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…
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…
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.…
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…
Why I’m any kind of Fantasy reader I blame my dad. Which is funny, as he doesn’t read any sort of speculative fiction at all. Neither did my mum. But Dad read to me every night before bed until I was about eight and he read me countless historical adventure…
Hey everyone, I’m honoured to announce that the awesome British Fantasy Society has just announced its shortlists for this year’s awards and I’m delighted to say that a whole host of stories from A Book of Horrors as well as the anthology itself are up for prizes in 3 categories!…
