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What next?
The Prince of Lies is revised and handed in, which means it’s all over for Night’s Masque apart from final tweaks and copyedits. Yes, sorry, fans of Mal, Coby, Ned and Gabriel – their adventures are over, at least for now. I have no immediate plans for any more books in that universe, though if Continue Reading »
Publication day – again!
You know, I really can’t believe it’s only been eight months since my first novel came out – it’s been such a crazy hectic year, I feel like I’ve been doing this forever! And yet…today is the day that most editions of The Merchant of Dreams officially see the light of day (just waiting on Continue Reading »
Previously, on Night’s Masque…
The trouble with series books coming out months or even years apart is that you tend to forget what happened in the last one by the time you get hold of the new one. With that in mind, I decided to take a leaf out of TV’s handbook and provide a summary of each of Continue Reading »
The Next Big Thing
I tried to slither out of this at first, but then I woke one morning at 5am and couldn’t get back to sleep, but couldn’t get into the writing groove either, so I thought I might as well give it a go! The Next Big Thing is a blog post chain for writers. You talk Continue Reading »
Alchemist of Souls signed audiobook giveaway
Christmas is coming early for one of Mal Catlyn’s fans… One of the (many) cool things about Angry Robot Books is that they now publish an audiobook version of all their titles, simultaneously with the paperback and ebook. This is a great thing for both authors and readers, since there are a lot of fantasy Continue Reading »
@MalCatlyn is back!
To mark the upcoming release of his latest adventures, Elizabethan spy Mal Catlyn will once more be tweeting his exploits for the next three months. Why, you might ask, would a spy be broadcasting his whereabouts on a public network? Well… He could well be using one of the many cunning ciphers that were invented by Continue Reading »
US book giveaway: signed copies of The Alchemist of Souls
My patient North American fans will be glad to know I’m planning a US/Canada book giveaway this month! 3 personalised signed copies will be up for grabs – note that these will be the (slightly larger) UK edition, not the US mass market paperback. All you have to do to be in with a chance Continue Reading »
The Alchemist of Souls – now in audiobook!
June is Audiobook Month, so I’m delighted to be able to contribute with my own slice of aural entertainment. You can now wrap your lugholes around the adventures of Mal, Coby and friends with the latest co-production between Angry Robot Books and Brilliance Audio. Read by Michael Page, award-winning narrator of Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Continue Reading »
The Merchant of Dreams: publication date confirmed
I’m very happy to announce the publication date of the second book in the Night’s Masque trilogy, The Merchant of Dreams. Ebook & US paperback: 18 December 2012 UK paperback: 3 January 2013 Now, before you grumble that the US is getting the paperback edition ages before the UK, the explanation is simple. Usually the Continue Reading »
History at the Movies: Shakespeare in Love
I have a love-hate relationship with movies set in my favourite historical periods. On the one hand, I adore the visuals, but the scripts in particular can be horribly anachronistic or just plain annoying! Just for fun, I thought I’d pick apart a few films set in the Elizabethan period, starting with a well-known example: Shakespeare Continue Reading »
