Edward Willett's Blog, page 12

Here’s what I have eligible for the 2019 Aurora Awards

Nominations are now open for the Aurora Awards, which honour the best in Canadian science fiction and fantasy each year. I’ve been shortlisted several times over the years and won the award for Best Long Form Work in English for Marseguro (DAW Books) in 2009, Any Canadian citizen or permanent resident is eligible to nominate and vote in the Aurora Awards: all you have to do is join the...

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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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I’m interviewed on The Raven, and read from Worldshaper

I was a guest on the new podcast The Raven, hosted by Jason Lavelle, for an episode that went live this week. I’ll let him describe it: On today’s show, author Edward Willett reads us a passage from his fantasy novel, Worldshaper, and I have to say, he does a fantastic job! After the story, Edward and I talk about fantasy, crafting new worlds, and making characters that are relatable and...

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I’m interviewed on Rave About the Page

Here’s a new interview with me on a new podcast, Rave About the Page. I enjoyed it–I hope you do, too!

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Rehearsals underway for new play-with-music, The Music Shoppe, which runs April 25-28

Rehearsals are well underway for The Music Shoppe, a new play-with-music I’ve written and am directing for Regina Lyric Musical Theatre. Ben Redant is the music director. The show runs April 25-28 at the Shumiatcher Theatre, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets will be on sale later in March at Dancer’s Den Dancewear and online...

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Nice review of I Tumble Through the Diamond Dust in Star*Line

Buy either the print or ebook version directly from me!Available in print through Chapters/Indigo or the publisher, Your Nickel’s Worth Press.Also available in ebook from Amazon.ca, Amazon.com, Kobo, or the Apple store.Available as an audiobook, narrated by me, through Audible and iTunes. A nice review of I Tumble Through the Diamond Dust, my collection of science fiction and fantasy poetry...

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Great review of Lost in Translation

It’s always nice when an older book gets discovered by a reader, and such was the case with Lost in Translation, my very first novel from DAW Books. On Goodreads, Aleksandar Ovnarski praises it in a five-star review, calling it a “wonderful book”: “…at first Lost in Translation seemed like a short space opera, but it quickly turned into a page-turner.

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Worldshaper audiobook now available!

The audiobook of Worldshaper, Book 1 in my new Worldshapers series from DAW Books, is now available through Brilliance Audio, narrated by the fabulous Saskia Maarleveld. Worldshaper is downloadable directly from Audible or through Amazon: at Amazon, you can also order physical media for it, in MP3 or Audio CD formats. I’m thrilled to say that Saskia Maarleveld will also be narrating Book 2...

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Another great review for Worldshaper

The Book Dragon gives 4.5 / 5 stars to Worldshaper. Some highlights: “I absolutely loved this book… “Edward Willett does an absolutely amazing job keeping the reader engaged in the plot and up-to-date with what exactly is going on… “Willett also intertwines modern humor and witty historic literary references throughout the novel. Shawna’s entertaining humor keeps her plight...

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Paths to the Stars shortlisted for Saskatchewan Book Awards

Cover of Paths to the Stars (Shadowpaw Press) Thrilled to announce that Paths to the Stars, my collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories, the initial release from my own Shadowpaw Press, has been shortlisted in two categories for this year’s Saskatchewan Book Awards. The book, which features twenty-two short stories, most previously published but a few published for the first...

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