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Gollancz signings this weekend, and a competition!

Gollancz Team: - June 29th, 2012
AJ Dalton, Author Tour, Ben Aaronovitch, Competition, Events, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Michael J. Ward, News

There’s lots of exciting signings going on this weekend, so we thought this would be a good chance to let you know about some of our author’s movements.

Ben Aaronovitch has been all around the country over the last few days, but this Saturday he’s right at the centre of the bookselling world as part of the Love Charing Cross Festival, which Foyles and Blackwell’s are running together, and which I talked about here. Ben will … More

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Exclusive Interview with AJ Dalton

Gollancz Team: - May 17th, 2012
AJ Dalton, Author Post, Competition, Fantasy, Interview

Empire final 5

 

A J Dalton’s Empire of the Saviours (on UK release from 17 May 2012) has been getting great advance reviews on websites and in the likes of SciFi Now magazine (April edition). We’ve taken the chance to catch up with the Gollancz debut author, to find out what all the fuss is about and what is at the heart of his writing.

Adam, can we call you Adam?

Sure. I go with ‘A J Dalton’ on the books just because … More

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The fall and rise of the vampire, by AJ Dalton

Gollancz Team: - April 20th, 2012
AJ Dalton, Author Post, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror

It seems you can’t keep a good monster down. The vampire simply won’t stay vanquished. Like the rest of the undead, it refuses to stay in the grave. The literary genre that spawned it, “horror”, has itself gone into something of an ironically terminal decline (in terms of book sales specifically), and yet the vampire still manages to survive in current literature. It has cleverly changed its appearance (another vampire trait) so that it can now exist as “dark fantasy” … More

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‘Empire of the Saviours’ – competition winners

Gollancz Team: - March 9th, 2012
AJ Dalton, Competition, Cover Art, Editorial Posts, Fantasy, Fiction, News

Coming in May 2012!

Well, that worked. The most comments we’ve had on the blog so far! We’ll look into doing some more cover reveals in the near future, and perhaps some more articles on the ‘hidden’ bits of publishing. Oh, let’s face it, it was popular because we were giving away books, wasn’t it? But, without further ado, here are the winners of a proof copy of A J Dalton’s Empire of the Saviours

Sarah, for: To … More

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Empire of the Saviours Cover Reveal (and competition)

Gollancz Team: - March 5th, 2012
AJ Dalton, Competition, Cover Art, Cover Reveal, Fantasy

empire

One of the many things that an editor is expected to do is edit the book that they’re in charge of, which I think you may have guessed. One of the many other things, which perhaps isn’t as obvious, is to edit the cover. Of course the author gets a say, in terms of guidelines and starting points, but most of the back and forth with the artist comes from the editor. There’s a balancing act to be performed – … More

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