Juliet McKenna interviewed by Rowena Cory Daniells, plus Blood in the Water ebooks!

Juliet McKenna, author of our upcoming fantasy novel Dangerous Waters, and the Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, has been interviewed by our very own Rowena Cory Daniells, the author of the King Rolen's Kin trilogy! There's also a great competition going, so click the link and head on over.

Juliet McKenna interviewed by Rowena Cory Daniells!

That's two for one on Solaris fantasy authors! The two writers talk about how to maintain a consistent fantasy setting over several books and trilogies, they talk about the idea that fantasy writing and reading is a 'boys' club', and Juliet McKenna reveals where she'd go if she could take a time machine to anywhen and anywhere in the world...

Juliet's Blood in the Water, the second book in the Lescari Revolution trilogy, is now available as an ebook! Solaris are releasing each book in the trilogy on ebook, one per month from March to May this year. Which might dull the agony of the wait for Dangerous Waters a little, we hope...

on Amazon.com
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Irons in the Fire is also available at the iBooks store, and Blood in the Water should be up there too, shortly.

The cover of Dangerous Waters, book one of The Hadrumal Crisis, due to be released this August.

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News update:

Rowena Cory Daniells at Supanova 2011!

Rowena Cory Daniells has been confirmed as a guest at SUPANOVA 2011, in Austrailia!

The dates are Brisbane, April 1st-3rd at the RNA Showground, and Melbourne, April 8th-10th at the Royal Showgrounds

She will be appearing at the Brisbane/Melbourne event, alongside fellow fantasy author Robin Hobb. Here's their Literary Wonderland page and Rowena's profile on the website.

Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution ebooks!

In March we will begin releasing Juliet E. Mckenna's stunning fantasy trilogy in ebook format for the first time! The books will be available through Amazon Kindle and the iBookstore, as well as many other ebook retailers.

The first book, Irons in the Fire is out in March, the second instalment, Blood in the Water, comes out in April and the brilliant conclusion to the trilogy, Banners in the Wind, will be out in May!


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The Write Stuff...

Hola,

Seems I'm to speak at The Write Fantastic's Fifth Anniversary Event this year in Oxford.

Juliet E. McKenna (who wrote the Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution books Irons in the Fire - there's David Palumbo's dramatic cover on the right - Blood in the Water and upcoming Banners in the Wind) has asked me to come along and speak on one of her panels.

Our own Ian Whates - whose space opera The Noise Within is due out in a couple of months - will be there too, and a load of other exciting authors have already been confirmed, and I know they've got more potentials lined up.

If you're likely to be in the area on Saturday 8th May, then swing by and say hello. You can even book now if you're keen.

Jenni's said she'll pop by as well.

David

Friday links

• Joel Glover has reviewed Juliet McKenna's Irons in the Fire for the David Gemmell Awards website. Review can be read here. Don't forget to get involved and vote for all your favourite Solaris Books!

• There's a year-end review of Ellen Datlow's anthology New Tales Inspired by Edger Allen Poe at the Dark Recesses Magazine website, which charts all the celebrations in 2009 which marked the 200th anniversary of the gothic author's birth. Linkage here.
  

• Last but not least, The Innsmouth Free Press (what a great name for a great site!) has reviewed Brian Lumley's book of Cthulhu Mythos tales, Haggopian and Other Stories, here.

Have a great weekend, everyone! Be seeing you next week.

-Jen

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Solaris Santa

Just a quick note to say that those great people at Forbidden Planet have got a whole load of signed stash up for sale on their website, including books by Solaris authors Andy Remic and Juliet McKenna.

Signed copies of Andy Remic's Combat-K novel Biohell are still available here, and signed copies of Juliet McKenna's Irons in the Fire, the first volume in her epic series, the Chronicles of the Lescari Revolution, are for sale over here.

A good idea for a Christmas present, eh?

-Jenni (moonlighting as one of Santa's elves)