Last week, on 26th June 2020 author Victoria (V.E.) Schwab tweeted: “Forgot, when I was 26 or so, I criticised the relentless sexual assault and portrayal of female characters in a book (without tagging author) and he tracked me down, and set his followers after me, encouraging them as they called me b*tch and c*nt.”…
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Announcing the winner of the The Girl and the Stars Art Contest
First of all I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who took the time and submitted an entry (or more) to this competition, as well as to Mark Lawrence and Pen Astridge for their help in considering the submissions. Once again we were grateful to receive so many wonderful pieces and…
Announcing the winners of The Girl and the Stars giveaway
Once again, I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to enter this give-away, it was wonderful to read through the many messages of appreciation and gratitude. As usual, I asked Mark’s help with randomly selecting the winners and the lucky participants are: Alex and Grit Schulze Congratulations! Agnes
The Girl and the Stars Art Contest
This post is to announce a fan art contest with entries featuring characters from any Mark Lawrence novels. The best three entries will receive an Advance Reading Copy of The Girl and the Stars, the highly anticipated first book of The Book of the Ice trilogy. . To enter the competition create an original…
The Girl And The Stars Give-Away
With many thanks to HarperVoyager UK, I have two Advance Reading Copies of Mark Lawrence’s upcoming novel, THE GIRL AND THE STARS, to offer to random winners of this give-away. To participate simply comment below this post and answer any (or all three) of the following three questions: 1. Which of Mark’s books have…
The Girl and the Stars US Cover Reveal
It is my absolute pleasure to reveal this stunning book cover from US publisher ACE and artist Bastien Lecouffe Deharme for Mark Lawrence‘s upcoming book, The Girl and the Stars. It’s the first instalment of his new trilogy, The Book Of The Ice and just like Red Sister, it is set in the world…
About ‘The Girl and the Stars’ by Mark Lawrence (no spoilers)
Mark’s books always felt more than just books to me. They felt like wonderful gifts. They felt like magic. At times powerful, at times soothing. At times dark, at times holy. And the best thing about them is the knowing that more will come. And the wonder of them as they shine clearer and…
One Word Kill April Promotion and Dispel Illusion Cover Reveal
One Word Kill made it to the Editors’ Pick selection on Amazon in April for Amazon First Reads (Kindle First). What this means is that despite its official 1st May release date you can buy the Kindle & Paperback versions very cheaply already or the Kindle version for free if you’re an Amazon Prime…
That Thorn Guy Fourth Birthday Interview with Mark Lawrence
Another year went past and a lot has happened since our last interview. What were your highlights? Another year, yes. It’s weird to see 2018 in the rear window. A lot of my life had dates like 1984, 1999 (Space 1999 was a series centred on Moon Base Alpha), 2000, and 2001 (A Space…
Announcing the winner of the Holy Sister Art Contest
A big thank you for all the amazing works we received for this contest. We felt that two of the entries were especially deserving of being awarded first place and winning the prize, but since we only had one book to give away, this presented some difficulties. Luckily, Mark’s US editor at ACE, Jessica…
