Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! A few months ago we announced our exciting new venture: Book Smugglers Publishing. BSP (for the initiated) will be publishing original short stories from all around the world. Our original goal was to publish…
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“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…
Joint Review: Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Title: Greenglass House Author: Kate Milford Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Clarion Books Publication Date: August 2014 Hardcover: 384 Pages A rambling old inn, a strange map, an attic packed with treasures, squabbling guests, theft, friendship, and an unusual…
Smuggler’s Ponderings: Gaming, Female Empowerment, Gold Farming and the problematic White Saviour Complex in Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang’s In Real Life.
Warning: incoming Caps Lock of Fury. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. In Real Life, this new graphic novel written by Cory Doctorow with art by Jen Wang is full of them. In its heartfelt introduction,…
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)…
A Smugglerific Cover (& Giveaway): A Hero at the End of the World by Erin Claiborne
Today we are super delighted to unveil the cover for A Hero at End of the World, Erin Claiborne’s debut novel. The book comes out on November 11 2014 and it’s the first release from a new publishing venture…
“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…
Over at Kirkus: Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories
It’s Friday, which means we’re over at Kirkus! Today it’s Ana’s turn to take over, with a review of… An awesome anthology of diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy stories. Go HERE to read more about them.…
The results for our September Old School Wednesdays Readalong are in! After 88 votes, the book we will be reading is: When unattended environmental and economic crises lead to social chaos, not even gated communities are safe. In a…
Title: The Secret Place Author: Tana French Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Viking (US) / Hodder (UK) Publication Date: September 2 / August 28 2014 Hardcover: 528 Pages The photo on the card shows a boy who was found murdered,…