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June 27, 2022
The Justice of Kings
Richard Swan
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
The Justice of Kings (Orbit, 2022) opens with our young narrator, Helena, traveling from town to town as clerk to the King’s Justice, a learned and idealistic man called Vonvalt …
Fantasy
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Interviews with fantasy writers about their new books.
Fantasy
May 26, 2022
The Beholden
Cassandra Rose Clarke
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Today I talked to Cassandra Rose Clarke about her book The Beholden (Erewhon Books, 2022). Two impoverished sisters, one with magical gifts and one with ladylike manners and pretty dresses, brave the …
Fantasy
May 2, 2022
A Lullaby for Witches
Hester Fox
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Augusta is a meek museum curator trapped in a dead-end job and relationship, when an employment offer to become the collections manager at Harlowe House changes her life. With new …
Recall This Book
April 7, 2022
Fantasy Then, Now, and Forever with Anna Vaninskaya
A Conversation with Anna Vaninskaya
Anna Vaninskaya
Hosted by
Elizabeth Ferry and John Plotz
Elizabeth and John talk about fantasy's power of world-making with Edinburgh professor Anna Vaninskaya, author of William Morris and the Idea of Community: Romance, History and Propaganda, 1880-1914 (2010) and …
Fantasy
April 4, 2022
Bone Orchard
Sara A. Mueller
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Get ready for a cruel dark world of abnegation and revenge, featuring a woman who struggles to achieve psychic integration after a succession of betrayals. Like a Westworld written by …
Fantasy
March 24, 2022
Scorpica
The Five Queendoms, Book 1
G. R. Macallister
Hosted by
Deidre Tyler
Today I talked to G. R. Macallister about her book Scorpica (Gallery / Saga Press, 2022). A centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal society when a decade passes without a single …
Fantasy
March 15, 2022
The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Nell Young, a dedicated cartographer, once had it all—a dream job in the New York Public Library, a stylish boyfriend, Felix, who understood her obsession with maps, and a good …
Fantasy
February 2, 2022
Trailer Park Trickster
David R. Slayton
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Did you ever hear the one about the elf, druid, and warlock that walk into—no, not a bar—but a trailer? Trailer Park Trickster (Blackstone, 2021), David Slayton’s follow up to …
Fantasy
January 11, 2022
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
Sue Lynn Tan
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Today I talked to Sue Lynn Tan about her new book Daughter of the Moon Goddess (Harper Voyager, 2022). The immortal Xinyin lives a quiet life on the moon with her mother …
Fantasy
December 1, 2021
Wicked As You Wish
Rin Chupeco
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Rin Chupeco's Wicked As You Wish (Sourcebooks Fire, 2020) begins with our Filipina narrator, Tala, and her best friend, Alexei, who both attend high school in the small Arizona town …
Fantasy
November 1, 2021
The Seventh Queen
A Novel
Greta Kelly
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
The Seventh Queen (HarperCollins, 2021) is the second book in the Warrior Witch Duology, so the following review and questions for author Greta Kelly assume you’ve read the first one. If …
Fantasy
October 11, 2021
Capture the Crown
Jennifer Estep
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Today I talked to Jennifer Estep about her new book Capture the Crown (HarperCollins, 2021). Princess Gemma Ripley is famous for her glittering outfits, in which she flounces through countless parties and balls …
Fantasy
August 10, 2021
Appleseed
Matt Bell
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
We have a collective memory of a primeval world embodied in myth. It is a world where spirits lived in the trees, water, and mountains, and nature was sacred. Was …
Fantasy
July 14, 2021
A Master of Djinn
P. Djèlí Clark
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark goes full-length for the first time in his dazzling debut novel: A Master of Djinn (Tordotcom, 2021). Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is …
Fantasy
June 8, 2021
The Wolf and the Woodsman
A Novel
Ava Reid
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Today I talked to Ava Reid about her new book The Wolf and the Woodsman (Harper Voyager, 2021) The wolf, in the title refers to a pagan woman, given to the dreaded …
Fantasy
May 10, 2021
The Bone Shard Daughter
The Drowning Empire Book One
Andrea Stewart
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Today I talked to Andrea Stewart about The Bone Shard Daughter: The Drowning Empire Book One (Hachette UK, 2020). In a world of floating islands, various narrators try to achieve or avoid …
Fantasy
April 15, 2021
The Frozen Crown
A Novel
Greta Kelly
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
The horror of the battlefield is fresh for Princess Askia. She’s just been forced to flee her kingdom, the northern country of Seravesh, where her cousin now rules under the …
Fantasy
March 29, 2021
Taylenor
Anne Marie Lutz
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
Today I talked to Anne Marie Lutz about her book Taylenor (Hydra, 2019). Taylen is the designation for magical power in the world that Anne Marie Lutz has created: a power so …
Fantasy
March 5, 2021
Across the Green Grass Fields
Seanan McGuire
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Gabrielle Martin
Seanan McGuire's Across the Green Grass Fields (Tor.com, 2021), a stand-alone novel in the Wayward Children series, a portal transports a horse-loving ten-year old, Regan, to Hooflands. Soon she becomes …
Fantasy
February 2, 2021
We Could Be Heroes
Mike Chen
Hosted by
Gabrielle Martin
This quirky, offbeat novel introduces us to two people, Zoe and Jamie, who both have amnesia and super-powers. While Jamie is a criminal who holds up banks, Zoe is a …
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