The Hobbit 2. Three Minute Trailer.
Overlord
A new three minute trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has been released and… it… looks… awesome:
The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
KJ Braxton
“We make reason, and only dream of creators.” There’s something about this line that I found both profound and disturbing, I also feel it pretty much sums up the central…
NaNoWriMo Type Along with Stephen Deas – Week One
Stephen Deas
Follow along as Stephen Daes shares his week by week experience doing NaNoWriMo. If you missed Stephen’s intro article, you can read it here. November 1st Wordcount Target: 0 Words…
Do Award Nominations Pay?
Mark Lawrence proves they do with an incredibly revealing behind the scenes glimpse on the effect being nominated for the ‘Goodsread Choice’ Award had on the number of people adding…
Dangerous Women Anthology – Cover Art
To say we’re excited about this anthology is a bit of an understatement… Women are never represented quite right in fantasy and, sadly, there’s an argument to be had as…
The Enduring Power of the Fairy Tale
Zachary A. Matzo
Over the last two weeks, my kids and I have begun watching Once Upon a Time on Netflix. What is it about the classic fairy tales that have kept the…
Curtsies and Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
Liz Fellshot Ambrose
After the delightful impression that Etiquette and Espionage left me with, of course I had to follow up with Curtsies and Conspiracies. Set in the same story universe as the…
The Making of a Cover by Tor UK
TOR UK have just drawn to a close their very cool in-depth, behind-the-scenes, play-by-play accounts of how a cover is born, from the point of view of a publishing house’s…
Winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2013
Originally Posted on The British Fantasy Societies Website The winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2013, as announced on Sunday, 3 November 2013, at the awards banquet at the World…
Gemmell Awards for Fantasy – the 2013 winners!
Originally published by Alex Davis on The Gemmell Awards Website Evening all, Well, while I couldn’t make the ceremony myself, I’m delighted to be able to announce the winners in…
World Fantasy Con 2013 Review
Victoria Hooper
This last weekend (31st Oct – 3rd Nov) was World Fantasy Con 2013. This year it was being held in Brighton – only the third time it’s been hosted in…
The Perfect Shadow by Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks is author of what I consider the best fantasy trilogy of all time. The Night Angel Trilogy really seemed to have it all. You had a complex plot,…