I'm a sucker for Norse Mythology and Urban Fantasy. When I saw that ' series starring blacksmith Sarah Beauhall fused the two together I became very interested indeed.
Black Blade Blues and its sequel, Honeyed Words both feature a fabulous cast of characters and a unique take on my favourite myth cycle, and I can't recommend the series highly enough. I was fortunate to meet J.A. Pitts at 2010's World Fantasy Convention in Columbus, Ohio and he was gracious enough to agree to answer some questions about his writing. Honeyed Words will be releasing July 5th, 2011.
Categories: Interview, buzz, SciFi & Fantasy, New Releases
Vote! Help select the next chapter for On the Same Page. Which Manitoba book, by a Manitoba author, do you think should get the On the Same Page this year? From the short list below, select the title you'd like for Manitoba's biggest book club. The poll closes Saturday, September 10, 2011.
- Baldur's Song, by
- Winnipeg 1912 by
- Le Soleil du Lac Qui Se Couche / The Setting Lake Sun by
- Black Bottle Man by
You may vote by clicking here. In October, 2008, The Winnipeg Foundation launched On The Same Page. The Literacy for Life Fund supports family literacy programming across Manitoba. Gifts to the fund are permanently endowed and the income generated supports inter-generational literacy projects at community organizations and library branches throughout the province.
Categories: Awards, Authors, SciFi & Fantasy, Winnipeg
This morning, , author of the Harry Potter series, announced the October launch of pottermore.com. Pottermore will offer an interactive reading experience for fans of the series, as well as Harry-Potter-related merchandise and ebooks. Fans will be able to visit Diagon Alley, get their own wand and be sorted into a house. has also promised additional information about various characters that fans will be able to access on the site - for example, the story of how Petunia and Vernon Dursley met, and what Professor McGonagall did before she came to teach at Hogwarts. says she's written about 18,000 new words on our favourite witches and wizards, and she's not even finished yet!
Registration begins on July 31st - Harry's birthday - and a million lucky registrants will be able to access the site early. Don't forget to submit your e-mail now so you can get a reminder when registration opens!
For more information, see announcement and the Leaky Cauldron for all up-to-date news regarding Pottermore.
Categories: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy, Publishing News
' outstanding debut, the Aztec myth tinged weird western A Book of Tongues has garnered her a Bram Stoker Award nomination for Superior Achievement in a first novel. A Rope of Thorns, Book 2 in Files' Hexslinger series will be on shelves soon. Gemma was kind enough to answer some questions in an email interview.
Categories: Interview, SciFi & Fantasy, New Releases, Horror
Congratulations to Brandon's for being shortlisted for the 2011 Prix Aurora Award for Best English Novel. We've been fortunate at McNally Robinson in Winnipeg to have hosted four of the five nominees in this year's novel category.
The Prix Auroras will be awarded the weekend of November 18-20 at the Canadian national science fiction and fantasy convention, this year hosted by SFContario.Best English Novel:
- Black Bottle Man by , Great Plains Publications
- Destiny's Blood by , Dragon Moon Press
- Stealing Home by , Bundoran Press
- Under Heaven by , Viking Canada
- Watch, by , Penguin Canada
Two nominated anthologies feature stories by Manitobans: Tesseracts Fourteen, edited by and , includes "Heat Death, or Answering the Ouroboros Question" by Brandon's and "Chrysalis" by Winnipeg's appears in Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead, edited by . There are also two new categories this year: Poetry or Song Lyric and Graphic Novel.
A complete list of 2011 nominees
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