) for kids. It is very important to note that this is DEFINITELY, positively not a book of spells, because magic isn’t real, obviously. This is a book of poems (spells) […]

  • Southerly 80th anniversary issue

    I am tremendously honoured to have a story published in the 80th anniversary issue of Southerly Journal. My strange, darkly comic story ‘Progeny’ appears alongside the work of marvellous writers like Tug Dumbly, Stuart Barnes, Grace Yee, and Mandy Sayer. Congratulations to the Southerly team on successfully reaching octogenarian status!

  • Six Cold Feet Season 2

    We’re very excited to be bringing you season 2 of Six Cold Feet at long last! I’ll be appearing at the ABC’s Ozpod conference in Melbourne on the 3rd of October, and we’re holding our launch party the following week at the Bearded Lady in Brisbane. The launch will feature the musicians who wrote the […]

  • Six Cold Feet season 2

    Say hi to our season 2 logo and get ready to meet Juliet Knives. Six Cold Feet Season 2 is coming soon.

  • INTER at Flowstate

    One of the things that brings me great joy is that some of my favourite artists are also some of my closest friends. And I’m incredibly pleased to announce that I’ve recently been part of a truly wonderful new work called INTER, made in collaboration with Liesel Zink (an amazing choreographer); Mike Willmett (an incredible […]

  • BRWF 2018

    Two years ago I went to the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival and it was one of my all time favourite events. I’m very excited to be heading back down south this June to spend some time with a slew of wonderful people. I’ll be at these things if you want to chat and/or throw […]

  • Canberra and the Commonwealth

    Hello person who is reading this. This post exists in order to announce 2 x exciting things! Exciting thing the first: I’ll be performing at one of the satellite events for the Commonwealth games on Thursday the 12th of April. Tales and Ales will feature some of my favourite humans, who also happen to be […]