Roanne Lau (author of THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY) is nominated for the Ditmar Award for Best New Talent!
We're very excited to say that @roannelau.bsky.social, @aurealisawards.bsky.social winning author of THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY, has been nominated for The Ditmar Award for Best New Talent!
Buy now for deadly arena battles, complex politics, and ride-or-die friendship: https://geni.us/serpentmercy
yoooooo did not have getting casually namedropped in the Sydney Morning Herald on my 2026 bingo card!
This was so nice to read—thank you very much for enjoying my book and recommending it to people! 😊
I am OVER THE MOON at this news! 🥳
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Help out a pillar of the sci-fi/fantasy community and I'll name a character after you (or a friend) in my next publication! And there's currently a discount so I'll do it for half off :)
I’m running an international giveaway for TWO hardcover copies of The Serpent Called Mercy to celebrate its one-year anniversary and recent Aurealis Award win! Ends April 12. Head over to my Instagram to enter! www.instagram.com/reel/DWeS8l9...
I'm still raising funds to pay for increased cancer treatment costs, & as a token of my appreciation to all donors, every contribution between Feb 1 & Mar 28 will be entered in a random draw to win 1 of 3 autographed copies of my latest novella! Click for details!
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Tiled copies of THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau with another copy laid askew on top.
The most dangerous beasts are outside of the ring...
THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by @roannelau.bsky.social is an @aurealisawards.bsky.social winner!
THE HUNGER GAMES meets SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in this tale of deadly arena battles, steadfast friendship, and corrupt politicians.
geni.us/serpentmercy
📬 Rather to my surprise I won this @solarisbooks.bsky.social giveaway! Guess what turned up in my mail?
Yup, I now have @artofelaineho.bsky.social ”Cry, Voidbringer” and @roannelau.bsky.social ”The Serpent Called Mercy” in a shiny h/b edition 🤗
Tx!
📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #MarchBookHaul 📦
The Serpent Called Mercy wouldn’t exist—let alone have won an award—without my editor @alrutter.bsky.social believing in it and helping me shape it into its final form with so much love and vision. So thrilled to see other books she’s edited getting their rightful laurels!
This wouldn’t have been possible without you, Amanda! 💖
I am absolutely delighted that The Serpent Called Mercy is an award winner - @roannelau.bsky.social is such a deserving winner, with a novel that I adore beyond reason 💖
An excerpt from my acceptance speech: I was thirteen years old when I moved from Malaysia to Australia. I remember exactly how I felt back then: very small, very anxious, and very overwhelmed with the distinct feeling that I did not belong and never would.
I wish there was a way I could reach back in time and tell that little girl that one day, her debut novel-filled to the brim with Malaysian references and starring a neurodivergent woman struggling to find her place in the world-would resonate with a panel of Australian judges and receive an award like this.
Thank you for proving that little girl wrong.
Final thoughts: It's been two weeks since the ceremony. It still feels surreal to hold the (surprisingly sharp and heavy) trophy in my hands. It took me ten years and dozens of drafts to write The Serpent Called Mercy. I came close to giving up many times. It's now an award-winning, internationally published novel sitting in bookshops in countries I've never even been to.
Truly honoured to have won the Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel! I’m still over the moon to this day.
Sharing some snippets of my acceptance speech and reflections that I originally wrote up on Instagram here:
Against a firework background, the book cover for THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau. White text reads: Aurealis Award Winner! Best YA Novel.
🏆🎉AWARD WINNER!🎉🏆
THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by @roannelau.bsky.social has won the @aurealisawards.bsky.social for Best YA Novel!
THE HUNGER GAMES meets SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in this tale of deadly arena battles, steadfast friendship, and corrupt politicians.
Buy now: https://geni.us/serpentmercy
Congratulations to all the Aurealis Awards winners!
Including @roannelau.bsky.social for The Serpent Called Mercy. Now I get to call her The Award-Winning Roanne Lau in all communications!
John, you are too kind! 😭 Thank you so much!
Congratulations to all the Aurealis Awards winners, including @tansyrr.bsky.social @trnapper.bsky.social @fearofemeralds.bsky.social @coreyjwhite.com @thedescenters.bsky.social @freyamarske.bsky.social @roannelau.bsky.social!
Thank you so much, DK! Huge congrats to the other winners and finalists!
THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins x THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau
If your first bookish love was THE HUNGER GAMES with its twisty politics, dangerous arena battles & underdog protagonist trying to scrape by, we've got you covered.
@roannelau.bsky.social 's Aurealis Award-nominated THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY is your match, with deadly sunbeasts and slumdogs to boot!
Happy Lunar New Year! Book covers for: THE DEATH I GAVE HIM and IF FOUND RETURN TO HELL by Em X. Liu THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau THE WATER OUTLAWS by S. L. Huang SINOPHAGIA and SINOPTICON edited by Xueting C. Ni And, all by Yoon Ha Lee - NINEFOX GAMBIT, RAVEN STRATAGEM, REVENANT GUN (the machineries of empire trilogy) MOONSTORM and STARSTRIKE (The Lancers series) and PHOENIX EXTRAVAGANT.
🐎🎆Happy Year of the Horse!🎆🐎
To celebrate, here's a selection of titles from authors of East Asian Descent ft. wizarding call centres, deadly sun-beasts, an anthology of Chinese Horror, giant Mecha Dragons & more!
@roannelau.bsky.social @emdashliu.bsky.social @xuetingni.bsky.social @slhuang.com
Oh wow!!! Two of my artworks were selected to feature in this years Vol 14 of InfectedByArt 🤩
‘Shift into Your Power’ & ‘Jasper’
#infectedbyart
Recently hit a very important milestone as a very serious author on Instagram
A reader wrote a nine-page analysis of my book, dissecting the characters and symbolism, integrating philosophy and Freudian theory, pulling apart the themes and political references—it’s a delight to read!
Read here: substack.com/@holmesreads...
Against a blue material background, a hardback copy of THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau. White text reads: "Aurealis Award: Finalist Best YA Fiction."
🚨🎉STOP PRESS!🎉🚨
THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by @roannelau.bsky.social is a finalist for the Aurealis Awards!
THE HUNGER GAMES meets SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in this tale of deadly arena battles, steadfast friendship, and corrupt politicians.
Buy now: https://geni.us/serpentmercy
Thank you, John!!
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
Over the moon to share that I’m a finalist for the @aurealisawards.bsky.social!! This is a dream come true, and I’m so honoured to be shortlisted alongside my fellow nominees!
My little debut book’s thriving out there 🥹
Everyone's struggling & the world's on fire so I'm sorry to ask, but I need your help again.
If you could donate and/or share my Go Fund Me campaign, it would go a long way to helping me pay for increased costs for my breast cancer treatment. Details in my update.
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