May 15 2013
Today, I had the singular pleasure of receiving my author’s copies of the Russian edition of SONGS OF THE EARTH. Click on any image to embiggen. I have to say it’s the dinkiest hardback I’ve ever seen, short of the BFS Journal. Compared to the German editions, it’s positively sylph-like, yet still weighs in at …
Apr 16 2012
…you wait ages, and then two come along at once! As you may or may not know, Songs of the Earth is shortlisted for the David Gemmell Morningstar award for best fantasy debut. Final round voting is now open, if you feel so inclined. Not that I’m hinting, or anything. Then at the weekend, I …
Sep 27 2011
It’s been a busy week here at Cooper Towers. A few days ago, the UPS man brought me a parcel all the way from New York – ARCs of the Tor release of Songs of the Earth, which is due out in February 2012. If you are desperate to get your hands on a copy …
Jul 27 2011
Hey, guess what? Songs of the Earth got a mention in the Sunday Times! Unfortunately, that mention turned out to be little more than a single line of internal dialogue quoted out of context†, with the admonition that lines like that aren’t going to do anything to make fantasy cool. Um, what? Who says a …
Jul 09 2011
The postie brought me a parcel just now – my author’s copies of the Dutch edition of Songs of the Earth, Het Lied van der Aarde. Doesn’t it look fantastic? The colours are much more muted and subtle than the early snapshots of the cover art led me to expect – so atmospheric, especially with …
Jun 03 2011
With less than two weeks to go to the official publication date for Songs of the Earth, my author’s copies arrived today. Needless to say, that was the end of any meaningful work for the day – I was far too busy admiring them, and if you look down there a bit I’m sure you …
May 17 2011
I am pleased to be able to let you all know that The Wild Hunt trilogy has been picked up by Tor Books for publication in the USA, bringing the number of overseas editions to six. Songs of the Earth is expected to hit bookstore shelves in the spring of 2012, followed by Trinity Moon …
May 06 2011
There’s going to be no getting away from me in the next few weeks, I’m afraid. Sorry about that. Aidan Moher has very kindly invited me to write a guest post for A Dribble of Ink, whilst he has a few days off to go and do something far more interesting than blogging. I’ll do …
Apr 26 2011
To celebrate the launch of my book, Orion are giving away five advance proofs to you lucky, lucky people. All you have to do is answer a really simple question, and your name goes into the draw. Go here – you have until 20th May 2011 – and good luck! Oh, and for the benefit …
Apr 14 2011
On Tuesday 12th April, I went down to London Book Fair. I’d been invited by Orion to meet up with those of my foreign publishers who were in town for the Fair, and they’d very generously thrown in a hotel for the night, so how could I possibly refuse? I’ve never been to the Book …