Ticonderoga to publish Juliet Marillier

Ticonderoga Publications is excited to announce the forthcoming publication of the first collection by internationally-celebrated Western Australian fantasy writer, Juliet Marillier.

The yet-to-be-titled collection is scheduled for publication in April 2013.

"Juliet Marillier is among the strongest voices writing in the genre, and we are really thrilled to be able to work with her,” Ticonderoga Editor Russell B Farr said.

"It’s also really great to be publishing a fellow West Australian," Russell B Farr added.

Born in New Zealand, Juliet Marillier is the author of thirteen novels for readers of all ages. Her bestselling fantasy series include The Sevenwaters quintet, the Saga of the Light Isles, The Bridei Chronicles and the Wildwood series. She lives in Perth, in a one hundred-year-old cottage, which she shares with three dogs.

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

The book will collect the best of Marillier’s published stories, and additional tales written especially for this collection.

The sale was made via Russell Galen of the Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency, Inc.

The collection is scheduled for publication in April 2013. The collection will be available in limited edition hardcover, trade hardcover and paperback, and ebook editions.

Kim Wilkins sells novella collection to Ticonderoga

Ticonderoga Publications is thrilled to announce the forthcoming publication of the first collection by the best-selling and award-winning writer Kim Wilkins.

The collection of novellas, The Year of Ancient Ghosts, is scheduled for publication in June 2013.

"Kim writes amazing tales driven by her passion for medieval literature and history,” Ticonderoga Editor Russell B Farr said.

"We’re excited to be able to share in a project that is so dear to one of Australia’s unique voices," Russell B Farr added.

Kim Wilkins was born in London, and has degrees in literature and creative writing. Her first novel was published in 1997. She has published across many genres and for many different age groups. Her latest books, contemporary epic romances, are published under the pseudonym Kimberley Freeman. Kim has won many awards. She lives in Brisbane.

Her debut novel, The Infernal, won two Aurealis Awards (Best Fantasy Novel and Best Horror Novel), published as a limited edition hardcover by Ticonderoga.

The contents include “The Death of Pamela”, “Crown of Rowan”, “Wild Dreams of Blood”, and two as-yet unwritten novellas tentatively titled “The Year of Ancient Ghosts” and “The Lark and the River”.

There will also be a nonfiction essay about researching and writing the medieval.

The Year of Ancient Ghosts is scheduled for publication in June 2013. The collection will be available in limited edition hardcover, trade hardcover and paperback editions.

Damnation & Dames Contents Announced

Ticonderoga Publications is pleased to announce the line-up for the upcoming paranormal noir anthology Damnation & Dames, edited by Liz Grzyb and Amanda Pillar. The anthology brings you sixteen stories of murder and mayhem, monsters and mysterious femme fatales.

Damnation & Dames will be launched at Swancon 37, at Easter 2012 and will be available in trade paperback for $30, and as an ebook in Kindle format after this. The anthology will be available from Ticonderoga’s online shop at indiebooksonline.com, and internet bookstores such as bookdepository.com and amazon.com.

Contents:

• Lindsy Anderson - The Third Circle
• Chris Bauer - Three Questions and One Troll
• Alan Baxter & Felicity Dowker - Burning, Always Burning
• Jay Caselberg - Blind Pig
• M.L.D. Curelas - Silver Comes the Night
• Karen Dent - A Case to Die For
• Dirk Flinthart - Outlines
• Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter - Prohibition Blues
• Donna Maree Hanson - Sangue Sella Notte
• Rob Hood - Walking the Dead Beat
• Joseph L Kellogg - The Awakened Adventure of Rick Candle
• Pete Kempshall - Sound and Fury
• Chris Large - One Night at the Cherry
• Penelope Love - Be Good Sweet Maid
• Nicole Murphy - The Black Star Killer
• Brian G. Ross - Hard Boiled

The Year of Ancient Ghosts

We're pleased to confirm that in 2013 we'll be publishing a collection of novellas by Kim Wilkins, titled The Year of Ancient Ghosts. We'll release more details formally in January 2012, but you can read what Kim Wilkins has to say here: http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/the-year-of-ancient-ghosts/

SF Site Reviews Dead Red Heart

Mario Guslandi at SF Site reviews Dead Red Heart, and we're pretty chuffed when he writes:

The hefty volume published by Ticonderoga Books assembles thirty-three stories where diversity is the main feature. Some tales have a distinct Aussie taste in terms of location and local sub-culture, which contributes to shed a new light on vampires, their habits and their personalities.

You can read the full review at http://www.sfsite.com/12a/dr357.htm

Mary Victoria Recommends Bluegrass Symphony

Mary Victoria gives Bluegrass Symphony the five star treatment. We're tickled pink:

This book tickled me in so many ways. It's imaginative, well-written, fearless. Yes, fearless - this is a book which doesn't give a hillbilly rat's tail dipped in bourbon whether you like it or not.

You can read the full review here.