Title: White Tears Author: Hari Kunzru Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror Publisher: Knopf Publication Date: March 14 2017 Hardcover: 304 Pages Two twenty-something New Yorkers. Seth is awkward and shy. Carter is the glamorous heir to one of America’s great…
In which we reveal the cover for the fourthshort story in our 2017 season of Gods and Monsters: it Came Back by Samantha Lienhard! Without further ado, behold the smugglerific cover! About the Story “Luna Anderson…” He stared at…
Happy Wednesday and welcome to a brand new monthly feature in partnership with Fran Wilde and Aliette de Bodard’s Cooking the Books Podcast! Today’s guest is Ken Liu, with a special, exclusive to Book Smugglers, Cooking the Books Interview,…
Hello everybody and a happy book birthday to our very own Cassandra Khaw! We finally unleashed Bearly a Lady into the world today and we are celebrating with a giveaway! Go over to our Instagram page for a chance…
Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw is the third title in our Novella Initiative and is out tomorrow, July 18! We are delighted to welcome Cassandra to the blog today to talk about the inspirations behind the novella. FOR…
Hello, friends! Happy Sunday–let’s get down to business, shall we? This Week on The Book Smugglers: On Monday, we kick off the week with Cassandra Khaw’s Inspirations & Influences essay behind her novella, Bearly a Lady. If you haven’t…
Today, to celebrate the release of Robert Beatty’s Serafina and the Splintered Heart (Book 3 in the Serafina series) we are delighted to be hosting a giveaway in partnership with Disney-Hyperion! About the Serafina Series: Set in the magical…
Title: The Collapsing Empire Author: John Scalzi Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tor Publication Date: March 2017 Ebook: 336 Pages The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling…
Title: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Author: Mackenzi Lee Genre: Historical YA, Romance Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date: June 27 2017 Hardcover: 513 Pages Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but…
A Question of Faith by Tonya Liburd Published 7/11/2017 “Man, know thyself, and you are going to know the gods” – Inscription from the Luxor Temple In the Temple of Ra, Ceke works on cutting edge research investigating the…
Where to Start with the Star Wars Expanded Universe by Thea James Originally appearing in our fourth Quarterly Almanac, Where to Start with the Star Wars Expanded Universe is the latest in our ongoing series of essays detailing where…
“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…
Hello, world! Happy Sunday–let’s get down to business, shall we? This Week on The Book Smugglers: On Monday, we kick off the week with Tonya Liburt’s Inspirations & Influences essay behind her short story, A Question of Faith. Plus,…
“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 talks about two graphic novels: Go over there to check it out.…
Today we are delighted to host Sarah Kuhn to talk about the experience of writing Heroine Worship, the sequel to the amazingly fun Heroine Complex. When I started writing Heroine Complex—the first book in my series about Asian American…
Spider-Man: Homecoming is the best Spider-Man movie When I first heard that there would be yet another Spider-Man reboot, I confess I was one of the many voices who said “Again?” and also “Do we need another origin story…
Hello all! Today we are delighted to reveal the cover for Stephanie Burgis’ upcoming novella Snowspelled! Without further ado, behold! The smugglerific cover! The Cover: Cover artist Leesha Hannigan’s website: www.leeshahannigan.com Cover designer Patrick Samphire’s website: www.patricksamphire.com Stephanie Burgis…
In which we reveal the cover for the third short story in our 2017 season of Gods and Monsters: A Question of Faith by Tonya Liburd! Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the Story “Man, know thyself,…
Title: Bitch Planet, Vol 2: President Bitch Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Art by Valentine De Landro Genre: Comics, Science Fiction Publisher: Image Comics Publication date: June 2017 Eisner Award-nominated writer KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (PRETTY DEADLY, Captain Marvel) and…
It’s Monday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea talks about a YA fantasy novel with an intriguing premise… Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts follows a ragtag team of actual bastards–half-noble, half-common–as they accidentally uncover a traitorous…
“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…
Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! For those in the United States and Canada, Happy 4th of July/Canada Day weekend! Let’s dive right in, shall we? Gods and Monsters So far, we’ve published two short stories in our 2017 Gods…
Hello folks! Tomorrow is JULY, which means it is that time of year again: time for us to look back at our reviews and list our fave books of 2017…at least, so far. We Book Smugglers are proud to…
Part of Pride 2017, this is a guest post by Book Smugglers Author Dianna Gunn , talking about the work of author & editor Casey Lawrence. When the Book Smugglers reached out and asked me to talk about LGBTQ+…