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Rjurik Davidson scores two-novel deal with Tor Books US!
Posted by Paul Raven on September 3rd, 2010 at 12:27
Great news for the reviewers who were so seduced by the Caeli-Amur stories in Rjurik Davidson‘s recent PS Showcase collection, The Library of Forgotten Books – Rjurik’s agent John Jarrold has just hooked him up with Tor Books in the States, and hammered out a deal for two novels set in the Caeli-Amur universe!
Our heartiest congratulations to Rjurik; we like it when our authors sell books elsewhere! But if you’ll permit us a moment of self-interest, I’d point out that the good Mr Davidson’s about to become a much bigger name than he has been, which will make our rather natty Showcase editions all the more collectible (as well as being full of excellent fiction)… so why not snap one up now while they’re still available, eh? ;)
Lavie Tidhar explains the genesis of Cloud Permutations
Posted by Paul Raven on August 6th, 2010 at 17:01
The SF Signal gang have turned the guest-blog microphone over to everyone’s favourite globetrotting genre fictioneer, Lavie Tidhar, so he took the opportunity to explain the genesis of his new PS novella, Cloud Permutations, which was inspired in part by the time he spent on the South Pacific island of Vanua Lava:
At night, sometimes, I would go out for kava. Kava is a drink made from the roots of a plant native to the islands of Vanuatu. The roots are chopped up and mixed with water and produce a dark, dank brown drink that produces relaxation. It makes your sight and hearing sensitive, so the nakamals – the kava-bars – are dark and quiet places, illuminated by a single candle or hurricane lamp, and the stars.
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What if the people I lived with and drank with and laughed with and had fights with were to go into space?
Well worth a read. I’m not ashamed to admit being hugely envious of Lavie’s rootless lifestyle; I’ve done a bit of travelling myself, but the man never seems to stay still. How he finds the time to write is beyond me (though if I’m honest, he’s probably just much less lazy and easily distracted than I am), but if you want more insight to his creative process, another guest post at Jeff VanderMeer’s blog may (or, indeed, may not) prove illuminating…
Joe Hill has the Horn(s).
Posted by Paul Raven on February 25th, 2010 at 16:32
Via SF Signal, here’s the mighty Joe Hill talking about his new novel, Horns:
Horns is out now as published by William Morrow in the US, and hits the UK via the good offices of the people at Gollancz in September… but we went and bought the limited edition rights for PS, because we know that Joe Hill is a writer whose books are well worth collecting, especially for connoisseurs of genre fiction – and that’s what we’re all about, after all. :)
Indeed, we’re all sold out of our luxury traycased edition, but you can still snag one of the limited slipcased hardbacks – signed by Mr Hill himself, no less – for just £75. So what are you waiting for?
Zoran Živković added as GoH at World Fantasy 2009!
Posted by Paul Raven on September 8th, 2009 at 12:25
Great news for those attending this year’s World Fantasy Convention in San Jose at the end of October - the incomparable Serbian maestro of metafiction, Zoran Živković, has been added to the list of Guests of Honour.
So, if you’re a fan already, it’s the perfect excuse to take advantage of our Živković Zeptember offer – order a copy of the latest collection, Impossible Stories II, and you’ll receive a 50% credit on any other PS titles by Zoran which are purchased in the same transaction*.
And if you’re not a fan already, maybe now’s the time to give him a try and see what all the fuss is about? :)
[ * Due to the way our webstore works, we have to do the credit after the initial transaction has gone through; sadly, the system doesn't quite have the flexibility to work it all out in advance.
However, if you're at all concerned about making an order, please drop a line to 'enquiries [at] pspublishing [dot] co [dot] uk’ and we’ll take you through the process to assure you that everything is legitimate. ]
Quentin S Crisp interview and essay
Posted by Paul Raven on February 17th, 2009 at 12:43
Quentin S Crisp is currently cropping up all over the genre fiction corners of the internet, it seems. Here’s an interview with the author of Shrike at Edmund Yeo’s Swifty, Writing blog, which includes some of the most surreal questions I’ve ever seen in an author interview. For example:
If you were a teenage girl, exactly how deeply would you be into nail art? [...]
Ah, I’m so glad you asked this question. Nail art alone would make being a teenage girl worthwhile, quite apart from the other benefits, and despite the need to menstruate and so on. I realise that there is some clash between nail art and business skills, but here’s where I’ve resolved that dilemma – I mainly work from home.
Ah, the benefits of the writerly lifestyle!
Elsewhere, Pleasure Principled has an essay by Crisp about one of his media idols, Annette Funicello:
Annette Funicello may be the idol of a receding age, but properly viewed, this only adds another dimension of sanctifying distance to Her relationship with the faithful. She is distant not only in space, but, as manifest to us in her screen and singing career, also in time. To pursue one’s suit, already hopeless, over the chasm of time, is the truest of all leaps of faith, and in direct proportion to its foolishness, so are its rewards great.
Crisp’s new novella Shrike is available for immediate shipping from the capacious PS Publishing warehouse – click through below to order your copy right away!
- Shrike – signed, jacketed hardcover – £25.00 [ US$37.50 approx. ]
- Shrike – hardcover – £10.00 [ US$15 approx. ]
PS designer Robert Wexler is blogging
Posted by Paul Raven on January 27th, 2009 at 11:25
Some of you know our design man Robert Freeman Wexler from his not-so-secret identity as a crafter of strange fictions like his novella, In Springdale Town (which is still available, in jacketed hardback only). PS Publishing is happy to be publishing Robert’s new novel, The Painting and the City, later this year.
And now we can pull aside the curtain on his writerly side by pointing you toward his new blog, The Laconic Writer. We’re sure he’ll have some interesting things to say about his writing process, as well insights on his designs for PS.
Life imitates art: Mengele and Jack Dann’s The Economy of Light
Posted by Paul Raven on January 24th, 2009 at 14:19
They say the truth is stranger than fiction, though we genre fans know better – they’re about equal! And here’s an example, with a news story out of Brazil that sounds like another thread to Jack Dann‘s recent PS novella, The Economy of Light:
For years scientists have failed to discover why as many as one in five pregnancies in a small Brazilian town have resulted in twins – most of them blond haired and blue eyed.
But residents of Candido Godoi now claim that [Nazi concentration camp scientist, a.k.a. 'The Angel of Death', Josef] Mengele made repeated visits there in the early 1960s, posing at first as a vet but then offering medical treatment to the women of the town.
Shuttling between Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, he managed to evade justice before his death in 1979, but his dreams of a Nazi master race appeared unfulfilled.
The Economy of Light stars one of Mengele’s victims, called in to investigate the discovery of Mengele’s body by Brazilian police, deep in the jungle; copies are still available in the PS Webstore in plain, jacketed or slipcased hardcover.
Speaking of The Economy of Light, it seems it lost out on its nomination for an Aurealis Award… but I’m sure Jack Dann will bear the blow with equanimity, seeing as he picked up the Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award for Excellence instead!
Bravo, Jack! And congratulations from the whole PS team to all the other winners – some well-deserved gongs in the list, there.
[Mengele news story via the excellent BLDGBLOG]
Two PS stories in Rich Horton’s Best of the Year anthologies
Posted by Paul Raven on December 11th, 2008 at 9:00
More cause for celebration! Two PS authors have made their way onto the hallowed TOCs of Rich Horton’s Best of the Year 2009 anthologies.
Beth Bernobich‘s “The Golden Octopus” has made the cut for the Science Fiction volume; it was originally published in this summer’s Worldcon-special all-sf issue of Postscripts, namely #15. We’ve still got copies available… and with over thirty stories and essays between the covers, it’s virtually an anthology in its own right! Click through below and check it out:
- Postscripts #15 – multi-autographed slipcased hardcover [ £75 / $112.50 approx. ]
- Postscripts #15 – signed hardcover [ £30 / $45 approx. ]
- Postscripts #15 – hardcover [ £15 / $22.50 approx ]
The other of Horton’s choices was “The Hiss of Escaping Air” by Christopher Golden, which will grace the Fantasy anthology. Published as a special limited edition pamphlet to celebrate Golden’s Guest of Honour status at Fantasycon, it’s a veritable bargain at the price – not to mention very collectible. And given Horton’s selection, you can take our word that it’s a fine story as well – so click on through to the store and grab one before they’re all gone!
- The Hiss Of Escaping Air (paperback chapbook) – [ £6 / $9 approx. ]
Congratulations are in order for all the selected authors, of course. Looking at those line-ups, it’s hard to believe the nay-sayers who try to tell us that short fiction is a dead scene, isn’t it?
Douglas Smith – Impossibilia
Posted by Paul Raven on November 28th, 2008 at 10:11
We recently released the fifth in our ongoing series of PS Publishing Showcases in the form of Impossibilia by Douglas Smith, a collection of memorable short stories that take your expectations and turn them inside out, but which stay true to the human experience. From Chaz Brenchley’s introduction:
“However it dresses, literature has its great themes – love and death, largely – and its lesser themes, and they mirror the natural concerns of life. Which is why, whatever the setting and whatever the mood, Doug Smith’s stories turn inward, on their characters. Not always in a kindly way – fiction is necessarily ruthless, or else it degrades into sentimentality – but these are none the less stories that treat with hope, and will not in the end deny it. Dues are paid, and life goes on: reaching, purposeful, intent.”
Douglas is a fine writer, in other words; Pete only picks the best for the Showcases. But don’t take my word for it – the opening passages of three of the stories from Impossibilia are available to read on Douglas Smith‘s website, so why not pop over there and see if the flavour is to your liking?
And then pop on back and click through below to order a copy – an ideal gift for the fiction addict in your life, or even just for yourself!
- Impossibilia (hardcover) – [ £10 / $15 approx. ]
- Impossibilia (jacketed hardcover) – [ £25 / $37.50 approx. ]
Interview with Mark Samuels at Southern Literary Messenger
Posted by Paul Raven on August 19th, 2008 at 7:57
Thanks to the magical properties of the intertubes, I hear that the Southern Literary Messenger blog has an interview with Mark Samuels, whose PS Publishing Showcase collection, Glyphotech, is due to be launched at FantasyCon in September.
Here’s a snippet from the interview, wherein Samuels pooh-poohs literary movements in general:
SLM: The past century has seen realism, modernism, post-modernism, and fiction’s division into and partial re-integration from genre and literary work. But where on earth is literature headed now?
Mark Samuels: I have to confess that I don’t know. Moreover, I don’t care. I believe a writer only has an obligation to be true to his own vision, and schools of critical theory don’t interest me except as idle diversions. Writers should just write and let critics make of the result what they will. I’ve not been a part of any movement in writing. I’m quite happy to call myself a “horror writer” though, especially since it’s the most disreputable of genres and, as an eminent Latin American author put it, a gentleman only ever fights for lost causes.
You too can get your hands dirty with an example of the most disreputable of literary genres – if you’re not going to be at FantasyCon, the quickest way to get yourself a copy of Glyphotech is to click through below and place a pre-order:
- Glyphotech – hardcover [£10 / $20 approx.]
- Glyphotech – jacketed hardcover [£25 / $50 approx.]
Matthew Hughes – writing workshop in Ripon
Posted by Paul Raven on July 31st, 2008 at 9:45
Attention, aspiring writers! How would you like to spend three hours in the company of a talented and renowned science fiction author, and have them run you through some of the tricks of the trade?
Yeah, me too. Unfortunately I live too far from Ripon, North Yorkshire, which is where Matthew Hughes will be sharing his writerly wisdom:
I’m doing a three-hour writers workshop for the Ripon Branch of the North Yorkshire County Library at 10 a.m., 18th August. I’ll be talking about elementary story mechanics, i.e., how stories work and how the pieces fit together, and the ins and outs of writing scenes, i.e., the dreaded “show, don’t tell.”
For more information, contact team leader Karen Thornton at 01765 604799. The general email address for the library is: ripon[dot]library[at]northyorks[dot]gov[dot]uk
If you’re located in (or even just conveniently passing through) the north of England, why not drop in and pick up some tips from the top? After all, no less a luminary than Robert Sawyer described Matthew Hughes as “sf’s best-kept secret”, which is a weighty accolade.
If you can’t make it to Ripon for whatever reason, you can at least console yourself by pre-ordering a copy of Template, Hughes‘ imminent science fiction novel from PS Publishing. Click on through to the Store:
- Template (slipcased hardcover) – £50.00 ($100.00 approx.) 200 copies
- Template (hardcover) - £20.00 ($40.00 approx.) 500 copies
Keynote address by Ray Bradbury
Posted by Paul Raven on July 21st, 2008 at 8:56
If you’ve ever wondered how much-loved elder statesman of genre fiction Ray Bradbury approaches his life and his writing, then the following video should be of great interest to you. It’s footage of Bradbury’s keynote address titled “Telling the Truth”, delivered at The Sixth Annual Writer’s Symposium by the Sea, sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene University.
We can thank Ed Ashby and the SF Signal gang for spotting that one for us. Don’t forget we’ve got a whole bunch of Ray Bradbury specials in the pipeline here at PS, as well as numerous titles either featuring Bradbury or exclusively by him…
… far too many to list here, in fact. So I’ll just direct you to a search of the PS Publishing catalogue using the search terms “Ray Bradbury”. Enjoy!
Jay Lake interviewed at Fantasy Book Critic
Posted by Paul Raven on June 25th, 2008 at 9:19
The ceaseless flow of reviews and interviews from Fantasy Book Critic continues apace. Here’s an interview with hirsute and prolific short fiction maestro Jay Lake, who fondly remembers his appearance in the first issue of Postscripts:
“Picking a favorite short story is a bit like picking a favorite child. Nonetheless, as I mentioned above, I’d have to say that “American, Such as She Is” is probably my strongest work to date in short fiction. As for being a part of things, my proudest moment was being included in Postscripts issue 1, alongside Brian Aldiss, Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Gene Wolfe and a handful of other big names. Getting the signature sheets in the mail for the limited edition back in the spring of 2004 was the moment when I realized I was a real writer.”
How fast things move – four years since that appearance in Postscripts, and Jay Lake is well on his way to becoming one of those big names in his own right!
Jay also has a story in the forthcoming fifteenth issue of Postscripts, alongside an awesome line-up of other contributors – pre-order your copy now:
- Postscripts #15 (multi-autograph slipcased hardcover) – £75 (US$150 approx) – 100 copies only
- Postscripts #15 (signed hardcover) – £30 (US$60 approx) – 300 copies only
- Postscripts #15 (hardcover) – £15 (US$30 approx) – 200 copies only
And I’ll just take this opportunity to say how glad I was that Jay Lake‘s recent brush with cancer was solved successfully; I’ve never met the man, but I’ve followed his blogging for quite a while and it paints a picture of a thoroughly decent bloke. Good luck and good health, Jay!
Extensive interview with Conrad Williams
Posted by Paul Raven on June 6th, 2008 at 7:23
Just a quickie for Friday – Fantasy Book Critic has a lengthy internet-chinwag with renowned horror author Conrad Williams, whose PS Publishing novella The Scalding Rooms is on the Shirley Jackson Awards shortlist this year. Williams has a healthy lack of false modesty on the issue of awards, it seems:
“I’m lucky to have won a few gongs and they mean more to me than they probably should, but I can’t help it. I see it as a vindication of what I’m trying to do. They are enormously encouraging things. And of course, it looks good on a book. The British Fantasy Society award was special because it was my first, voted for by my peers. And the International Horror Guild means a lot to me because it was juried, and because I beat Stephen King, a massive influence on me when I was starting out, in order to win it.”
There aren’t many folk who can say they’ve beaten Stephen King on his own turf! Let’s hope Conrad Williams adds another ornament to the mantelpiece when the Shirley Jackson Awards are announced.
In the meantime, there are a last final few copies of Williams‘ The Scalding Rooms in the warehouse – click through now before they get away!
- The Scalding Rooms – jacketed hardcover – £25.00 ($50.00 approx.) – nearly sold out!
- The Scalding Rooms – hardcover – £10.00 ($20.00 approx.) – nearly sold out!
[Hat tip 'n' mad props to Ed Ashby - cheers, Ed!]
Matthew Hughes live appearance, plus Template reviews
Posted by Paul Raven on June 2nd, 2008 at 7:16
You can hardly click a link on the web at the moment without bumping into Matthew Hughes, or so it seems. In addition to Matthew being profiled by John Joseph Adams at SciFi Wire, numerous reviews of Template have materialised.
SF Revu seemed particularly impressed by Template, summing up by saying:
“The balance between the theme and event is finely tuned by Hughes throughout and his setting, so well defined already in his published works, provides an endlessly fascinating backdrop.”
Meanwhile, there’s a round-up of “unprofessional” fan reviews of Template, as well – which are just as important to writers (and publishers!) as the more formal work of career reviewers. A few notable snippets:
You might bump into Matthew Hughes beyond the internet, as well – if you happen to be in the Yorkshire region, that is. Here’s a message from the man himself:
“I’ll be doing a reading and giving a talk on what life is like for a struggling-but-cheerful sf author. The event is at the Harrogate branch of the North Yorkshire County Library, on Victoria Avenue in Harrogate, on Thursday, June 12, from 7:30 p.m.
There will be light refreshments and a complementary glass of wine. Tickets cost £2. For more information, phone 0845 0349520. They want me to do another one in Ripon sometime later, but no date has been set.”
If you’re in the right area, why not pop along? In addition to supporting a great author, you’ll be supporting the public library service, too – and as a former employee thereof, I can assure you that thanks to government incompetence at local and national levels, the public library service needs all the support it can get! Use ‘em or lose ‘em, folks.
Unfortunately, you’re very unlikely to find a copy of Template at your local library. You can secure one by clicking the links below, though:
- Template – slipcased hardcover – £50.00 ($100.00 approx.) 200 copies
- Template – hardcover – £20.00 ($40.00 approx.) 500 copies
Robert T Jeschonek’s ‘Fear of Rain’ at Podcastle
Posted by Paul Raven on May 20th, 2008 at 5:57
Great news for fans of fiction in audio form; Robert T Jeschonek‘s story “Fear of Rain”, as featured in Postscripts #8, was released last week as a free-to-listen podcast from PodCastle.
PodCastle is the newest member of the ever-expanding Escape Pod stable, and is devoted specially to fantasy stories. Escape Pod itself concentrates on sf, and PseudoPod on horror, and they use great readers and high production values all through – this is no amateur operation, folks.
Plus they’re a paying market for new and reprinted fiction in all three genres – so by listening for free you’re supporting great writers. That’s a win-win situation right there – so plug in your mp3 player and get downloading!
By the way, Robert T Jeschonek is the next author to have the PS Showcase spotlight fall upon him in the form of the fantastically-titled collection Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal, due out some time in high summer this year. With an introduction by none other than Mike Resnick, it promises to become quite the collector’s item – so click through below to pre-order your copy ahead of the stampede:
- Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal – jacketed hardcover, £25 [$50 approx] – 100 copies only
- Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal – hardcover, £25 [$50 approx] – 300 copies only
There are also a last few issues of Postscripts #8 lurking about in the PS warehouse – the perfect accompaniment to tide you over until Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal rolls off the press :
- Postscripts #8 hardcover – £25 [$50 approx]
- Postscripts #8 paperback – £6 [$12 approx.]
[Tip o' the hat to Ed Ashby for the PodCastle tip-off]
Jack Dann’s ‘Rings Around the Moon’ shortlisted for 2008 Darrell Award
Posted by Darren on March 12th, 2008 at 10:26
The Darrell Awards are given annually by the Mid-South Science Fiction & Fantasy Association (MSSFFA) for the Best Midsouth SF/F/H fiction in Short Story, Novella, Novel and Other Media categories.
This year, Jack Dann has been shortlisted in the Best novella category for Rings Around the Moon, which we published last year in our Promised Land collection.
This year’s winners will be presented at Midsouthcon on Saturday, March 29, 2008. Good luck, Jack!
Download Jeff VanderMeer’s ‘The Situation’, FREE, from Wired.com
Posted by Darren on March 5th, 2008 at 9:39
Canadian journalist Brad Moon has interviewed Jeff and Ann VanderMeer for Wired.com’s GeekDad blog and to mark the occasion, we’ve supplied a pdf copy of Jeff’s forthcoming chapbook / novelette, The Situation and made it available as a free download from the blog.wired.com/geekdad article.
That’s right folks, if you’d like to try before you buy, simply head on over and grab the pdf, then put the printer on or transfer the file to your e-reader of choice. Once you’re done, high-tail it over to the PS Webstore to place your pre-order; the book should be back from the printers and shipping at the end of the third week in March.
Quick word to the wise: we’re only printing 200 copies of the signed, numbered, jacketed hardcover edition and around a hundred of those are already accounted for by pre-order customers, so you may have to be quick to secure your copy.
‘Postscripts’ writers achieve double Stoker Award nomination
Posted by Darren on February 29th, 2008 at 18:08
We’re delighted to announce that two pieces of Postscripts-published fiction have been nominated for the Horror Writer Association‘s prestigious Stoker Awards for 2007.
The two nominated works are:
- ‘Almost the Last Story by Almost the Last Man’ by Scott Edelman – nominated for superior achievement in long fiction – first published in Postscripts #12
- ‘Closet Dreams’ by Lisa Tuttle – nominated for superior achievement in short fiction – first published in Postscripts #10
Congratulations to both Scott and Lisa on their nominations, and fingers very firmly crossed for the announcement of the winners, which will happen at the World Horror Convention, over the weekend of March 27th – 30th at the Radisson Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Zoran Zivkovic’s ‘The Teashop’ picked for ‘Fantasy: Best of the Year 2008′
Posted by Darren on February 26th, 2008 at 15:22
‘The Teashop’ by Zoran Zivkovic, which features in our 2007 double-novella Twelve Collections and The Teashop, has been picked by Rich Horton for the 2008 edition of his Fantasy: The Best of the Year anthology.
The full line-up for the anthology is featured over on SFSignal.com. Congratulations to Zoran on his achievement!
Jeff VanderMeer podcast interview available from Adventures in Scifi Publishing
Posted by Darren on February 26th, 2008 at 14:47
Jeff VanderMeer, author of our forthcoming chapbook / novelette The Situation has been interviewed by Singularity Audio‘s Shaun Farrell and Sam Wynns for the latest episode of their Adventures in Scifi Publishing podcast; talking about his work, The Situation, office life and politics.
The show is available as a direct MP3 download from the site, or via iTunes subscription.
Tim Lebbon wins Black Quill plaudit for ‘Discovering Ghosts’
Posted by Darren on February 6th, 2008 at 13:21
Horror fiction webzine Dark Scribe recently announced the results of their inaugural Black Quill Awards.
One of the winners was Tim Lebbon, who took the ‘Best Dark Scribble (Editor’s Choice)’ award for his incredibly powerful and cathartic story, ‘Discovering Ghosts’, which was first published in Postscripts #10.
Many congrats to Tim!
Jeff VanderMeer’s Ministry of Whimsy Press to relaunch
Posted by Darren on November 1st, 2007 at 16:54
Here’s one that we didn’t quite get time to mention when the word first went out in mid October: Jeff VanderMeer (The Situation) has announced the New Year rebirth of the Ministry of Whimsy Press:
“Effective January 1, 2008, Jeff VanderMeer’s Ministry of Whimsy Press will come out of hibernation as an imprint of Wyrm Publishing. VanderMeer will work as a creative consultant and publicist for the Ministry’s books.
“In its previous incarnations, the Ministry published the Philip K. Dick Award-winning Troika by Stepan Chapman, as well as the landmark Leviathan fiction anthologies. The Ministry was a World Fantasy Award finalist in 1998 and VanderMeer won a World Fantasy Award in 2003 for co-editing Leviathan 3, also a Philip K. Dick Award finalist.
Future projects for the Ministry will include Last Drink Bird Head, an anthology of flash fiction in support of literacy projects that features contributions from Gene Wolfe, Peter Straub, Tanith Lee, Stephen R. Donaldson, Rikki Ducornet, Caitlin Kiernan, Michael Swanwick, and many more. Through Wyrm Publishing, the Ministry will release two to three books a year, with the Leviathan series set to return in 2009. The Ministry is not currently soliciting book projects.
Wyrm Publishing was established by Neil Clarke earlier this year, and will soon publish books by Charles Stross, Gene Wolfe, and Tobias Buckell, in addition to the ongoing publication of Clarkesworld Magazine and its annual Realms anthology. For more information on Wyrm Publishing, visit their web site: www.wyrmpublishing.com.
John Berlyne’s ‘Works of Tim Powers’ website relaunches
Posted by Darren on October 26th, 2007 at 15:54
If you’re a Tim Powers reader or fan then you’ll no doubt be interested to hear that John Berylne’s official Powers website www.TheWorksofTimPowers.com has just been given a substantial makeover and relaunched as a WordPress-driven blog, which John promises to keep up-to-date with all the latest news and developments of interest to Powers fans.
As many of our long-time customers and e-bulletin subscribers will know, we’ve been working with John for some time now on an incredibly detailed, utterly comprehensive cornucopia of Powers delights called Secret Histories (with a tag-line that varies from time to time).
John has added a Secret Histories section to the new Powers site, where he details the twists and turns of the project to-date and reveals the eventual publication date that we’re all now aiming for: April 2009, to coincide with Powers’ first visit to the UK as Guest of Honour at the 2009 Eastercon in Bradford.
More than that we’re unable to confirm quite yet, but as soon as we’ve finalised the relevant detail we’ll be adding Secret Histories to the catalogue – along with shots of some of the interior pages to give you an idea of the sheer volume of work that’s gone into this incredible project – at which point we’re anticipating a record-speed pre-order take-up… watch this space for further announcements!
Joe Hill interviewed by SeaCoastOnline.com
Posted by Darren on October 9th, 2007 at 11:36
There’s a good, mid-length interview with rising star Joe Hill over at www.seacoastonline.com, (The Source for Seacoast NH and Southeast ME).
The interviewer leads with some fairly predictable questions about the writer’s ‘secret’ identity – which we here at PS did our very best to keep under wraps throughout the publication of Joe’s debut collection 20th Century Ghosts – and then moves on to talk to Joe about the forthcoming US re-issue of 20th Century Ghosts, the Neil Jordan movie version of Joe’s debut novel Heart-Shaped Box and Joe’s current comics project:
“I’m writing Locke and Key … It’s a straight up comic book about three children who after tragedy move to a vast New England mansion. They discover there secret doors … Eventually the first six issues will be collected into a trade paperback graphic novel.”