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May 5, 2016
May 4, 2016
The Risen Is Historical Fiction for Fantasy Fans
Jeff Somers has written a terrific article about magic and belief in THE RISEN for the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog. Wow. As an author it's rare and wonderful to read such a thorough, insightful engagement with my work. Yay!
May 2, 2016
Historical Novel Society on THE RISEN
And here's another generous review of my new book, just a couple days ahead of pub date.
May 1, 2016
April 15, 2016
Spartacus Speaks!
Very pleased to announce that there's going to be an audiobook version THE RISEN! It's been in the works for a little while now, but I'm mentioning because I have the visual of the cover to now:
Tantor Media is the publisher, and the wonderful Steven Crossley is doing the narration. Hey, he was good enough for the likes of Salmon Rushdie, David Mitchell, Ian McEwan, Jane Yolen, Peter F Hamilton, Alexander McCall Smith, Diana Wynne Jones, Garth Nix, Connie Willis... to name a few. I'm pleased he's now giving a Durham novel the treatment. I look forward to hearing it. It appears on May 3rd, same as the hardback! It's not up on Audible yet, but I suspect that will happen on pub day.
Tantor Media is the publisher, and the wonderful Steven Crossley is doing the narration. Hey, he was good enough for the likes of Salmon Rushdie, David Mitchell, Ian McEwan, Jane Yolen, Peter F Hamilton, Alexander McCall Smith, Diana Wynne Jones, Garth Nix, Connie Willis... to name a few. I'm pleased he's now giving a Durham novel the treatment. I look forward to hearing it. It appears on May 3rd, same as the hardback! It's not up on Audible yet, but I suspect that will happen on pub day.
April 3, 2016
PW Reviews Spartacus
Here's a nice thing: Publishers Weekly's review of THE RISEN.
My favorite line: "Monumental in scale and rich in intimately portrayed characters, Durham’s (Pride of Carthage) brilliant rendering of slavery and the horrors of war gives the novel its emotional impact." Yay for that!
My favorite line: "Monumental in scale and rich in intimately portrayed characters, Durham’s (Pride of Carthage) brilliant rendering of slavery and the horrors of war gives the novel its emotional impact." Yay for that!
A New Book!
Got back yesterday from a few days away and found a cryptic note from a neighbor I didn't know, asking me to call in once I'd seen the note. Went over and found a very cheery gentleman (not cryptic at all). He'd received a delivery of two boxes of books for me!
Which books? These ones. Finished copies at last...
Which books? These ones. Finished copies at last...
March 2, 2016
Kirkus Reviews The Risen!
I'm pleased to say that my new novel just received it's first pre-publication review. It's from Kirkus Reviews, and it's pretty good. Even has some film casting suggestions!
Think Brad Pitt's interested?
You can read it HERE.
Think Brad Pitt's interested?
You can read it HERE.
January 28, 2016
Strange Horizon's Reader Poll 2015
Pleased to hear that a round table interview I was part of last year at Strange Horizons made the website's top five articles, according to their readers. Awesome.
The article is called "Representing Marginalized Voices in Historical Fiction and Fantasy, By Joyce Chng, David Anthony Durham, Kari Sperring, and Vanessa Rose Phin". My Stonecoast peeps will recognize this as stuff we talk about a lot during our MFA residency, but still... It's stuff worth sharing, I think.
It's HERE.
The article is called "Representing Marginalized Voices in Historical Fiction and Fantasy, By Joyce Chng, David Anthony Durham, Kari Sperring, and Vanessa Rose Phin". My Stonecoast peeps will recognize this as stuff we talk about a lot during our MFA residency, but still... It's stuff worth sharing, I think.
It's HERE.
December 18, 2015
Page Proofs!
I'm p leased to say I recently received and read the page proofs of my next book, THE RISEN - a historical novel about the Spartacus rebellion in ancient Rome. Everything looks good, so it's back in my publisher's hands, scheduled for publication in May of the new year!
