ODYSSEY:Â ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND RESPECTED WORKSHOPS FOR WRITERS OF FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION, AND HORROR About Odyssey Now in its 24th year, the Odyssey Writing Workshop is widely considered one of the top programs in the world for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Acclaimed authors, editors …
A Del Rey Hardcover and eBook | On Sale September 4, 2018 In the year 2204, humanity is expanding into the wider galaxy in leaps and bounds. Cutting-edge technology of linked jump gates has rendered most forms of transportation—including starships—virtually obsolete. Every place on Earth, every distant planet humankind has …
“Hard Drive demonstrates M.Christian isn’t just one of our finest erotica writers. He isn’t just a leading thinker on the ever-changing interplay of sexuality, society, and science. He’s the best at showing how our sexuality, whatever the time or place or technology, makes us human.”– Cynthia Ward, author of The …
VIZ MEDIA’S HAIKASORU SCIENCE FICTION IMPRINT RELEASES TOBI HIROTAKA’S THE THOUSAND YEAR BEACH An Idyllic World Inhabited By A.I. Beings Faces Extinction From Malevolent Invaders San Francisco, CA, May 22, 2018 – VIZ Media’s Haikasoru science fiction imprint delivers a new literary release with the publication of THE THOUSAND YEAR …
Master fantasy novelist Robert Jackson Bennett, who has just been named a finalist for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Series and the 2018 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel. He’s is at it again with the first book in a series that will top everything he’s done before. With …
Don’t miss the highly anticipated first book in the new series set in the world of Serafina from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Beatty: WILLA OF THE WOOD (On Sale July 10, 2018), a riveting mystery about a young nightspirit torn between the day world and her forest …
A gritty, irreverent fantasy debut for fans of The Lord of the Rings, Sons of Anarchy, Dungeons & Dragons, and World of Warcraft Jonathan French’s debut novel, THE GREY BASTARDS (Crown; on sale June 19, 2018), is a raucous, blood-soaked adventure that approaches the epic fantasy genre from an entirely new angle. Originally self-published, it won …
“Packing an emotional punch, this meditation on the agency of these women is heartbreaking and intricately layered.” –Kirkus Reviews Before there was Harry and Meghan, or Kate and Will, there was Henry and Katharine. And Henry and Anne. And Henry and Jane… and well, you get the point. The love …
LINCOLN PEIRCE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BIG NATE SERIES, TO PUBLISH NEW ILLUSTRATED MIDDLE-GRADE NOVEL WITH CROWN BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS MAX AND THE MIDKNIGHTS to be published January 8, 2019 “Max is epic fun!” —Jeff Kinney, New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series “Fantastic! I loved …
The past holds secrets, can one P.I. dig deep enough to save a dying world? Authors Warren Hammond and Joshua Viola join up to produce a new cyberpunk franchise where Red Fever stalks the streets. Hex Publishers would like to invite you to immerse yourself in the Denver Moon world …
On sale January 23, 2018 Chandler Klang Smith’s debut novel, THE SKY IS YOURS (Hogarth; on sale January 23, 2018), is a fantastical literary epic with enough intelligence and imagination to match Lev Grossman’s The Magicians and David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. This book has been eight years in the making. Clearly a young master of her …
ODYSSEY’S LIVE, ONLINE WRITING CLASSES DIG DEEP INTO TOP CHALLENGES FACED BY WRITERS The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit known for offering some of the best programs in the world for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, is offering three live, intensive online classes this winter. …
Random House Children’s Books (U.S.), in coordination with Penguin Random House Children’s and David Fickling Books in the U.K., announces plans surrounding the launch campaign for the landmark publication of Philip Pullman’s long-awaited THE BOOK OF DUST: La Belle Sauvage (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers). THE BOOK OF DUST is a work in three …
As you bring the Hunter story line to a close, are you feeling sad that it’s over or are you happy to have finished? And why? I’m sad that it’s over. I really enjoyed doing this story, and it was a great change from my usual high-fantasy setting. Joy is …
PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL “Star Trek vs. Star Wars – A New Hope” is a graphic novel by Chuck Weiss. (The name may be familiar to older Trek fans as the co-owner of The Federation Trading Post, in the 1970s. With stores in Berkeley, California and New …
“…[T]he narrative twists and turns…. This mystery-like structure keeps the reader guessing as Jones switches seamlessly from evocative pastoral descriptions of North Carolina and Tennessee to action-packed scenes of violence. Along the way, she explores themes of environmental degradation, technological dependence, and corporate greed. At once dark, disturbing, and highly …
DAVE EGGERS TO PUBLISH MIDDLE-GRADE NOVEL WITH RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S BOOKS THE LIFTERS to be released by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers on March 27, 2018 New York, NY, July 13, 2017—Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, has acquired two …
FIRST EXCERPT OF PHILIP PULLMAN’S THREE-PART WORK, THE BOOK OF DUST, RELEASED TODAY TITLE OF VOLUME ONE REVEALED TO BE LA BELLE SAUVAGE The highly anticipated October publication of Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust was announced February 14th of this year as a work in three parts, like the …
I wanted to make sure you were aware of two fantastic forthcoming sci-fi/fantasy titles you might be interested in covering, Daryl Gregory’s SPOONBENDERS and Gabe Hudson’s GORK THE TEENAGE DRAGON, on sale from Knopf in late June and July. I am including brief summaries of these titles below and would …
May 2, 2017 (Pikeville, NC) Can a fallen hero find redemption? The twelve stories in the Insecure Writer’s Support Group anthology all center on the difficulties of a hero who has lost his way. After the success of the first anthology, Parallels: Felix Was Here, the organization put out the call …
