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Kit Berry on Stonewylde – only £1.49 this month

We have a guest post from Kit Berry, author of the Stonewylde series, today: I sold the Stonewylde series to Gollancz back in 2010, despite misgivings. The world I’d created wasn’t your run-of-the-mill fantasy; no swords, little blood, not an elf, dragon or ancient portal in sight. There is a Dark Lord (the eponymous Magus of the first title) and there’s natural magic, a flawed hero and of course the prophecy/quest. And a crow. But really, Stonewylde is not epic/ high/ urban/ romantic or even mythic fantasy, and as I sat at the top of Gollancz Towers with my agent…

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Kit Berry’s Halloween

Kit Berry, author of the Stonewylde series, tells Gollancz about her Halloween… Today is Hallowe’en, one of my favourite festivals.  The Celts called it Samhain meaning ‘summer’s end’, and it spanned a few days and nights from the end of October into early November – roughly halfway between the fixed solar festivals of the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice. You can feel the difference now in the UK; the days are noticeably shorter, the weather more chill, the leaves are falling and it’s very clear that winter’s on the doorstep.  To our ancestors, Samhain marked a significant point in…

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Thirsty for Thursday – Shadows at Stonewylde

  Fans of our Gollancz Dark Fantasy Facebook page will know that every Thursday we bring you #ThirstyForThursday in which we tell you all about a book or series we think you’ll be Thirsty for. This week, we are up to book four in Kit Berry‘s brilliant Stonewylde series with SHADOWS AT  STONEWYLDE. The shadows are thickening and threatening to tear Sylvie’s relationship with Yul apart. Check out the video of author Kit Berry telling you all about the inspirations behind SHADOWS AT STONEWYLDE below, and don’t forget to come by the Gollancz Dark Fantasy Facebook page later today for…

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Thirsty for Thursday – Moondance of Stonewylde

As fans of our Gollancz Dark Fantasy Facebook page will know, every Thursday we run #ThirstyforThursday where we bring you a book or series we think you’ll be Thirsty for. This week we are continuing with the Stonewylde series from Kit Berry, with MOONDANCE OF STONEWYLDE. The Stonewylde books are set deep in the green hills of Dorset, where a hidden community of secrets, lies, passion and fatal conflict has become home for teenager Sylvie. Gollancz is delighted to be able to bring you a special video featuring Kit Berry discussing MOONDANCE OF STONEWYLDE. You can read the first chapter of…

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Blue Moon- A Guest Post from Kit Berry

Did you know tonight is a Blue Moon? Gollancz is pleased to be bringing you a special guest post by Kit Berry, the critically acclaimed author of the Stonewylde series about the significance of the Blue Moon.  Back in the 90’s, I often drove past a long wall in Dorset and I’d imagine a secret world behind it – a walled off estate where strange things happened.  I was a school teacher then, and thought maybe I could write a children’s story based on this idea.  I would watch the full moon rise over the sea at Weymouth, where I lived,…

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