Giants of the Frost
{{short description|2004 novel by Kim Wilkins}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
{{Infobox book|
| name = Giants of the Frost
| image = Wilkins - Giants of the Frost Coverart.png
| caption = Giants of the Frost first edition cover.
| author = Kim Wilkins
| cover_artist = Gayna Murphy
| country = Australia
| language = English
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| publisher = Voyager
| pub_date = 28 April 2004
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 448 pp (first edition)
| isbn = 978-0-7322-7405-4
| oclc =
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Giants of the Frost is a 2004 horror/fantasy novel by Kim Wilkins. It follows the story of Victoria Scott who after accepting a job on an isolated island is visited by a hag in her nightmares and a sense of familiarity in the haunted forest. In the world of Asgard, Vidar has exiled himself in order to await the reincarnation of the woman he loved.{{cite web | url = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/kim-wilkins/giants-of-frost.htm | title = Giants of the Frost by Kim Wilkins | publisher = Fantastic Fiction | accessdate = 2010-01-03}}
Background
Giants of the Frost was first published in Australia on 28 April 2004 by Voyager in trade paperback format.{{cite web|url=http://harpercollins.com.au/books/9780732274054/Giants_of_the_Frost/index.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115011101/http://harpercollins.com.au/books/9780732274054/Giants_of_the_Frost/index.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-15 |title=Giants of the Frost by Kim Wilkins |publisher=HarperCollins |accessdate=2010-01-03 }} It was released in the United Kingdom in both hardback and paperback formats in 2005 and in the United States in paperback format in 2006. It was re-released in Australis in mass market paperback in 2005 and then as an audio edition in 2007 by Bolinda Publishing. Giants of the Frost was a short-list nominee for the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel and best horror novel but lost to Sean Williams' The Crooked Letter and Richard Harland's The Black Crusade respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf |title=aurealis awards, previous years' results |publisher=Aurealis Awards |accessdate=2010-01-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172144/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf |archivedate=24 December 2010}}
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Category:2004 Australian novels
Category:Australian fantasy novels
Category:Australian horror novels
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