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…and ‘Blood Song’ in Turkish is…

…’Kan Sarkisi’. (NB I told them not to use my author photo on the front cover but they insisted).

Blood Song – Dutch Edition Giveaway

Thanks to Dave at FantasyWereld for hosting a giveaway of three signed copies of the Dutch edition of Blood Song ‘In de Schaduw van de Raaf 1: Vaelin Al Sorna.’ So if any Dutch speakers, or obsessive collectors, would care to try for a copy you can enter here: http://www.fantasywereld.nl/nieuwsbericht/fantasywereld-bestaat-3-jaar-win-gesigneerde-in-de-schaduw-van-de-raaf/

Dave also reviewed the Dutch edition here: http://www.fantasywereld.nl/recensies/in-de-schaduw-van-de-raaf-1-vaelin-al-sorna/

 

Blood Song – UK Audiobook News

Orbit have now confirmed that the Blood Song audiobook will be available in the UK on 12th June. This will be the same version as the US edition as read by the excellent Steven Brand. I can also confirm that the Tower Lord audiobook will also be released in the UK at the same time as the ebook and hardback. I’m currently awaiting confirmation on the position regarding distribution in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa and will post an update when I know one way or the other. Many thanks to my UK editor, James Long, and everyone at Orbit for their hard work in making this happen.

and ‘Blood Song’ in German is…

… ‘Das Lied Des Blutes’. I know this because – well you know the drill by now. German cover below, can’t help but think there’s a theme emerging here…

Blood Song in Hungarian is….

…’A Ver Enneke’. I know this thanks to the good folks at Fumax Kiado who are currently printing the Hungarian version with an excellent all new cover by artist Kira Santa. Very happy to see they chose one of my favourite scenes to illustrate. Also, many thanks to my Hungarian translator Kalman Matolcsy for all his hard work on this project.

Fantasy Faction Article – Historical Research with Miles Cameron and Anthony Ryan

Thanks to Spencer Wightman at Fantasy Faction for writing this article on historical research for the fantasy writer, which includes contributions from Miles Cameron, author of the Red Knight, and yours truly. Link: http://fantasy-faction.com/2014/historical-research-with-miles-cameron-and-anthony-ryan

And the Winners Are….

Many thanks to everyone who entered the signed Blood Song UK paperback competition, and all the very welcome comments in the emails, sorry I couldn’t reply to all of you individually. In total there were 104 entrants from a wide variety of places, ranging all the way from Hawaii to the Philippines. I expanded the winners pool to five thanks to the good people at Orbit who sent me a couple of extra copies. So, without further ado, the randomly selected winners are:

Paul Walsh

Ben Towbin

Rudy Tankink

Nichelle Pearson

Allison Gosnell

You books will be mailed off by the end of next week. Enjoy. Commiserations to everyone else but stay tuned for another competition when Tower Lord comes out in July.

Blood Song – Signed Paperback Giveaway Competition

To celebrate the UK release of the Blood Song paperback I thought I’d hold a giveaway competition. To enter simply email me at anthonyryan27@hotmail.co.uk between now and midnight GMT 28th February. Please include your name and address in the email – non-UK contestants are welcome. The three winners will be chosen at random on 1st March and will each receive one signed UK mass-market paperback edition of Blood Song with a personalised dedication. P&P will be paid by me. All addresses supplied will be deleted at the close of the competition. Only one entry per contestant please, multiple emails from the same source will be banned and the sender blocked. Good luck.

Blood Song – UK Paperback Released

The UK mass-market paperback edition of Blood Song is published today by Orbit. Available in all good bookshops, including this one.

Blood Song excerpt in the 2014 Campbellian Anthology

Thanks to M. David Blake (of vintageseason.com) for allowing me to include a two-chapter excerpt of Blood Song in the 2014 Campbellian Anthology. This book is a one volume collection of work by most of the writers eligible for this year’s John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. In total, there are 111 writers featured in the anthology which comprises 860,000 words and is completely free to download in all ebook formats until the end of April here:

http://stupefyingstories.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/announcing-2014-campbellian-anthology.html