We are thrilled to be a stop on the blog tour for Brian Selznick’s newest book: The Marvels! The Marvels tells two different stories, one through pictures, the other through words, and follows young Joseph as he tries to…
Hello, everybody! Ana here recovering from my travels as I prepare to go away again! This time I will be attending The Reykjavík International Literary Festival. It will be my first time in Iceland and I am very much…
“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 excellent The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle…. and recommends other excellent read-alikes. Go here to read the review and list.…
Joint Review: Space Hostages (Mars Evacuees #2) by Sophia McDougall
In which we review the sequel to Mars Evacuees, one of our favourite Middle Grade reads of 2014. Title: Space Hostages Author: Sophia McDougall Genre: SF, Middle Grade Publisher: Egmont Publication Date: July 2015 Hardcover: 304 Pages From bestselling…
I don’t know that I ever read anything quite like A History of Glitter and Blood, a novel so edgy and dramatic and dark and uneasy and different and so, so weird, it almost exists on a realm of…
Book Smugglers Publishing: Open Call For Short Stories Submissions (Summer 2016)
Submissions for short stories are now closed. General information and theme: We’re looking for original short stories from all around the world as long as they are written in English. Our goal is to publish at least three short…
Celebrating One Year of Book Smugglers Publishing
Book Smugglers Publishing officially turns 1 next month, and we are starting the celebration right now… What better way to start the party than to take a stroll down memory lane? It’s been only a year but, in true…
It’s Friday Tuesday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Today Thea reviews The Death House by Sarah Pinborough. This book…was not what I thought it was. Think: The Fault in Our Stars meets…
Don’t be deterred by the ill-advised cover or the generic book description; The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall is a smart, emotionally powerful ghost story with a ton of heart–and one of the best ghost-perspective novels, not to mention…