Category Archives: Interviews

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Mike Shackle Talks A Fool’s Hope

Welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview – today I’m talking to author Mike Shackle as part of the blog tour for his new novel A Fool’s Hope, which is published tomorrow by Gollancz! As the sequel to We Are The Dead – one of my favourite books of 2019 – I’ve been looking forward to this one for a long time, so I’m delighted to be part of the blog tour, and to have been able to chat to Mike about this awesome new book. Read on to find out more about A Fool’s Hope, The Last War trilogy as a whole, and even get a hint of what’s still to come – and then make sure you go out and grab a copy!

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: David Annandale Talks The Harrowing of Doom

Welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview where today I’m talking to David Annandale about his upcoming Aconyte novel, The Harrowing of Doom! There have been a few Marvel prose novels already released by Aconyte, but this is the first in the Marvel: Untold range – “new tales of Marvel’s Super Heroes and villains”. It’s due out in ebook and as a US paperback on the 1st December, with the UK paperback following on the 7th January 2021.

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Josh Reynolds Talks Poison River

Welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview, where today I’m talking to the ever-prolific Josh Reynolds about his latest novel for Aconyte Books – Poison River, which is set in the Legends of the Five Rings world. If you fancy a detective story set in a fantasy world inspired by feudal Japan, this is going to be the book for you…and it’s the first in a series too, so there’s more still to come! It’s due out in ebook and as a US paperback on the 1st December, with the UK paperback following on the 7th January 2021.

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Anna Stephens Talks The Stone Knife

Welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview – this time around I’m chatting to author Anna Stephens about her new novel The Stone Knife, the first book in a new trilogy called The Songs of the Drowned. It’s due out from Harper Voyager in hardback, ebook and audiobook on the 26th November, so take a look at the interview to get the lowdown on what you can expect, and then head out and get your pre-orders in!

Without further ado, on with the interview…

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Author Spotlight: Gary Kloster

Welcome to this instalment of my Author Spotlight series of interviews, in which I’m chatting to author Gary Kloster to find out a bit more about his work, especially the writing he’s done for Black Library in the Necromunda setting. With his first BL novella – Spark of Revolution – available to order now, there’s no better time to take a look at it, and what makes Necromunda such an interesting setting to explore.

Without further ado, let’s get straight into the interview and over to Gary.

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EXCLUSIVE! Introducing: First Team by Robbie MacNiven

Today I’ve got something really special for you, with a Track of Words exclusive in which I can reveal the next book in Aconyte’s growing range of Marvel prose novels – First Team by Robbie MacNiven, the latest instalment in the Marvel: Xavier’s Institute series. I’ve been a fan of Robbie’s writing ever since I reviewed his first Warhammer 40,000 short story (check out that review here) back in 2015, and I had a lot of fun reading his first novel for Aconyte – The Doom of Fallowhearth – so I can’t wait to see how he gets on with this X-Men novel! It’s due to be published in ebook and as a US paperback on the 2nd February 2021, with the UK paperback following on the 4th March.

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RAPID FIRE: Jamie Crisalli, Liane Merciel and Anna Stephens Talk Covens of Blood

Welcome to this slightly unusual instalment of my Rapid Fire series of quick author interviews, in which I chat to a trio of fantastic authors – Anna Stephens, Liane Merciel and Jamie Crisalli – about their new portmanteau Covens of Blood. Part of Black Library’s Age of Sigmar range, this comprises three linked novellas featuring the Daughters of Khaine, each focusing on different characters but tied together by an overarching theme. It’s available to buy right now, and it looks like being the perfect read if you fancy learning a little more about these intriguing characters in the Mortal Realms.

Without further ado, on with the interview…

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Danie Ware Talks Sisters of Battle and Women in 40k

Hello, and welcome to ‘Danie Ware Talks Sisters of Battle and Women in 40k’, in which I’m chatting to the fantastic Danie about her Adepta Sororitas fiction for Black Library, and her thoughts on the importance of female authors and characters in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. With her third Sisters of Battle novella – The Rose in Anger – just released, there’s no better time to find out more about this particular story, the Sister Augusta stories overall, and what it’s like being a woman writing badass 40k fiction!

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: D.K. Fields Talk The Stitcher and the Mute

Welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview, in which I’m talking to D.K. Fields – the pseudonym for collaborative authors Katherine Stansfield and David Towsey – about their new novel The Stitcher and the Mute, which is book two in the Tales of Fenest. It’s published on the 12th November by Head of Zeus, in hardback and ebook formats, and ahead of its release I asked Kath and Dave to give us a rundown on the series, some details of the new novel, and what it’s like writing as a pair.

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Matthew J. Kirby Talks Geirmund’s Saga

Welcome to this Track of Words Author Interview, in which I chat to author Matthew J. Kirby about his new Assassin’s Creed novel, Geirmund’s Saga. Written to accompany the launch of the new Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla video game from Ubisoft, this is only being published by Aconyte Books in the US and Canada, with the ebook due out on the 10th November and the paperback following in March 2021. Expect Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and all manner of adventures…

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