Jo Fletcher Articles

To celebrate the upcoming publication of his grimdark fantasy novel, Priest of Bones, Peter McLean on growing up, gangsters and Tomas Piety, a crime lord like no other. I was a bit wild when I was a lad. From the late eighties through to the mid nineties, I was what you might call a bit of a naughty […]

To celebrate the publication of Stained Light, the thrilling conclusion to The Gaia Chronicles, author Naomi Foyle has written up the origin story of her series – from the core ideas behind her work to a very exciting plan to adapt the story for the stage. Stained Light is out 6 September, available here. The Gaia Chronicles began, for […]

The much acclaimed author of The Gaia Chronicles, Naomi Foyle, very kindly shares with us her top five reading recommendations – just in case your TBR pile wasn’t quite big enough already . . .   Tea from an Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan (1998). A cyberpunk classic, the title a Zen metaphor for Artificial […]

In honour of the upcoming publication of his new book Foundryside, the first in the Founders Trilogy, available 23 August, Robert Jackson Bennett offers an insight into the development of the novel’s magic system and world.   One of the problems I had with magic as a young reader was that it was never clear how […]

Please find below the Terms and Conditions for the Jo Fletcher Books Twitter and Facebook giveaway of Empress of the Fall by David Hair Terms & Conditions: This is a prize draw to win one of three physical copies of EMPRESS OF THE FALL by David Hair . To enter, please retweet the tweet about […]

So many spaceships. When Molly asked me to compile a list of my ten favourite ships, I came up with over thirty without really trying. A lot of these were from the Star Wars universe, so I limited myself to only one from that franchise. If picking ten was tough, ordering them was even worse. […]

Please find below the Terms and Conditions for the Jo Fletcher Books Twitter and Facebook giveaway of Triumph of the Dwarves by Markus Heitz: Terms & Conditions: This is a prize draw to win one of three physical copies of THE TRIUMPH OF THE DWARVES by Markus Heitz. To enter, please retweet the tweet about […]

Another Thursday, another thrillingly exciting publication, and this time it’s David Hair’s eagerly anticipated The Exile, which continues the adventures of The Return of Ravana,  his Indian-mythology-inspired contemporary fantasy series, following four young people on an action-packed race through time to stop a demon king. So happy book birthday, David, and may there be many more! […]

As The Exile, the third in David Hair’s epic The Return of Ravana series, inspired by Indian folklore and mythology, will be coming out in only six days, we thought it was the perfect time to revisit number one – The Pyre. ‘David Hair hasn’t just broken the mould. He’s completely shattered it’ – Bibliosanctum One deathless Demon King. […]