My wife Kerry and I lived in India 2006-2010, in New Delhi. In 2007, I had my first novel accepted for publication (The Bone Tiki, a YA fantasy set in New Zealand, by HarperCollins New Zealand), and that encouraged me to look for more writing inspiration. As a Kiwi living…
The February month of giveaways continues here at JFB Towers. This week you can win all of the following: World’s End Shadow The Pilgrims The Detainee The Glass Republic The City’s Son The Child Eater Fearie Tales A Book of Horrors Unholy War Scarlet Tides Cemetery Girl All you have…
. . . for those who’d rather shove pencils through their own eardrums than listen to any more carols. By David Hair, author of The Moontide Quartet. David will be enjoying Christmas with family at home in the summer heat of the Antipodes, drinking cold beers and cooking up a storm…
Last night @LitAgentDrury and I sat down with a big glass of fizzy water each (weekdays. We’re not supposed to drink during weekdays. This is us trying to be healthy. Grump) and watched an episode of Endeavour. What puzzled us both was that we were certain we had seen every…
You all know that Nicola’s taken on her very first slush-pile author, and for the last few weeks she’s been busily editing Sue Tinguey’s terrific urban fantasy Marked under my guidance (and no, that doesn’t just mean me shouting, ‘Are you crazy? Surely you know you never use a comma…
Are you attending Loncon in August 2014? The first time the World Science Fiction convention has been held in Britain for 49 years? If not why not?! If you are, you are eligible to vote/nominate in the Hugo Awards. At some point you will have been sent an email giving…
Have you read Mage’s Blood and The Scarlet Tides? To all of you spectacular – and sensible – people who have (and if not, why not?!), I think you would agree there are A LOT of characters in the series. Some are loveable, some deplorable and some downright irritating (I…
We are very happy to announce that we have a winner for our Something special for one lucky reader competition! Before we announce who it is we feel we should let you all know that the winner WAS NOT picked based on how we feel about the character they choose.…
To celebrate that it is Friday, the sun us rising later in the day and setting later in the evening and it is [or is almost] pay day we have a VERY special present for one of you lovely people! SIGNED COPIES of Mage’s Blood and Scarlet Tides, the first…
I have a busy week ahead of me as I start the process of putting a potential new JFB author through the publishing and acquisitions meetings. I won’t bore you by repeating the process – you know how it all works now – but I tell you this so you’ll…
