Hugo Award Packet 2020
Hello, friends! We are pleased to announce that The Book Smugglers are finalists for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Fanzine!
Every year, the Hugo Awards are administered and voted on by members
Book & Product Reviews
WE WON A HUGO AWARD?!
We are speechless. After multiple nominations and losses, starting back in 2014–we were like, the Leo Dicaprios of the Hugo Awards–THE BOOK SMUGGLERS WON A HUGO AWARD FOR BEST FANZINE LAST NIGHT!
WHAT AN ACHIEVEMENT! WHAT A DELIGHT! (Yes, we
SARAH KUHN ON INSPIRATIONS AND INFLUENCES
Hello everybody! We have Sarah Kuhn back to the blog today to talk about the fourth HEROINE novel, the inspirations and influences behind it and what it means to go back to the start and write again from the perspective
A scattered journey through Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
You thought you were prepared for this book. You were, and I can’t stress this enough, not.
You loved Gideon the Ninth. In fact, you may have uttered words like “best book of 2019”, “genius” and “most fun
CHOSEN ONES by Veronica Roth
Veronica Roth is back with an adult(ish) SFF offering, taking the Chosen One trope to the next level.
Title: Chosen Ones
Author: Veronica Roth
Genre: Speculative Fiction/Science Fiction
Publisher: John Joseph Adams / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: April 2020
A New Book by Zen Cho? Hell yes! Announcing: Black Water Sister
Hello everybody and we have Most Excellent news to share! Zen Cho – author of SORCERER TO THE CROWN, THE TRUE QUEEN and more recently, THE ORDER OF THE PURE MOON REFLECTED IN WATER – has a new book
Women to Read: September 2020
Women To Read is a regular column from A.C. Wise highlighting female authors of speculative fiction and recommending a starting place for their work.
Welcome to another edition of Women to Read! If you’re new to the series, with each
Non-Binary Authors to Read: December 2020
Non-Binary Authors To Read is a regular column from A.C. Wise highlighting non-binary authors of speculative fiction and recommending a starting place for their work.
Welcome to the December 2020 edition of Non-Binary Authors to Read. It’s been quite the
A DEADLY EDUCATION by Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik is back with a brand new series, and dear readers, I am hooked.
Title: A Deadly Education
Author: Naomi Novik
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Del Rey
Publication Date: September 29, 2020
Hardcover: 336 pages
Lesson One of the Scholomance:
MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In 1950s Mexico, a headstrong socialite embarks on an adventure to save her cousin from a questionable marriage, a potentially haunted gothic mansion, and some twisted family secrets. (And also a lot of mushrooms.)