Thursday, February 18th, 2021
It started with a discussion of Unicorn Day.
For years, we've been meaning to put together something fun to celebrate Unicorn Day (April 9th, in case you need to mark your calendar), and as we were brainstorming recently, we were listing our favorite unicorn books for young readers. Slowly, we began to notice an unexpected trend...
Thursday, January 21st, 2021
I don't usually write under a pen name. To be fair, I haven't had much opportunity—I've got several tiny publishing credits to my name, two of which are in scientific journals and another for a story in Teen Ink Magazine I submitted when I was in high school. But when I was in college, I published a poem in the college's monthly literary magazine under the name "David Andrews."
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
Kendall's up to 11 books already for 2021, a feat she pulls off by having more than one book in the works at any given moment. Here's a rundown of what's in her currently ready stack right now.
The Winners for the 2020 World Fantasy Awards have been announced!
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
Since we can't have dozens of customers in store as we usually would this time of year, we've come up with other ways to keep our booksellers' recommending skills sharp. The latest challenge? The 90 second book list. Here's how it works. Each bookseller gets a topic and 90 seconds to find as many books as fit that topic as possible.
Friday, August 14th, 2020
High fantasy (or epic fantasy) as a subgenre tends to deal with matters of grand scale. Think saving the world from the power of the One Ring, to use Tolkien as an example. But of course, everyone's familiar with high fantasy like The Lord of the Rings, George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, and Patrick Rothfuss' acclaimed Kingkiller Chronicle. Here are some less well known (or well known, but older!) examples of high fantasy that you might have missed.
Series are a great way to keep young readers engaged in what they're reading, and there are a lot of really fantastic series out there to discover. Actually, there are so many that we're breaking this feature into a multi-part series itself, covering lists of our favorite series in different genres. First up, Fantasy!
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
Remember those epic fantasy and science fiction series that you never had time to tackle? Well now that we all have time, why not look into some of these longer running yarns. I’ve compiled a few of the most popular epic series below, and reasons why you might want to start or revisit them during these times of social distancing.
Friday, November 9th, 2018
The winners of the 2018 World Fantasy Awards have been announced!
Presented at the World Fantasy Convention, which was held this year in Baltimore, Maryland, the World Fantasy Awards honor writers of the year's best fantasy fiction, as well as those whose lifetime of work has made a lasting impact on the genre. Awards are given for lifetime achievement, best novel, long fiction, short fiction, and more!
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
The winners of the 2017 World Fantasy Awards have been announced!
Presented at the World Fantasy Convention, which was held this year in San Antonio, Texas, the World Fantasy Awards honor writers of the year's best fantasy fiction, as well as those whose lifetime of work has made a lasting impact on the genre. Awards are given for lifetime achievement, best novel, long fiction, short fiction, and more!
