We're really really pleased to be able to announce the contents for the forthcoming anthology, Dreaming of Djinn, edited by Liz Grzyb.

Scheherazade’s One Thousand and One Nights stories have captured imaginations for a millennia. Fairy tales and fables abound, telling of the fantastic and mysterious, the comic and dramatic.

This anthology will explore romantic Orientalism through a speculative fiction lens. You might find lost cities, magical lamps, mummies, thieves, intrepid explorers, slaves, robotic horsemen, noble queens, sorcerers, outcast princes, harems, dancers, djinn, assassins and even smart-talking camels and cats, set in exotic Persia, Egypt, Arabia, the Ottoman Empire, or a modern incarnation of these. More information on the exact mysteries contained will be revealed shortly.

18 stories by:

• Marilag Angway "Shadow Dancer"
• Cherith Baldry "The Green Rose"
• Alan Baxter "On A Crooked Leg Lightly"
• Jenny Blackford "The Quiet Realm of the Dark Queen"
• Jetse de Vries "Djinni Djinni Dream Dream"
• Thoraiya Dyer "The Saint George Hotel"
• Joshua Gage "The Dancer of Smoke"
• Richard Harland "The Tale of the Arrow Girl"
• Faith Mudge "The Oblivion Box"
• Havva Murat "Harmony Thicket and the Persian Shoes"
• Charlotte Nash "Parvaz"
• Anthony Panegyres "Oleander: An Ottoman Tale"
• Dan Rabarts "Silver, Sharp as Silk"
• Angela Rega "The Belly Dancing Crimes of Ms Sahara Desserts"
• Jenny Schwartz "The Pearl Flower Harvest"
• Barb Siples "The Sultan's Debt"
• Pia Van Ravestein "Street Dancer"
• DC White "A Dash of Djinn and Tonic"

You can pre-order at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=141

Dreaming of Djinn will be available in early April 2013.

Melbourne folks, if you're looking for something to do at 6pm this evening I'd recommend heading down to Brunswick Bound bookstore, on Sydney Road.

The fabulous Trudi Canavan will be launching the new edition of the awesome Jane Routley's award-winning Chronicles of Dion trilogy. Should be a great night, worth checking out.

If you can't make it to the launch, you can buy the books from good bookstores everywhere (they may need to order it through Ingram, our distributor), or you can get these great books directly from us at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=131

Greg Mellor, the awesome creative talent behind the Wild Chrome collection, talks about the book as part of the Wednesday Writers.

"As I continued to produce more short stories for Wild Chrome during 2010 and 2011, I found that the cross roads of ideas, entertainment, science and humanity is also the stomping ground for reflection and a little philosophy. I don’t claim to do the philosophy very well, but damn it, I like having a go."

You can read the full interview at http://www.davidmcdonaldspage.com/2012/11/wednesday-writers-greg-mellor/

You can buy this fantastic collection at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=120

We're pleased to announce that the limited edition hardcover of Juliet Marillier's Prickle Moon is now available for pre-order.

100 copies signed by Juliet Marillier, Sophie Masson and Pia Ravenari.

Introduction by Sophie Masson, cover illustration by Pia Ravenari.

This book collects 14 tales, including Juliet Marillier's very best stories, and 5 stories written for this collection.

Juliet Marillier is a three-times winner of the Aurealis Award for fantasy novel. Publishers Weekly calls her "a fine folklorist and gifted narrator".

This limited hardcover will ship in February 2013, 1-2 months in advance of trade editions.

Pre-order this limited edition at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=140

Jennifer Brozek says good things about Bloodstones over at her website. We're pleased to read

Bloodstones is a nice mix of emotion and the macabre and is a lovely, chilling read. Buy this anthology. You won’t regret it.

Read the full review at http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/Bloodstones-Review.aspx

You can purchase Bloodstones here http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=137

Get the hardcover edition here http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=138

Jason Nahrung reviews and enjoys Midnight and Moonshine over at ASiF. He says many wonderful things, and we're really chuffed when he finishes with

here the two writers spin quite the spell of prose. Combined with the capacity of both writers to bring characters, both men and women, alive on the page, and to evoke a sense of place and mood with sublime brushstrokes, there is much to relish in Midnight and Moonshine.

We recommend you check out the full review at http://aussiespecficinfocus.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/midnight-and-moonshine/

You can be one of the first to get this book - pre-order the tradepaperback at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=122

There is also a limited edition hardcover, signed by Hannett, Slatter, Kathleen Jennings (cover artist) and Kim Wilkins (introduction by) at http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=123