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January 27, 2016
Cover for Lucy Hounsom’s Heartland
Fantasy-Faction contributor Lucy Hounsom’s debut novel, Starborn, attracted a huge amount of praise last year upon its release. Fans of coming-of-age stories by authors such as Trudi Canavan took to review sites and social media to rave about Lucy’s memorable characters, incredible worldbuilding and movie-like pace. That particular book is released in paperback tomorrow (January 28th), […]
Cover Reveal for Jay Kristoff’s Nevernight
Wayyyyyyyyyyy back in 2012 I was lucky enough to be sent an advanced copy of a strange fantasy/martial arts/steampunk-hybrid called Stormdancer. I enjoyed that book and gave it a favourable review, but the beautiful prose, the complex story, the kickass female lead and Jay Kristoff’s seamless ability to merge/cross genres led me to believe he would go on […]
Frances Hardinge wins Costa Award
For the first time since Phillip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass in 2001, a Children’s book has won The Costa Book Award. That book is The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge and it is the seventh novel from the author who has made a career writing fantastically diverse and unusual books where important issues and ideas are […]
January 26, 2016
Interview with Robert Jackson Bennett
I’m rather excited today, because I get to bring you an interview with Robert Jackson Bennett. For those who are unfamiliar with Robert’s work or fancy a bit of a recap, RJB is an American author who had his first novel – Mr Shivers – published at the age of 25. Despite his youth (still only […]
January 25, 2016
Secret Mistborn Novella – Jan 30th!
This post has been updated as Brandon Sanderson has released further details about Mistborn: Secret History following the launch of The Bands of Mourning. The story begins a few weeks ago when Amazon accidentally leaked the last few pages of The Bands of Mourning online. Within these final pages was a Postscript from the author. It […]
Secret Mistborn Novella – Today!
This post has been updated as Brandon Sanderson has released further details about Mistborn: Secret History following the launch of The Bands of Mourning. The story begins a few weeks ago when Amazon accidentally leaked the last few pages of The Bands of Mourning online. Within these final pages was a Postscript from the author. It […]
Secret Mistborn Novella – 2 weeks!
A few weeks ago Amazon accidentally leaked the last few pages of The Bands of Mourning. Within these final pages was a Postscript from the author. It read: “To tide you over until Oathbringer, I have just released a special digital-only novella that is intended to be read after The Bands of Mourning, though it […]
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
The Bands of Mourning is the third and penultimate book in Brandon Sanderson’s Wax and Wayne series. For those unfamiliar with the concept, these titles are set generations after the events of Sanderson’s breakout Mistborn trilogy, with the characters who saved the world within those books now serving as anything from long-dead legends to shadowy figures operating […]
Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
Bands of Mourning is the third and penultimate book in Brandon Sanderson’s Wax and Wayne series. For those unfamiliar with the concept, these titles are set generations after the events of Sanderson’s breakout Mistborn trilogy, with the characters who saved the world within those books now serving as anything from long-dead legends to shadowy figures operating in […]
January 24, 2016
Will a Small Press add value? 6 things to consider.
If you are a self-published author, there are times where you will feel overwhelmed. Not only do you have to write your book, but you need to arrange for it to be edited, find and direct a cover artist, arrange methods for your manuscript to be printed and/or formatted as an ebook, decide upon how to distribute it, […]
