Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Ana here, reporting directly from Nine Worlds Geekfest in London. It’s a busy week, so let’s get down to business. This Week on The Book Smugglers: On Monday, we kick off the week with…
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“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today Ana takes a look at the challenging, fascinating, thought-provoking Dark Orbit by Carolyn Ives Gilman Go HERE to check it out.…
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Joint Review: The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
In which a N.K. Jemisin novel is awesome. Again. Title: The Fifth Season Author: N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: August 4 2015 Hardcover: 449 Pages This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things…
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Old School Wednesdays Book Review: The Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones is made of awesome and The Time of the Ghost is yet another great novel. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when…
Book Smugglers Publishing Speculative Fiction Series
Speculative Fiction 2015: Call for Submissions – REMINDER
That time when you look at the calendar and realise: IT IS AUGUST. How is it AUGUST already? But because it is August, and the year is almost over (haha), here is your periodical reminder that Speculative Fiction 2015…
Check out S.E. Grove’s post, in which the ideas behind the Mapmakers series are explored. “Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
THE DINOSAURS ARE HERE! And today, we are delighted to host author Victor Milán talking about the most important thing when writing a book about dinosaur lords: suspension of disbelief. GETTING SUSPENDED! When I was but a tad, we…
Hello everyone and a Happy Sunday to all! Down to business! Giveaway winners: The winners of the Last First Snow giveaway are: LEXI MARGO If you missed it: We published Luminous by A.E. Ash, the third story in Book…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews the latest entry in the Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone, one of her favourite ongoing series. Go HERE to read her review. And you can still enter the…
From the minds of horror geniuses Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus comes a new illustrated novel about the fears that move in unseen places. Courtesy of Disney Hyperion, we are hosting a fab giveaway. About the book: “You…
Max Gladstone’s Craft Sequence is one of Ana’s favourite ongoing Fantasy series, where corporate law meets dead gods meet fantastic characters and worldbuilding. Last First Snow is the fourth book in the series and features the fantabulous Elayne Kevarian…
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Old School Wednesdays: Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) by Patricia C. Wrede
New Old School Wednesdays series! Ana reads The Enchanted Forest Chronicles! Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smugglers feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted…
It’s Friday! So we are over at Kirkus… Today, Ana reviews the short novel by Elizabeth Hand, Wylding Hall She liked it very much even though it scared the shit out of her. Go HERE to read more.…
THE DINOSAURS ARE COMING! And today, we are delighted to be revealing one of the sketches from the novel The Dinosaur Lords! In full armor and astride a rampaging T-Rex comes The Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milan, releasing July…
Carolyn Ives Gilman talks about writing her new novel, Dark Orbit “Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite…
Ana says goodbye to Sarah McCarry’s girls. Title: About a Girl Written by Sarah McCarry Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: St Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: July 14, 2015 Hardcover: 256 pages Eighteen-year-old Tally is absolutely sure of everything:…
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The August Birds: Octavia Cade on Inspirations & Influences (& Giveaway)
In which Octavia Cade talks about writing The August Birds… “Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers…
Book Smugglers Publishing First Contact Smugglerific Cover
A Smugglerific Cover: Luminous by A.E. Ash
In which we reveal the cover for Luminous by A.E. Ash! Today we are most delighted to unveil the second official cover of Book Smugglers Publishing’s First Contact season of short stories. Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover!…
Hello everyone and a Happy Sunday to all! Thea is having fun at San Diego Comic Con and I am here pretending I don’t care. But down to business, this week is going to be SUPER AWESOME. Giveaway winners:…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Book Reviews Decoding the Newbery
Decoding the Newbery: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois
Decoding the Newbery is a monthly column in which Newbery Medal winners are examined and deconstructed by regular contributor and author Catherine Faris King. This month, Catherine examines 1948 Newbery Medalist The Twenty-One Balloons By William Pene du Bois.…
OK, I am SO in love with Archivist Wasp. It’s a top 10 from me. 2015, you are WONDERFUL so far. Title: Archivist Wasp Written by Nicole Kornher-Stace Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, YA, Adventure, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia Publisher: Small Beer Press…