Ryan Doughan was recently interviewed in Fantasy Authors Unplugged
Probably the biggest news of the last week involving the fantasy genre was that Christopher Lee passed away. If you haven’t read his bio it’s quite a list of accomplishments in a lifetime spanning 93 years.
The latest book by Terry Brooks, The Defenders of Shannara: The Darkling Child, came out on 6/9. I’ll read it soon and hand out my review but I do like the cover. Also, the Shannara TV series is set to premiere soon (listed as July on IMDB) and includes John Rhys-Davies in the cast. For those interested fans, Allanon is played by Manu Bennett.
As noted in last week’s review post, an unpublished story by J. R. R. Tolkien was bought by – and will presumably be published soon – by HarperCollins. It’s good to see that the scion of the fantasy genre is still having fiction published.
Finalist for the International Book Awards
Here’s a list of recent authors interviewed for Fantasy Authors Unplugged:
- Tami Dearen
- Michael Davies
- Carol Marrs Phipps
- Harmony Kent
- Nicholas Rossis
- Ryan Doughan
- C. P. Bialois
Looking for more new fantasy releases? Here are a few listed on Goodreads. See you over there!
Just as a point of my own news, I’m putting the finishing touches on The Bow of Destiny right now. The target date for release is 9/30 and I’ll appear in a large blog tour for Indie-authors entitled Brain to Books as the end of August. I’ll release free, related stories in August and September. If you would like to keep up with my events please sign-up on my email list to receive updates. Currently, The Bow of Destiny is with my beta readers who are giving it the once-over for feedback.
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