| Erin Green has signed a new two-book deal with Headline. We expect more news on these titles soon, but the first will be published in May 2021 and both will be set in Shetland. |  |
The forthcoming book from Godblind author, Anna Stephens, The Stone Knife has an exclusive excerpt in Fantasy Fiction.
This is the first in Anna's new Songs of the Drowned series, out later in November and you can read the excerpt right here.
This is the first in Anna's new Songs of the Drowned series, out later in November and you can read the excerpt right here.
| The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton has picked up a fantastic review in the Financial Times: "A genre sampling epic that sets out outrages traps for the reader and builds and atmosphere of dread up to an operatic final twist." |  |
Both The Devil and the Dark Water and Micaiah Johnson's The Space Between Worlds have been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Awards 2020.
Stuart's book is in the Best Mystery and Thriller category and Micaiah's is up for Best Science Fiction.
Votes are cast by the public and you can vote for your favourite books in all categories by clicking on this link. Voting closes 8th November 2020.
Stuart's book is in the Best Mystery and Thriller category and Micaiah's is up for Best Science Fiction.
Votes are cast by the public and you can vote for your favourite books in all categories by clicking on this link. Voting closes 8th November 2020.
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Wishing a very Happy Publication Day to the below books, all of which were released last week in their respective formats:
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In addition, Nordic rights for The Berlin Girl, have been sold by its primary publisher HarperCollins, to their Danish house.
If you yourself are a keen or budding ornithologist, Stephen Moss has written a piece for November's issue of BBC Wildlife magazine, detailing their flightpaths and what awaits them after a long journey to South Africa.
If you yourself are a keen or budding ornithologist, Stephen Moss has written a piece for November's issue of BBC Wildlife magazine, detailing their flightpaths and what awaits them after a long journey to South Africa.
| Russian rights for Clare Whitfield's debut, People of Abandoned Character, have been sold to Eksmo. |  |
Alison Bruce's new novel, The Moment Before Impact, was released just over a week ago and we were thrilled with the quite bestowed upon it by Ian Rankin last week:
UK Crime Book Club's anthology, Criminal Shorts is out later in November and we are happy to announce one of its contributing authors is M. W. Craven.
The anthology is sold for the benefit of The Red Kite Academy in Corby, Northamptonshire, a 'richly diverse community in which children with many special needs, languages, cultures and religions learn together in harmony'. All authors have contributed their work for free, and you can pre-order your copy here.
The anthology is sold for the benefit of The Red Kite Academy in Corby, Northamptonshire, a 'richly diverse community in which children with many special needs, languages, cultures and religions learn together in harmony'. All authors have contributed their work for free, and you can pre-order your copy here.
| In addition to this, there is now a special walking tour of Mike's books: M. W. Craven's Cumbria, which gives fans the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Washington Poe (made famous by Craven's books beginning with the CWA-nominated The Puppet Show), and discover a different side of Cumbria, "off the beaten track yet full of magical sites". The tour takes place over 5 days and is the perfect bookish getaway. For more information, click here. |  |
Shops Girls series author Joanna Toye and fellow author Veronica Henry will be taking part in a Facebook Live event on Wednesday 4th November at 7.30pm GMT.
The event, sponsored by HarperFiction, will see the two ladies in conversation with HarperCollins' Lynn Drew, regarding their latest books, Christmas for the Shop Girls and A Wedding at the Beach Hut, respectively.
The event, sponsored by HarperFiction, will see the two ladies in conversation with HarperCollins' Lynn Drew, regarding their latest books, Christmas for the Shop Girls and A Wedding at the Beach Hut, respectively.
Finally, the cover for Mark de Jager's long-awaited sequel to the his Chronicles of Stratus series, Firesky, has been revealed.
Relentless. Unstoppable. Dragon. Desire burns in Stratus' soul, powerful like an inferno. With his memory returning, he finally knows who-and what-he is. His is a dragon, brought low by the hand of a dark magician known as the Worm King, separated from his true love, tortured for centuries and now trapped inside the body of a human. But with the memories of his old life comes a return of his true magic, and with it, his true form is slowly returning. And Stratus wants revenge. Bloody and relentless, he slaughters his way through hordes of the undead to reach his archenemy, fighting not only for his own justice but for the whole of humanity...
The book is due for publication from Rebellion in May 2021, and the first in the series, Infernal, will be republished, also by Rebellion, later this month.
Relentless. Unstoppable. Dragon. Desire burns in Stratus' soul, powerful like an inferno. With his memory returning, he finally knows who-and what-he is. His is a dragon, brought low by the hand of a dark magician known as the Worm King, separated from his true love, tortured for centuries and now trapped inside the body of a human. But with the memories of his old life comes a return of his true magic, and with it, his true form is slowly returning. And Stratus wants revenge. Bloody and relentless, he slaughters his way through hordes of the undead to reach his archenemy, fighting not only for his own justice but for the whole of humanity...
The book is due for publication from Rebellion in May 2021, and the first in the series, Infernal, will be republished, also by Rebellion, later this month.
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