Singer-songwriter, Yunyu, and award-winning author, Marianne de Pierres, today announced an exciting collaboration.

De Pierres’ first young adult fantasy novel entitled Burn Brightis due to be released by Random House in 2011 and will be accompanied by a dedicated single written and performed by Yunyu.

Yunyu, winner of JJJ’s Unearthed, has achieved cult status amongst her followers. Neil Gaiman and Warren Ellis have mobilized their massive fan bases in support. Yunyu has also carved a substantial online niche, finding a following amongst lovers of horror, anime and manga.

De Pierres has published eight novels to date (including those under her pseudonym, Marianne Delacourt) and has had her work adapted for game and animation.

De Pierres says that the collaboration between Yunyu and herself was almost a natural progression. ‘If you read my work, and listen to Yunyu’s music, you’d have to see that it’s a marriage made in Heaven – or Hades as the case may be. I’m really excited about this project, Yunyu has written a song that will simply electrify you; it’s dark, exhilarating and addictive.’

Yunyu also looks forward to the collaboration saying, ‘Marianne’s stories live in the same universe as my songs and I’m excited to be writing for her surreally beautiful tale.’

www.burnbright.com.au www.yunyu.com

The single, Angel Arias, will be available from itunes when the book is released in March 2011.

Lenore’s Song by Yunyu



Congrats and thank to the winners for participating:

Erin Phillips

Rob Stephenson

Cath Cowley

Daniel Simpson

Tania Honey



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To celebrate the launch of the new Burn Bright website look, and with thanks to Random House, I have five book giveaways .

Some site content is still being loaded but most things are in place. Many thanks again to the wonderful Austin DesignWorks for the fantastic design job. I’d also like you to welcome Max Smith and Cels Jansink to the team. Read the staff and columns pages to see what the staff are up to.

Now… first five people to email me at marianne at mariannedepierres dot com with Burn Bright giveaway in the header will win a copy of this brand new  book (read below).

Haunted

Dee is feeding the chickens the morning they discover the bones on the mountain. Something doesn’t feel right – and her feeling is confirmed when local police show her a ring that they found with the bones; a ring belonging to Mary Ann Simpson, who had disappeared four years ago. Other girls, Dee discovers, have disappeared too, unusual for a small town nestled in the shadow of the Bruce Peninsula’s rugged escarpment, the “mountain” that Dee loves.

Like her Gran, Dee has “the Sight,” an ability not only to see spirits from the after life, but also to experience their deaths –an experience that becomes more horrifying as the story takes darker turns. While trying to help local police with the investigation, Dee is drawn into a deepening mystery that soon strikes terrifyingly close to home.

Set in the aftermath of World War I, where soldiers are returning to a society that doesn’t know the full horrors of what they went through, Haunted is an atmospheric story that will haunt readers long after they finish reading.



SO excited to reveal the image that we’re using on the cover of Burn Bright. I’d love to hear your thoughts! The artist who created the image is the amazing Kubicki. Design by Astred Hicks.

Burn Bright

Book cover copyright © Random House Australia. Cover design by Astred Hicks. Cover image by Jarosław Kubicki.



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