Janet Edwards's Blog, page 23
July 15, 2013
Naming Characters
There’s a post from me over at AuthorAllsorts about the joys, and the agonies, of naming characters.
June 23, 2013
UK teen reading groups. Your chance to get a free set of Earth Girl books!
Reading Groups for Everyone have five sets of Earth Girl to give away to teen reading groups as part of their campaign celebrating young people’s reading groups.
Enter here. The deadline for entries is 5 July 2013.
June 19, 2013
Look what just arrived in the post!
Look at what just arrived in the post!
EARTH STAR, book two in the EARTH GIRL trilogy, will be available in the UK and Commonwealth on August 15th.
Arriving in the USA early in 2014.
June 10, 2013
Futura on Saturday 15th June
I’m looking forward to being at Futura in Wolverhampton on Saturday, taking part in a couple of panels and a Kaffee Klatsch. More details here.
June 5, 2013
For UK readers – Kobo and Kindle special price on Earth Girl
May 16, 2013
A starred review from Booklist
Booklist gives EARTH GIRL one of their starred reviews for being outstanding in its genre. See the review here.
May 13, 2013
March 13, 2013
Interview in Pyr-a-zine, the e-newsletter of Pyr.
There’s an interview with me in the latest issue of Pyr-a-zine where I chatter about world building. You can sign up for this email newsletter from Pyr about their new SF and Fantasy books here (in the left hand column).
March 5, 2013
Earth Girl launches in the USA!
Earth Girl is now available in the USA in hardback from Pyr! For those interested in ebook versions, it’s also available on kindle, and other ebook formats should follow shortly.
See the latest reviews:-
Blogcritics “Edward’s debut novel Earth Girl shines; it’s a refreshing and often humorous sci-fi YA about normalcy, being the odd one out, discovery, and second chances.” See review
City Book Review “This is one of the most enjoyable and high-quality books I have read all year; I highly recommend it.” See review
More reviews here, including a Kirkus starred review.
March 3, 2013
I get to hold a USA hardback edition of Earth Girl!
An exciting day because my author copies of the beautiful USA hardback edition of Earth Girl arrived! Time to test the new camera.
