“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. In this series, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
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SFF IN CONVERSATION: A Diverse Mythical Creatures Round Table – Part 2
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…
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Old School Wednesdays Readalong: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
The results for our September Old School Wednesdays Readalong are in! After 71 votes, the book we will be reading is: Seventeen-year-old Natalie Waite longs to escape home for college. Her father is a domineering and egotistical writer who…
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SFF IN CONVERSATION: A Diverse Mythical Creatures Round Table – Part 1
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…
Title: City of Stairs Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Broadway Books / Jo Fletcher Books Publication Date: September 8 / October 2 2014 Paperback: 464 Pages Years ago, the city of Bulikov wielded the powers of the…
We will be hosting alongside our good friends from Pornokitsch, ‘The Big Book Drop” – an afternoon of fun in London where folks can swing by and drop off their unwanted books. It’ll be a nice chilled out afternoon…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today it’s Ana’s turn as she talks about a new romantic YA fantasy: Salt and Storm by Kendall Kulper… And folks…it was bad. REALLY BAD. Get the full scoop here.…
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Contemporary YA Round-up: Wildlife by Fiona Wood & Girl Defective by Simmone Howell
I recently picked up a couple of highly anticipated contemporary Young Adult novels to read. Coincidentally, they are both Aussie novels which are now being published in the US with stories featuring positive focus on female characters and their…
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a new weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and…
