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Tehani Croft Tehani Croft i(A93416 works by) (a.k.a. Tehani Wessely)
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Teacher-librarian, academic, and publisher of speculative fiction.

Tehani Croft holds a Master of Education (Teacher Librarianship) from Charles Sturt University, and has worked widely as a teacher-librarian, as well as with such organisations as ASLA and CBCA. In 2016, she joined Charles Sturt University as a lecturer in teacher librarianship.

Her involvement in speculative fiction includes judging for the Aurealis Awards (as well as the WA Premier's Book Awards and the CBCA Book of the Year). A founding member of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, she founded small press FableCroft in 2010. The anthologies, collections, and short stories that she has published have been shortlisted for or have won awards including Ditmars, Aurealis Awards, WSFA Small Press Awards, Tin Ducks, Chronos Awards, Australian Shadows Awards and Sir Julius Vogel Awards.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2017 shortlisted Ditmar Awards William Atheling Jr Award With Marisol Dunham, for Revisiting Pern: the great McCaffrey reread review series
2016 shortlisted Ditmar Awards William Atheling Jr Award For the Reviewing New Who series (with David McDonald and Tansy Rayner Roberts).
2016 shortlisted Ditmar Awards William Atheling Jr Award For the Squeeing over Supergirl series (with David McDonald).

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Art of Being Human Kings Meadows : FableCroft Publishing , 2022 25907664 2022 anthology short story

'In 2020, the world was tipped upside down and shaken in ways we could barely have imagined, except perhaps in the post-apocalyptic and dystopic worlds of story. Amidst pandemic illness and death, political machinations and despair, one of the casualties has been, at least in a financial sense, the Arts. Governments across the world have slashed funding, galleries, theatres and entertainment venues have closed amid lockdown restrictions, money is being carefully metered with jobs more uncertain than ever, meaning our creatives across all industries are suffering. And yet, more than ever, we are turning to art to stay sane in lockdown, to keep our spirits up in isolation, and to remind us that despite the hardship, there is beauty in this world.

'This anthology seeks to remind readers of the hope and beauty of the Arts, and the way our engagement with writing, music, film, theatre, artworks in all media, and craft of all kinds are at the core of our humanity.

'If the time since COVID began to dominate our global society has taught us anything, it is that connection is crucial to our wellbeing. These stories speak to hope, connection, community, and yes, ART, and how important these threads are to the very centre of ourselves.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2023 nominated Ditmar Awards Best Collected Work
2022 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Anthology Division
y separately published work icon In Your Face Rockingham : FableCroft Publishing , 2016 9306795 2016 anthology short story

'In Your Face will be made up of original and reprinted speculative fiction stories that deal with very provocative themes. These stories will be provocative and/or confronting but with a firm purpose – they are pieces that will perhaps make readers uncomfortable because they are a bit too hard-hitting or close to the bone, but which interrogate these themes and ideas, and make a point about the world we live in.'

Source: Publisher's website (Sighted: 19/2/2016)

2017 shortlisted Ditmar Awards Best Collected Work
2016 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Anthology Division
y separately published work icon Focus 2014 : Highlights of Australian Short Fiction Rockingham : FableCroft Publishing , 2015 8963567 2015 anthology short story

'Looking for a taste of the very best science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories around? The third of an annual series, Focus 2014 collects an elite selection of work which has received acclaim via national and international Awards shortlisting.' (Publication summary)

2015 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Anthology Division
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