Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! Let’s dive right in, shall we? This Week on The Book Smugglers: On Monday, Thea kicks off the week with a review of middle-grade novel Wonder Woman at Super Hero High–a charming and new…
Yearly Archives
2016
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday! And we are over at Kirkus… Today, Ana reviews a new Tor.com novella… Go here to read more about Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal…
Today we welcome Jessica Spotswood to the blog to give insight into editing A Tyranny of Petticoats. The story of A TYRANNY OF PETTICOATS begins a little over two years ago. My friend April Genevieve Tucholke had just announced…
Lila, Kell and Rhy are back in this second book–and, oh dear readers, IT IS GOOD. Title: A Gathering of Shadows Written by V.E. Schwab Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Tor (US) / Titan Books (UK) Publication Date: February…
Today we wanted to give a bit of a boost to a cool kickstarter going on. Rosy Press is Kickstarting, with Oni comics, a collected edition of Fresh Romance. One of the titles within the new edition is The…
Book Smugglers Publishing The Extrahuman Union
Crimson Cadet by Susan Jane Bigelow (The Extrahuman Union #0.5)
Crimson Cadet by Susan Jane Bigelow 3,378 Words A short story set in the Extrahuman Union universe, and a prequel to Broken by Susan Jane Bigelow. CRIMSON CADET FELT HIS WAY through the narrow, dark hallways, floating just above…
Book Smugglers Publishing Superheroes
Book Smugglers Publishing Presents Summer 2016: Superhero Short Stories
Introducing Book Smugglers Publishing’s summer 2016 season of superhero short stories! BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS Five Short Stories (and a brand new series) for the SuperReader First, there was the season of Subversive Fairy Tales. Second, there were…
Hello everyone and HAPPY SUNDAY to all. Are we all ready for another week of FUN? Book Smugglers Publishing Things: We recently unveiled the new cover of Broken–book 1 in the Extrahuman Union, by Susan Jane Bigelow! We are…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Today Thea FINALLY reviews Updraft by Fran Wilde (just in time for awards season): Given all of the Nebula buzz for this title, Thea decided…
SFF in Conversation
SFF in Conversation: Talking Novels with Haralambi Markov, Sunil Patel and S.L. Huang
SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
Darrow’s final adventure comes ot a triuphant close in Morning Star by Pierce Brown. Title: Morning Star Written by Pierce Brown Genre: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Publisher: Del Rey Publication Date: February 2016 Hardcover: 518 pages Darrow would have…
Giveaways Inspirations and Influences
Masks and Shadows: Stephanie Burgis on Inspirations & Influences (& Giveaway)
In which we welcome Stephanie Burgis back to the blog! “Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers…
In which we showcase the UK cover and an exclusive excerpt for VE Schwab’s upcoming new book, This Savage Song. Today we are thrilled to unveil the cover, synopsis and excerpt of This Savage Song, a new novel by…
Hello everyone and HAPPY SUNDAY! It’s a busy week, so we’ll just jump in, shall we? Book Smugglers Publishing Things: Last week, we unveiled the new cover of Broken–book 1 in the Extrahuman Union, by Susan Jane Bigelow! BEHOLD…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews The Winged Histories by Sofia Samatar Go HERE to hear my thoughts (I LOVED IT).…
In which we shamelessly promote Speculative Fiction 2014–on sale now for just $0.99. (Right in time for Hugos season, you know?) Today, we’re delighted to announce that Speculative Fiction 2014:The Year’s Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary, edited by…
The nomination period for the Hugo Award and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer is open now and SL Huang & Kurt Hunt have opened a call for submissions for an anthology of stories by the…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Joint Review Old School Wednesdays
Old School Wednesdays Harry Potter Re-Read: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Old School Wednesdays presents an epic reread of The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. THIS MONTH ON THE RE-READ: we take it up a notch to book 2, wherein Harry Potter comes face to face with the past…
Food & Horror
Food & Horror: Gender and Consumption II: Sex and the Slow Destabilisation of the Ordinary
Octavia Cade is the author of Book Smugglers Publishing’s The Mussel Eater. Food & Horror is the monthly food-and-horror series by Octavia that will be appearing on The Book Smugglers this year. I’ve always thought that one of the…
Book Smugglers Publishing Smugglerific Cover The Extrahuman Union
Cover Reveal: BROKEN by Susan Jane Bigelow
In which we reveal the cover and open up preorders for Broken by Susan Jane Bigelow We are beyond delighted to finally unveil the cover of Broken (The Extrahuman Union Series, #1) by Susan Jane Bigelow–the very first novel…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! I am back from holidays in Spain, already missing the tapas, the cerveza, the weather and history. How am I going back to work tomorrow? Nebula Nominees Announced: The 2015 Nebula Awards Nominees have…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…