It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus. Today, Ana finally musters the courage to talk about her feelings for Coco Warning: LOTS OF CRYING AHEAD…
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“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 to talk about their new books, older titles, and their writing…
Joint Review: Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (Illuminae Files #3)
Title: Obsidio Author: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Genre: Science Fiction, Epistolary Novel, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: March 2018 Hardcover: 615 Pages Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from…
Old School Wednesdays: Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly
Old School Wednesdays is a regular Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana takes a look at what she is looking forward to reading in the next couple of months. She also talks about the new Squirrel Girl novel which is SUPER…
“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…
Welcome all! Today we are delighted to welcome Roshani Chokshi back to The Book Smugglers to talk about her experience writing her new Middle Grade novel Aru Shah and the End of Time . Aru Shah and the End…
“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, it’s Ana’s turn with a review of a new Tor.com novella, Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson Go over to Kirkus to check it out.…
In which we showcase the cover of Born to the Blade, a new series created by Michael R. Underwood and coming from Serial Box in April. This has been described as Avatar: The Last Airbender meets The West Wing…
Title: A Spoonful of Murder Written by Robin Stevens Genre: Middle Grade, Murder Mysteries Publisher: Puffin Publication Date: February 2018 Paperback: 352 pages When Hazel Wong’s beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her…
Title:Children of Blood and Bone Author: Tomi Adeyemi Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers Publication date: March 6 2018 Hardcover: 4480 Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her…
BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PRESENTS SUMMER 2018: AWAKENINGS SHORT STORIES
Courtesy of our Kickstarter backers… Introducing The Book Smugglers’ summer 2018 season of Awakenings short stories! BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS Six Short Stories for the enlightened reader Once upon a time (in 2014…), we launched our short story…
“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…
Over at Kirkus: The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reads a new novella by Aliette de Bodard… It’s a retelling of Sherlock and Watson! AND IT’S AWESOME.…
Happy Thursday and welcome to a new monthly feature in partnership with Fran Wilde and Aliette de Bodard’s Cooking the Books Podcast! Today’s guest is John Scalzi, talking to Aliette and Fran about his work, about bacon, his questionable…
Title:Tess of the Road Author: Rachel Hartman Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Publication date: February 27 2018 Hardcover: 544 In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons…
Happy Monday! Today we are delighted to be hosting the cover reveal for the US edition of Stephanie Burgis’ The Girl with the Dragon Heart coming from Bloomsbury US on November 6, 2018. We are also hosting a giveaway!…
“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…
Old School Wednesdays is a regular Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
“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! It’s Ana’s turn, with a review of a new SF novel by debut author Sue Burke: A very… different and super engaging novel. Well worth a read.…
Girl Reporter Nominated for the Aurealis Award
Extra! Extra! It is with the utmost delight that we are proud to announce that Girl Reporter by Tansy Rayner Roberts, the novella we published in December of 2017, has been nominated for TWO Aurealis Awards: Best YA Short…
Title: The Ambrose Deception Author: Emily Ecton Genre: Middle Grade Mystery Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication date: February 13 2018 Paperback: 368 pages Melissa is a nobody. Wilf is a slacker. Bondi is a show-off. At least that’s what their middle…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea came up with a Big List of Sequels for us to keep an eye out for this year! Go over there for the goods.…