Decoding the Newbery is a monthly column in which Newbery Medal winners are examined and deconstructed by regular contributor and author Catherine Faris King. This month, Catherine examines the first ever book to be awarded the Newbery Medal: The…
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Book Smugglers Publishing Announces: 2016 – The Year of the Superhero
We have a couple of big announcements to make so brace yourselves: this is going to be super awesome. BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS 2016 – The Year of the Superhero First there were Subversive Fairy Tales. Soon, there…
Will Frances Hardinge ever write a book I won’t like? Title: The Lie Tree Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Historical Murder Mystery Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Publication Date: May 7 2015 Paperback: 400 pages The leaves were cold and…
Hello everyone and a Happy Sunday to all! How is everybody doing? I am still recovering from the heartbreaking results of Britain’s General Election last Friday…it might take a while. Giveaway winners: The winners of Speculative Fiction 2014 edited…
“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. Today, Ana takes a look at a new YA novel, Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley It’s a good, if uneven, novel. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Go HERE for more.…
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Joint Review: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Originally a self-published novel and soon to be published as hardcover by Hodder in the UK, The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers has earned acolytes, enthusiastic reviews and a Kitschies nomination. We had to…
The results for our…
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Reading Comics: Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark
Ana’s adventures in Reading Comics continue with Lazarus, Vol. 1. Title: Lazarus, Vol. 1: Family Author: Greg Rucka / Art by Michael Lark Genre: Dystopian Science Fiction,, Comics Publisher: Image Comics Publication Date: October 2013 Hardcover: 106 pages Eisner-winning…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Spring is officially here and we are enjoying the glorious weather while working on various Book Smugglers Publishing projects… So let’s hop to it! Speculative Fiction 2014 Last week, we revealed the gorgeous cover…
