We are over at Kirkus for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn today, with a look at a recently published science fiction epic in the vein of Arthur C. Clarke and Kim Stanley Robinson: Noumenon by Marina J. Lostetter.…
Hello everybody! We enter week 2 of our Kickstarter campaign and we are just under $100 from being at the 1/3 mark! To celebrate, we created new reward levels, including print copies of Hurricane Heels by Isabel Yap, ALL…
I’ve had the Lord of the White Hell series by Ginn Hale on my radar for a long time – I’ve heard nothing but praise for it. It’s with pleasure that we host Ginn Hale today to introduce the…
Hello and a Happy Monday to all! Today, we are delighted to host an exclusive excerpt from Jade City, an upcoming novel by Fonda Lee, coming out in November and which has been described as Godfather meets Crouching Tiger…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Let’s get down to business, shall we? We are on Kickstarter! If you missed the news, we launched our very first Kickstarter campaign last Tuesday. The amount we are raising will ensure better pay…
“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…
Hello folks! A tiny update on our Kickstarter – we surpassed the 25% mark and it’s only day three! Hooray! Thank you so much for your support! In the meantime, we have posted over at the Kickstarter page a…
Title: Warcross Author: Marie Lu Genre: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Publication date: September 2017 Hardcover: 416 pages For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn’t just…
Hello, dear readers! Today we have some big news–we want to talk to you about our first ever Kickstarter! As you may know, we Book Smugglers celebrate our tenth anniversary in 2018. Whether you have been around since 2008…
To celebrate the long weekend and the publication of Temporary Duty Assignment, the fourth novella in our official Novella Initiative, we are delighted to offer up a giveaway! THE NOVELLA INITIATIVE GIVEAWAY THE GIVEAWAY We have two sets of…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Let’s dive right in, shall we? This Week on The Book Smugglers: On Monday we celebrate the long weekend with a giveaway! We are offering up a grab bag of our novella initiative to-date–check…
Women Who Lust is an essay by Sarah Kuhn, author of the awesome Heroine Complex urban fantasy series (Heroine Complex, Heroine Worship). This essay first appeared in the fourth volume of our Quarterly Almanac. Women Who Lust There’s an…
It’s Friday so we are over at Kirkus for our regular column! Today it’s Ana’s turn, aswe kiss long sunny summer days goodbye, she looks towards the fall… Head over to Kirkus to read all about the 10 books…
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Old School Wednesdays: The Incredible Crime by Lois Austen-Leigh
Title: The Incredible Crime Author: Lois Austen-Leigh Genre: Crime Publisher: British Library Crime Classics Publication date: This edition: May 2017. Originally published 1931 Hardcover: 288 pages Prince’s College, Cambridge, is a peaceful and scholarly community, enlivened by Prudence Pinsent,…
Title: No Good Deed Author: Kara Connolly Genre: Speculative Fiction, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication date: July 2017 Hardcover: 352 pages Fans of Dorothy Must Die will love this reimagining of the legend of Robin Hood. Girl…
To celebrate the forthcoming publication of Sarah Porter’s new book–YA supernatural thriller When I Cast Your Shadow–we are pleased to host a giveaway, in partnership with Tor Teen. About the Book A teenage girl calls her beloved older brother…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Let’s get down to business, shall we? This Week on The Book Smugglers On Monday, we kick off the week with a special limited art + book giveaway for Sarah Porter’s new novel, When…
It’s Friday so we are over at Kirkus for our regular column! Today it’s Thea’s turn, and she takes a dive into some awesome flintlock fantasy with a review of The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis. Following the first…
Book Smugglers Publishing Quarterly Almanac
A Digression About Storytelling, Narratives, and Diversity by BÁRBARA MORAIS
A Digression About Storytelling, Narratives, and Diversity is an essay by Brazilian author and essayist Bárbara Morais that first appeared in the fourth volume of our Quarterly Almanac. A Digression About Storytelling, Narratives, and Diversity When I was in…
Avi Cantor Has Six Months To Live by Sacha Lamb Published 8/22/2017 Avi Cantor Has Six Months To Live Avi comes across these foreboding words scrawled on the bathroom mirror, but what do they mean? Is this a curse,…
Book Smugglers Publishing Gods and Monsters Inspirations and Influences
Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live: Sacha Lamb on Inspirations & Influences
“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…
“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 new adventures of Kate Bishop/Hawkeye Go over to Kirkus to check it out.…
This year’s Uncanny Magazine Kickstarter campaign is well underway, seeking to fund the Magazine’s Year Four as well as the Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction special issue. Right now, the campaign is into the stretch goal of producing print…
Book Smugglers Publishing Gods and Monsters
A Smugglerific Cover: Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb
In which we reveal the cover for the sixth – and final – story in our 2017 season of Gods and Monsters: Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb! Behold the smugglerific cover! About the Story…