by NRB | 8 Nov 2016 | SFF |
Vigil makes a very rich pudding. Neil Gaiman and Ben Aaronovitch have both blended crime and fantasy in a very seductive fashion and Angela Slatter has done the same with this tale of the crimes that result from a clash of the Weyrd and the Normal, set in...
by NRB | 22 Jun 2015 | Giveaways |
This draw is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Jaymi Santoro from WA! The Sleeper and the Spindle Neil Gaiman illustrated by Chris Riddell A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale weaving together a sort-of Snow White and an almost-Sleeping Beauty with a thread of...
by NRB | 8 Apr 2014 | SFF |
From Chaos to Asgard: in this novel by the author of Chocolat the notorious Scandinavian trickster, Loki, gets a chance to tell his story. The tales of the Norse pantheon must float near the top of the reservoir of myth, so many writers and artists have made use of...
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