How To Train Your Dragon 2 – Trailer
Overlord
Anyone who knows me knows that the word ‘Dragons’ means that whatever you’re selling, I’m buying (luckily Dodge went with the ‘Viper’ or I’d be broke!). But, anyway, today I’ve…
Are Good And Evil Outdated?
Aaron Miles
The fantasy genre is constantly evolving, new trends spring up, new ideas are explored, and old ones are laid to rest in cliché rich ground. With the recent breed of…
Harry Potter The Musical
Some very interesting news has cropped up and I’d like to share it with our readers: J.K. Rowling is set to join Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender in producing a…
Balancing the Scales – Read More Female Authors in 2014
Leo Elijah Cristea
It still astounds me sometimes that the literary world is not equal, that people are necessarily inclined to undertake a specific effort in reading more books by female authors, that…
First Terry Brooks Stand-Alone Cover Revealed
Earlier today, Orbit revealed the incredible cover art for the latest Shannara book coming to a book shop near you in March 2014. The High Druid’s Blade will be the…
A Dance of Blades by David Dalglish
Nicholas Schmiedicker
When I reviewed book one, A Dance of Cloaks, I compared it to Brent Weeks’ Night Angel Trilogy, which seemed to be an obvious source of inspiration for Dalglish. As…
The Language of Dying by Sarah Pinborough
In my opinion, Sarah Pinborough is one of the UK’s most talented authors writing in the fantasy genre today. Not only does Sarah release an incredible amount of books per…
Reddit.com Award Nominations & Voting Open!
Last year, Fantasy-Faction were delighted, honoured and overwhelmingly surprised to take home Reddit.com’s Best Fantasy Website Award. It truly meant a great deal to our entire team and I’d like…
At the World’s Edge with Terry Pratchett
Our friends at the IAI (The Institute of Art and Ideas) have allowed us another recorded panel, this time looking to explore ‘reality’s edge’ and featuring Terry Pratchett, Terry Eagleton…
Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman Mythology: The Leukrokottas
Faith M. Boughan
Welcome to another instalment of Fantastical Creatures of Greco-Roman mythology! If you’ve been following this series for a while, jump down to the subtitle below. If you’re new, here’s the…
Mapmaking for Fantasy Authors
Tegan Beechey
A good map is, I’d venture to say, just as vital to you as it is to your characters; you need a map to know the size of the world…
World After by Susan Ee
Joie
Warning: Spoilers ahead for those who have not read the first book, Angelfall. (If not, what are you waiting for, the apocalypse?! Just kidding…well, not really.) Had enough of the…