Margrét Helgadóttir's Blog, page 11
June 7, 2016
British Fantasy Awards shortlisting
I am thrilled and happy to announce that I’m shortlisted today to British Fantasy Awards 2016 for two books: my debut book The Stars Seem So Far Away and African Monsters, the book I co-edited with Jo Thomas.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped putting this forward.
I am very happy and grateful for all the authors and artists in African Monsters, who all participated in making this into a lovely coffee table book. And thank you to Fox Spirit Books and Jo Thomas as well.
I am also pleased...
June 5, 2016
A few book updates
It’s been quiet from me for a while. Sorry about that. So here’s a little update from the last weeks.
First, the wonderful UK-based blogger Tattooed Mummy was so kind to feature me at her blog with a interview a few weeks ago, see here, where I talk about myself, my writing, my favourite authors, what I am reading at the moment and much more. I had such a good time answering these questions.
Second, African Monsters has had some attention recently. Storyological has a lovely take on Nick Wood...
May 15, 2016
New story out: Death Wish
I am so pleased to tell you that I have a new short story out today, in issue 21 of Gone Lawn Journal.
This is the second time one of my stories isfeatured in this lovely Boston-based magazine, aiming to be a literary webjournal focused on unusual, explorative, daring, thoughtful and emotive fiction, prose poetry and alternative narrative media.
My short story, ‘Death Wish,’ is special to me since it was the first story I wrote after almost a year of not writing. In addition to editing two fi...
May 11, 2016
New review of my debut book
“Any of these stories could be read on their own, but they make up a haunting tale when taken as a whole. This is a beautiful collection that demands a re-read.”
My debut book The Stars Seem So Far Away received a lovely review from Kate Coe today. It can be read here.
Thank you for the kind words!
Read more about the book here.
Book Review – “Winter Tales” by Margret Helgadottir (ed)
A new review of the anthology Winter Tales from lovely Joanne Hall. Thank you!
WINTER TALES by MARGRET HELGADOTTIR (ed)
PB, 234 pages, Fox Spirit
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uddle down by the fire, for the nights are drawing in, and the clawed hand of winter is closing tightly on the land…
(Ironically, I started reading this just as we got our first actually hot days of spring in this part of the world. But not to worry, because now it’s howling a gale and lashing down with rain o...
April 15, 2016
African Monsters – new review and article
African Monsters has received a few lovely mentions lately.
First Ed Fortune at Starburst Magazine gave it a very kind review, see here. He writes: “This anthology does its damnedest to explore the myths and legends from one massive continent. Not only does it do this quite well, but it also showcases the talents of writers you may not have had the chance to read much of. Editor’s Margrét Helgadóttir & Jo Thomas have done a remarkable job of not only assembling a list of thematically strong s...
April 10, 2016
Book giveaway for Winter Tales
I am running a giveaway over at Goodreads! Enter to win one of two available paperback copies of the new anthology Winter Tales.
Winter Tales was released from Fox Spirit Books February 29th with amazing short stories from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Verity Holloway, James Bennett, Jan Edwards, Ruth Booth, Eliza Chan and 16 more new and established authors. It’s edited by me. Read more about the book here.
The giveaway closes May 15th.
To enter, go here.
April 2, 2016
Author page on Facebook
Just a short note to tell you that I finally have made an author page on Facebook.
It’s not much posted there yet, but it’s coming. See and like the page here.
March 21, 2016
Interzone reviews my debut book
Interzone has a very lovely and balanced review of my debut book The Stars Seem So Far Away in the last issue.
The issue (263) is not on internet, but you can see the table of contents in the magazine and how to get yourself a copy here. Interzone is the longest-running British Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine. Stories published in Interzone have been finalists for the Hugo Awards and have won a Nebula Award and numerous British Science Fiction Awards.
The reviewer, Barbara Melville, is c...
March 15, 2016
Bookshy reviews African Monsters
“It’s an almost who’s who of African SFF in 198 glorious pages. I also love that it has male and female writers and artists, but also stories with LGBT characters and some strong ass female protagonists.”
African Monsters received a very lovely review from bookshy today: “Five reasons why I loved ‘African Monsters.'” See here.
Thank you!
