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PRESS RELEASE ANGRY ROBOT ANNOUNCES NEW YA IMPRINT … STRANGE CHEMISTRY Angry Robot, the award-winning publisher of SF, F and WTF are pleased to announce their newest venture – a sister imprint, Strange Chemistry, which will publish Young Adult genre fiction. The imprint will launch in September 2012, with five titles appearing before...

Brandon Sanderson is running another Great Hunt while on his "Alloy of Law" book tour. Nothing like a bit of cross promotion. "Now, as to the secret itself, I feel I should manage some expectations. Last year, we revealed a chapter from the upcoming Wheel of Time book. There are no chapters that are ready...

The voting for the 2011 Goodreads Choice awards has started. Quite a few good books in the fantasy field. With books by Prachett, GRRM, Abercrombie and Rothfuss, it should be interesting. Fantasy Faction has posted an article covering what some of the UK publishers want to pimp for next year. Worth a looksee. Jim Butcher...

So the World Fantasy Awards have come and gone again**YAWN** BEST NOVEL Winner: Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor* (DAW) Zoo City, Lauren Beukes (Jacana South Africa; Angry Robot) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms,N.K. Jemisin (Orbit) The Silent Land,Graham Joyce (Gollancz; Doubleday) Under Heaven,Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking...

Mark Lawrence has posted the cover for the second book in his "Broken Empire" series. Behold! I wasn't a massive fan of the "Prince of Thorns" cover and although this is similar, I actually like this one hoodie and all. If you have yet to try Lawrence, get off ya...

Gollancz apparently updated their "Republic of Thieves" publishing date a month ago. The new date is March 2012, though as Scott has yet to hand in the manuscript that's still wishful thinking. Thanks to the Wertzone for bringing it to my attention. "We’re now waiting for final delivery of the manuscript and are hoping...

Orbit have started a new facebook page for the lead up to the release of the final Wheel of Time book, "A Memory of Light". Looks like some sort of reread, 13 books in 13 months. They've saying November 2012 even though Sanderson is only 75% done on the first draft. Will be interesting to see if Tor comes...

Neal Asher has been copping a bit of flak over on Amazon for his latest novel, "The Departure". Half the critics seem to hate it because it isn't a Polity novel and the other half because it's "Thatcherite propaganda". I think the later criticism is somewhat valid even if Asher himself just wants to dismiss them as hypocrites. When...

Orbit have released the covers for the books in their 2012 Spring/Summer catalogue. "The King's Blood" by Daniel Abraham is the one I'm hanging out for the most. "The Dragon's Path", the first book in the series, is so far the best read I've had this year. "Blackout" the final book in Mira Grants...

Sara Douglas the best selling Australian Fantasy author has died aged 54 from Ovarian Cancer. Her début novel "Battleaxe" has sold almost one million copies in Australia alone. Douglas was one of the first Australian Fantasy writers to become a best seller down here in Australia and to crack the US market. She was the first local...