Category Archives: Interviews

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Peter McLean Talks Paved with Good Intentions

Hello and welcome to this Track of Words author interview, where I’m joined by the brilliant Peter McLean to talk about his latest Fantasy novel, Paved with Good Intentions – which is out now in paperback from Arcadia Books. It’s always a pleasure to have Pete on the site, and I’ve absolutely loved reviewing and chatting to Pete about his War for the Rose Throne books, so when I found out he’d written a standalone novel set in the same world I knew I had to read it! Suffice it to say, I thought Paved with Good Intentions was fantastic, and a brilliant companion to the Rose Throne series. If you want to know more about what to expect from it though, we’ve got you covered with this interview.

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: E. J. Swift Talks When There Are Wolves Again

Hello and welcome to this Track of Words author interview where today I’m joined by the brilliant E.J. Swift to talk about her wonderful new novel When There Are Wolves Again, which is out now in hardback and published by Arcadia. Described by Lavie Tidhar as having ‘perfectly merged literary and speculative fiction’, it’s a book about rewilding and the importance of connections with nature, but also about coping with the challenges of family and the ups and downs of life, and it’s absolutely fantastic! I loved it, so I was delighted to have the chance to put this interview together. I hope you enjoy it.

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Grace Chan Talks Every Version of You

Hello and welcome to Track of Words for today’s author interview with the fantastic Grace Chan, in which we’re going to be talking about her debut novel Every Version of You – out now from Verve Books. Set in Australia in the not-too-distant future, Every Version of You is a darkly fascinating exploration of identity, environment and technological impact, the sort of book that hooks you in and leaves you thinking about it for a long time afterwards. I was delighted to have the chance to chat to Grace about this intriguing book – I hope you enjoy this interview, and I really recommend picking up Every Version of You!

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Adam Oyebanji Talks Esperance

Hello and welcome to this Track of Words author interview – please join me in welcoming the fantastic Adam Oyebanji who’s here to chat about his brand new novel Esperance, which is out now from Arcadia Books! Back in 2022 I read Adam’s debut novel Braking Day, a fantastic ‘generation ship’ story that absolutely blew me away (here’s my review), and I’d been looking forward to his next SF novel ever since. I knew it was going to be great, and I was right – so I’m delighted to have the chance to chat to Adam about Esperance, about blending SF and mystery, and loads more!

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RAPID FIRE: David Guymer Talks Verminslayer

Hello and welcome to this Rapid Fire author interview, where today I’m joined by Black Library author and Track of Words regular David Guymer to talk about his latest Age of Sigmar novel – Verminslayer. It’s been a while since David’s last novel-length contribution to the fan-favourite Gotrek Gurnisson series (or as I like to call it, the Nounslayer series), with the previous four novels coming from the pens of the excellent Darius Hinks and Richard Strachan. With the release of Verminslayer though, I had the chance to ask the really important questions: what can we expect to see in this latest instalment, from the author of Kinslayer, Slayer and Realmslayer? What was it like returning to such a beloved character? Who’s Gotrek’s new companion? And of course, what makes the skaven such great antagonists in this series?

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RAPID FIRE: Steven B. Fischer Talks Broken Crusade

Hello and welcome to this Rapid Fire interview here on Track of Words, where I’m delighted to be welcoming author Steven B. Fischer back to the site – this time to chat about his latest Black Library novel, Broken Crusade! Steve and I have chatted before about his excellent BL debut Witchbringer, and after reading and loving Broken Crusade I was keen to pick his brains again, and get a little insight into another fantastic 40k novel. One of my personal favourite BL novels of 2024, Broken Crusade was a fascinating read, and it was great fun digging into it with Steve, discussing Black Templars, second novels, melancholic Space Marines, unusual World Eaters, and loads more.

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The Last Eight Years with John French – Part Two

Hello and welcome to the second half of this two-part interview with author John French, looking back over the eight years since John and I first spoke (about his Tallarn stories) and discussing some of the landmarks in his career over that time. If you haven’t already read part one, check that out to read about John’s overall reflections on the last eight years, and some of his thoughts on the Horus Heresy and the Siege of Terra. In this second part we’re going to cover the Horusian Wars series, John’s Cado Ezechiar stories for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, the Ahriman series, the intriguing Letters from an Unknown Land stories over on John’s website, and plenty more.

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RAPID FIRE: Denny Flowers Talks Above and Beyond

Hello and welcome to this Rapid Fire author interview, where I’m delighted to be joined once again by the excellent Denny Flowers, to talk about his latest Black Library novel – Above and Beyond. Denny’s previous novel, Outgunned, was one of my favourite BL books of the last few years – you can read my review of it and my interview with Denny about it if you’d like to know more – so I was thrilled when the sequel, Above and Beyond, was announced. I love this sort of 40k story, which steps away from the big names and the big battlefields to explore lesser-seen perspectives on the setting, so it was great to chat to Denny again about what we can expect from the new book, what it was like revisiting these characters, and how Denny found working on a sequel to such a well-received novel.

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The Last Eight Years with John French – Part One

Hello and welcome to the first instalment of an extra-special author interview, where I’m delighted to welcome the fabulous John French back to the site to mark the 2,000th post on Track of Words! Author of the Ahriman series, the Horusian Wars, the Cado Ezechiar series, a host of Horus Heresy and Siege of Terra novels, and so much more, John has been a friend of the site for a long time. In fact, if you go way back to July 2016 John was the very first author I ever interviewed (about his Tallarn stories in the Horus Heresy)! With that in mind, to mark the milestone of post number 2,000 I sat down with John for an in-depth, retrospective interview looking back at his work and his career over the last eight years since we first spoke.

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RAPID FIRE: Jude Reid Talks Creed: Ashes of Cadia

Hello and welcome to this Track of Words author interview, where today I’m delighted to be chatting to the brilliant Jude Reid about her debut novel for Black Library – Creed: Ashes of Cadia. With the paperback edition recently landing, now is a great time to take a look at this excellent addition to Black Library’s ever-growing range of Imperial Guard novels, which introduces the character of Ursula Creed and returns the action to the surface of Cadia itself! Read on to find out more about this great book and its characters, Jude’s writing process, and loads more.

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