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First official description of The Moonlit World

Here’s the first official description of The Moonlit World (which I’m still in the process of writing, but this covers it nicely). The Moonlit World should be out in September 2020, shortly after Master of the World comes out in mass-market paperback. Of course, you should start with Book 1, Worldshaper. Fresh from their adventures in a world inspired by Jules Verne...

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Watch me sing three songs at my writer-in-residence reception

I’m well into my term as writer-in-residence at the Saskatoon Public Library. For my official welcoming reception on October 8, I of course read and talked about being writer-in-residence–but I also sang three songs, accompanied by Deborah Buck: “Me” from Beauty and the Beast, “In a Very Unusual Way” from Nine, and “I Sit Beside the Fire”.

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Cover art and title reveal for Worldshapers Book 3: The Moonlit World

In the past week both the title and the cover have been finalized for Book 3 of the Worldshapers series. Book 3, which takes place in a world of werewolves and vampires (and also normal humans) will be called The Moonlit World. And here’s the cover! Book 1, of course, was Worldshaper and Book 3 was Master of the World. I’m currently writing The Moonlit World; publication date will be...

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My podcast, The Worldshapers, wins an Aurora Award!

Last Saturday, October 19, at the ceremony in Ottawa hosted by Can*Con, I was honored to receive this year’s Aurora Award for Bet Fan Related Work for my podcast, The Worldshapers. The Prix Aurora Awards are Canada’s fan-nominated-and-voted-on awards for science fiction, fantasy, and related work, roughly the Canadian equivalent of the Hugo Awards. The Best Fan Related Work category is...

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Some recent interviews and reviews

There have been several recent interviews with me, and some nice new reviews of Master of the World. Follow the links! I read a sample from Master of the World on the Sample Chapter podcastLisa Timpf reviews Master of the World on The Future FireWay Too Fantasy gives Master of the World 4/5 starsChristie Stratos interviews me for The Writers Showcase videocastSouthside Broadcasting in the UK...

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Audiobook of Right to Know released: promo codes available for reviewers!

Get it from: Audible.ca | Audible.com Listen to a sample: The audiobook version of my science-fiction novel Right to Know, published in print by Bundoran Press and narrated by myself, is now available for download on Audible…and I’ve got a limited number of promo codes available that let you download it for free, in exchange for the promise of a review! If you’re interested...

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Booklist calls Master of the World “highly amusing…fun…great”!

Buy from: Amazon U.S. | Amazon Canada | Indigo | Barnes & Noble | Penguin Random House | Indiebound Hard on the heels of a great Publishers Weekly review for Master of the World, Book 2 of my Worldshapers series for DAW Books, comes another terrific review, this one from Booklist: Reviewer Emily Whitmore writes: “Watching Shawna navigate and understand the Verne world is highly amusing...

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Win an autographed ARC of Master of the World and a paperback of Worldshaper

It’s one month until the August 6 release of the mass-market paperback edition of Worldshaper, Book 1 in my Worldshapers series from DAW Books, and two months until the September 10 release of Master of the World, Book 2 in the series, and I’m giving away a copy of each (mass-market paperback of Worldshaper, and ARC–advance reader copy–of Master of the World) to one lucky...

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Publishers Weekly says Master of the World delivers “thrills aplenty”

Buy from: Amazon U.S. | Amazon Canada | Indigo | Barnes & Noble | Penguin Random House | Indiebound The first review of Master of the World, Book 2 in my Worldshapers series, is from Publishers Weekly, and it’s a good one (not starred, like the review for Book 1, Worldshaper, but still great): “In 2018’s Worldshaper, Shawna Keys discovered that she was a Shaper...

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Read the first two chapters of Master of the World

Master of the World, Book 2 of my Worldshapers series, doesn’t come out until September, but you can get a sneak peek right now: I’ve just posted the first two chapters (with the caveat that final copyediting and page proofing has not yet been done, so there might be some differences between these and the finished book). You can pre-order Master of the World now from these fine online...

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