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July 31, 2019
About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players In “The Wall Of Night” series — Meet Hirluin Sondargent
UK/AU/NZ
The About The Characters post series focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series, in large part because:
“I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”
Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from The Heir of Night, but now I’m continuing on with minor characters from both The Gathering Of The Lost and Daughter of Blood simul...
July 28, 2019
What I’m Reading: “The Gossamer Mage” by Julie Czerneda
When you’re asked to read a fellow author’s work with a view to a cover blurb, it’s a pretty big deal. Firstly, because it’s an honour to be asked. Secondly, because you have to feel you can make the time to do the work and the reading justice. And thirdly — hauntingly! —...
“The Gossamer Mage” by Julie Czerneda Coming Up Later Today
Just a confirmation that my post on Julie Czerneda’s latest Fantasy novel, The Gossamer Mage will be posting later today. I’ve scheduled it to align with Julie’s home time zone in Canada, so stay posted folks.
Hint: I think this one will be worth your checking in again laterz. 
July 24, 2019
A Geography Of Haarth: The Leas (Updated)
The Wall of Night Series map; artist Peter Fitzpatrick
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth. Each locale is accompanied by a quote from the relevant books where the place occurs.
From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the series explored locations encountered in The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost. Now the series has resumed to ensure the geography of Daughter Of Blood (The Wall Of Nigh...
July 21, 2019
Looking Forward To — Julie Czerneda & Tim Jones
The Gossamer Mage by Julie Czerneda First off, Julie Czerneda’s new fantasy novel The Gossamer Mage is due out on August 6 from DAW books, but I’ll be talking about it here next Monday, 29 July — because, dear readers, I was the recipient of an advance copy way back in February/March, and will finally be sharing What I Thought as part of Julie’s launch razzmatazz.
I’ll tell you right now that I liked it A LOT, but you’ll have to come back next week to find out why. And just btw, isn’t that co...
July 17, 2019
About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Herun
USA
The About The Characters post series focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series, in large part because:
“I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”
Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from The Heir of Night, but now I’m continuing on with minor characters from both The Gathering Of The Lost and Daughter of Blood simultaneo...
July 14, 2019
What I’m Reading: “Milkman” by Anna Burns
Every now and then I go on a ‘book browse and buy binge’, i.e. I go into a bookshop, browse all the sections, and choose an array of books in different genres, usually based solely on the interest sparked (in sequential order) by cover art, back cover synopsis, and my perusal of the first few pages.
Milkman is not one of those books. BUT it immediately predates such an expedition by being an airport book, purchased at the start of the journey that incorporated the ‘book browse and buy’ sessio...
July 10, 2019
A Geography Of Haarth: Terebanth (Updated)
The Wall of Night Series map; artist Peter Fitzpatrick
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth. Each locale is accompanied by a quote from the relevant books where the place occurs.
From January 25, 2013 to November 25, 2014, the series explored locations encountered in The Heir Of Night and The Gathering Of The Lost. Now the series has resumed to ensure the geography of Daughter Of Blood (The Wall Of Nigh...
July 7, 2019
What I’m Reading: “My Mother And The Hungarians” by Frankie McMillan
Recently, I’ve been talking about short fiction (just a little, here and here.) Also, June 22nd was NZ’s National Flash Fiction Day and one of NZ’s foremost exponents of the short fiction art, and flash fiction in particular, is undoubtedly Frankie McMillan.
So there seemed no better way to round off the short fiction posts than to tell you about Frankie’s collection, My Mother and the Hungarians. (Hungarians, for short.
July 3, 2019
About The Characters: Meet The Minor Players in “The Wall Of Night” Series — Meet Hawk
UK/AU/NZ
The About The Characters post series focuses on the minor characters in The Wall Of Night series, in large part because:
“I think it’s the presence of the smaller characters that “makes” a story, creating texture around the main points of view.”
Initially, the series focused exclusively on characters from The Heir of Night, but now I’m continuing on with minor characters from both The Gathering Of The Lost and Daughter of Blood simul...
