“There are many poisons that will induce madness but none perhaps quite so effective as love. Sister Apple carried a hundred antidotes but she had drunk that particular draught of her own free will, knowing there was no cure. Thorn and briar tore at her, the ice-wind howled, even the land opposed her with…
Announcing the winner of the Grey Sister Art Contest
A big thank you for all the amazing works we received for this contest. It was hard to select just one winner when so many other entries would deserve a prize. After careful consideration we finally agreed on the winning entry to be ‘Sisters of Sweet Mercy’ by banishedshadow Congratulations! Once…
Announcing the winner of the Grey Sister giveaway
First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to enter this give-away. There are 416 comments on the post, which is undoubtedly a new record and I wish I had more ARCs to send out. I read all the entries and was very touched by the dedication and support on…
That Thorn Guy Third Birthday Interview with Mark Lawrence
Another year flew past, rather faster than we would have liked. Yet, what a year it was. You had not one, but two books published. You visited two local events, meeting the attendees of BristolCon and being on the panel at the Grim Gathering which took place in Bath. You have been burgled and as…
Grey Sister Art Contest
This post is to announce a fan art contest with entries featuring characters from any Mark Lawrence novels. The best entry will receive an Advance Reading Copy of Mark Lawrence’s highly anticipated new novel: GREY SISTER! NO random prize this year, sorry. I only have one signed Grey Sister ARC to offer as prize for…
Signed Grey Sister ARC giveaway
Happy New Year, Everyone! I hope you all had a lovely holiday season and a good start to the new year! To make it even better I’m giving away a signed Advance Reading Copy of the much anticipated second volume of the Book of the Ancestor trilogy, GREY SISTER, to a lucky winner!…
Prince of Fools cover art in progress by Saeed Farhangian
After Mark has shared this fantastic piece of artwork on social media I thought I’d repost it here so we can marvel at it in higher definition than what Facebook allows. Isn’t it stunning?
Your favourite fantasy reads in 2017 – A GiveAway
Comment under this post naming five of your favourite fantasy reads this year, regardless of when they were published, to win a signed (and/or dedicated) Emperor of Thorns trade paperback or The Liar’s Key US hardback. The winner will be randomly selected by Mark from the entries. You may add a few lines telling us what made…
All those hidden gems
Hey, just a mini-post letting everyone know that Mark is now on Instagram! Ta-dah! (I hear there might even be a give-away coming up there!! 😉 ) View this post on Instagram #HonestDesk #AmWriting #OutOfChaosComesStory A post shared by Mark Lawrence (@mark___lawrence) on Nov 22, 2017 at 4:05am PST I also set up an…
About Grey Sister – No spoilers for Grey Sister (book #2), but spoilers for Red Sister (book #1)!
I still remember the way Prince of Fools took me by surprise following The Broken Empire trilogy and how I needed a little time to adjust to reading something so different from the same author. Both book series were very much character-driven. Jorg a merciless, broken, cold-blooded killer, but also fiercely intelligent and a philosopher at…
