Steven Utley's Invisible Kingdoms available for pre-order

Invisible Kingdoms, the final volume of Steven Utley's landmark Silurian Tales, is now available for pre-order for an expected mid-June delivery.

This collection features an incredibly honest and moving introduction by Barry N. Malzberg.

Publishers Weekly described this volume as "intelligent, provocative character- and concept-driven tales, making this collection a treat for readers in need of a challenge".

The text in this posthumous volume was edited by Steven Utley before his untimely passing in January. The cover, selected by Utley, is by the acclaimed Charles R. Knight.

You can pre-order Invisible Kingdoms here at indiebooksonline.

Invisible Kingdoms should be available worldwide at all good online stores by early July.

Congratulations to Kathleen Jennings

A huge and slightly belated congratulations to the incredible Kathleen Jennings on her recent Ditmar win for the cover artwork of Midnight and Moonshine, the much lauded collection by Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter.

Kathleen's fabulous cover won the Best Professional Artwork Ditmar at the recent Australian National SF Convention, held in Canberra.

Midnight and Moonshine has picked up a number of accolades including a Publishers Weekly Starred Review and making the Locus Recommended Reading List, and we're really pleased Kathleen's cover has added to this list.

It's been a wonderfully busy month for us, and we're sorry we didn't get to highlighting this tremendous achievement sooner. It's the first Ditmar Award we've been associated with since 2008.

Want to find out what all the fuss is about Midnight and Moonshine? You can buy either of its editions from us at indiebooksonline or at just about any online good bookshop: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository, just to name a few.

May 2013 Titles now in stock and shipping

Our May 2013 releases are now in stock and shipping. We have three fantastic new titles: The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Dreaming of Djinn, and The Bride Price.

The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Kim Wilkins

Launched last week to a packed house in Brisbane's West End, Kim Wilkins' collection of five fantastic novellas is a unique SF exploration of medieval history. Features an introduction by Kate Forsyth and illustrations by James Blake.

Available as

Limited hardcover (100 copies signed by all contributors) $75

Hardcover $45

Trade paperback $25

Dreaming of Djinn, edited by Liz Grzyb

18 new tales of the Arabian nights, an anthology of fabulous Orientalist pantomime.Stories by Marilag Angway, Cherith Baldry, Alan Baxter, Jenny Blackford, Jetse de Vries, Thoraiya Dyer, Joshua Gage, Richard Harland, Faith Mudge, Havva Murat, Charlotte Nash, Anthony Panegyres, Dan Rabarts, Angela Rega, Jenny Schwartz, Barb Siples, Pia Van Ravestein, DC White.

"It will ravish your senses as it transports you to a world of flying carpets, powerful ifrits, exotic foods and above all, dancing as deadly as it is beautiful." - Isobelle Carmody

Available as

Trade paperback $25

The Bride Price, Cat Sparks

The long overdue debut collection from the multiple award-winning Cat Sparks. The Bride Price collects 13 powerful stories. Features an introduction by Sean Williams. "Readers looking for random acts of kindness would do well to look elsewhere; fans of beautifully staged scenes of despair will find a wealth of them here." - Publishers Weekly

Available as

Limited hardcover (100 copies signed by all contributors) $75

Hardcover $45

Trade paperback $25

Our trade hardcover and paperback editions are also available online through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, The Book Depository and everywhere good books are sold.

Publishers Weekly reviews The Year of Ancient Ghosts

Publishers Weekly have reviewed Kim Wilkins forthcoming novella collection, The Year of Ancient Ghosts, rather positively. We enjoyed reading

Aurealis-winner Wilkins (Giants of the Frost) compiles five novellas (three reprinted, two original) in this strong collection. Wilkins adds fantastic elements to her depiction of ages past and present, but rather than relying on standard fantasy tropes, her stories are informed by detailed research into the periods in question.

You can read the full review at http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-921857-46-1

You can order The Year of Ancient Ghosts at indiebooksonline.

Limited edition hardcover (signed by Kim Wilkins, Kate Forsyth and James Blake) $75 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=144

Hardcover $45 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=151

Trade paperback $25 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=148

Publishers Weekly reviews The Bride Price

Publishers Weekly have reviewed Cat Sparks debut collection The Bride Price very favourably. We're exceptionally happy to read

Sparks’s prose is clean and clear, her visions of futures consistent and grim; although there are moments of hope, these too often prove phantasms. Readers looking for random acts of kindness would do well to look elsewhere; fans of beautifully staged scenes of despair will find a wealth of them here.

You can read the full review at http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-921857-43-0

You can order The Bride Price at indiebooksonline.

Limited edition hardcover (signed by Cat Sparks and Sean Williams) $75 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=147

Hardcover $45 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=150

Trade paperback $25 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=149

Isobelle Carmody on Dreaming of Djinn

Isobelle Carmody sent through some wonderful praise for our very soon to be published anthology Dreaming of Djinn, edited by Liz Grzyb.

To open Dreaming Of Djinn is to open a jewel encrusted box full of exquisite and mouthwatering delicacies.

This sensuous and truly mouthwatering collection melding the modern and the ancient with the strangeness of speculative fiction, is a treasure trove of originality and exotic magic.

It will ravish your senses as it transports you to a world of flying carpets, powerful ifrits, exotic foods and above all, dancing as deadly as it is beautiful.

Dreaming of Djinn will be available shortly. You can pre-order from indiebooksonline for $25 http://www.indiebooksonline.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=141