David Gemmell Legend Award Winners Announced
Overlord
The David Gemmell Legend Award winners have finally been announced and I think two of the three awards went the way we were expecting (Best Art and Newcomer), with what…
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John Jarrold’s Literary Agency Celebrates 10 years
I’d like to say a huge congratulations to John Jarrold who today celebrates the 10th anniversary of his Literary Agency. Literary Agents are the unsung heroes in the publishing world.…
Amazon stand-off not just with Hachette anymore…
For those not in the know, Amazon and Hachette had some kind of breakdown during negotiations a few weeks back. Although no one has told us what exactly this breakdown…
Cover for Aaronovitch’s ‘Foxglove Summer’
I remember being in a bookshop a few years back (a second-hand one) and an elderly lady, maybe 75, tilted a book towards me and said “nice cover this, isn’t…
The World Goes Robin Hobb Cover Crazy!
Over the last few weeks we been inundated with Robin Hobb covers! Evidently (and quite rightly!), the publishers are taking advantage of the fact Robin is returning to events facing…
Cover of Abercrombie’s ‘Half The World’
We are still about a month or so away from Joe Abercrombie’s latest novel, Half a King, however the American publishers have decided they’re not going to make us wait…
Peter V. Brett’s Latest Bulgarian Cover
We were lucky enough to run the cover reveal of Peter V. Brett’s The Daylight War a few years back and that was a phenomenal cover. To be honest, I…
British Fantasy Society Award Nominees and a THANK YOU!
So, something incredible happened AGAIN yesterday. For the second year in a row Fantasy-Faction has been nominated for the British Fantasy Society Award in the category of Non-Fiction! For those…
OH NO! George R.R. Martin’s Editors hint at 8 ASoI&F Books…
No one can accuse George R.R. Martin for rushing his work. And, honestly, why would he? Over the 17 years it has taken the author to put out the first…
‘Fighting Fantasy’ Festival & ‘You Are The Hero’ Launch: 7th September 2014
Sunday 7 September 2014 will see the first dedicated Fighting Fantasy convention take place at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Ealing, West London. Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, co-creators of…
Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Jay Lake Has Passed Away
Jennie Ivins
Author Jay Lake passed away this morning surrounded by family and friends. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in April 2008 and went through multiple treatments to try and beat…
‘The True Story of Douglas Adams’ coming soon
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy is one of the most read and well-known Science-Fiction novels of all time. Fans of the book and Douglas’s subsequent work will be delighted…