As part of Pride 2017, we are highlighting new and upcoming LGBTQIA books. Today, we are giving the floor over to Charles Payseur, reviewer extraordinaire and a Book Smugglers Author, to talk about the upcoming YA novel The Art…
The Waters and Wild of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson
The Waters and Wild of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson Published 6/27/2017 Welcome to 222 Winter Street, home to loving parents Matt and Geoffrey, and their two adopted daughters. Moira and Mystique Brighton-Briggs may identical be twins, but…
The Waters and Wild of Winter Street: Jessi Cole Jackson 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 latest techno-thriller by Laura Lam Go over there to check it out.…
“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…
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 Malka Older talking to Aliette and Fran about her novels Infomocracy and Null…
A Smugglerific Cover: The Waters and Wild of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson
In which we reveal the cover for the second short story in our 2017 season of Gods and Monsters: The Waters and Wilds of Winter Street by Jessi Cole Jackson! Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the…
El Periodista y La Guerrera: Yosia Sing on Inspirations and 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…
Hello everyone! Happy Sunday–let’s dive into this week’s edition of the stash, shall we? This Week on The Book Smugglers On Monday we kick off the week with a guest post from Yosia Sing, as they talk about 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 Monday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea talks about the first volume in Jeff Lemire’s Black Hammer comic book series… This ongoing series from Jeff Lemire is character driven SFF at its best, following…
A Smugglerific Cover: Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw
Hello everybody and happy Friday to all. GUESS WHAT! The cover for our next novella to be published in the Novella Initiative has been revealed over at tor.com! Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw is a Rom-com featuring a…
“Nice”: A.E. Ash 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…
Old School Wednesdays Joint Review: Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly 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)…
“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…
Beauty, Glory, Thrift by Alison Tam Published 6/13/2017 I am Thrift and I want to leave this place, and see the far ends of the universe, and never spend another moment in stasis ever again. Take my hand and…
The Book Smugglers’ Quarterly Almanac Volume IV is officially here. A (ad)venture from your friendly neighborhood Book Smugglers, we are delighted to present you the fourth – and final – volume of our quarterly collection of awesome! Without further…
Beauty, Glory, Thrift: Alison Tam 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…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! How is everybody doing? I for one, am feeling hopeful again about politics and the world, after the staggering results of the general elections in the UK last week. The week ahead is looking…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reads another kick-ass novella: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey is EXCELLENT. Go over there to read more.…
In which we host Yoon Ha Lee talking about Ninefox Gambit and Raven Stratagem, which is out next week on June 13. You Were Watching What on TV, Cheris? Yoon Ha Lee One of the most entertaining things I’ve…
In which we host Tansy Rayner Roberts in support of the Mother of Invention Kickstarter, the anthology she is editing with Rivqa Rafael for Twelfth Planet Press. Why We’re Making Mother of Invention By Tansy Rayner Roberts For me,…
A Smugglerific Cover: Beauty, Glory, Thrift by Alison Tam
In which we reveal the cover for the first book in our short story season of Gods and Monster: Beauty, Glory, Thrift by Alison Tam! Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the Story I am Thrift and…
It’s Friday Monday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Like so many other fans this past weekend, Thea went to watch Wonder Woman–and fell in love with the phenomenal portrayal of Diana of Themyscira. To celebrate the awesomeness,…