JM Donellan

Recent happenings.

  • A desperate plea from an undisclosed location to please buy Rumors of Her Death.

  • substack

    Good morning, how is your abyss today? Hi there, I’m going to be moving the blogging activity over to substack, you can follow me here: https://jmdonellan.substack.com/ Thanks, stay fabulous.

  • Cooking channel

    Great news everybody! I’ve started a cooking channel. Follow me for recipes that are actually just books every time.

  • Rumors of Her Death playlist

  • dual book launch OCTOBER 21st

    It’s real, it’s happening. You’re invited. FB event link here.

  • 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!