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Guest Post: “Five Amazing Women in Ancient Rome” by Michael Livingston

Posted on December 4, 2015 13 Comments

Earlier this year, I was drawn to a historical fantasy called The Shards of Heaven by Michael Livingston. First of all, I love stories that blend historical elements with the fantastical, and second, I was thrilled to discover that one of my favorite historical figures, Cleopatra Selene II–only daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony–was a POV character […]

Guest Post: “Writing Crazy” by Michael R. Fletcher

Posted on November 24, 2015 16 Comments

Today I’m pleased to present a guest post from the one and only Michael R. Fletcher, author of Beyond Redemption and also Grandmaster of the Insane! *whispers* Trust me, folks, he knows what he’s talking about. Don’t believe me? Just get a load of his crazy post! And also don’t forget to check out his book, which is bar none the best […]

#RRSciFiMonth: Getting Our SciFi Game on With Brianna Shrum and Kristi Charish

Posted on November 18, 2015 16 Comments

Sci-Fi November is a month-long blog event hosted by Rinn Reads and Over The Effing Rainbow this year, created to celebrate everything amazing about science fiction! From TV shows to movies, books to comics, and everything else in between, it is intended to help science fiction lovers share their love and passion for this genre and […]

Getting Mystical: An Interview with Author Jason Denzel + MYSTIC GIVEAWAY!

Posted on November 6, 2015 9 Comments

***The giveaway is now over, thank you to everyone who entered!*** As you’d recall, last week I reviewed the charming coming-of-age fantasy novel Mystic, and as promised today we have a fantastic interview with author Jason Denzel as well as a giveaway opportunity. Jason was kind enough to stop by and chat about his new book, his […]

Guest Post: “Tough Traveling: The Good Thief” by Kristi Charish + Owl Series Giveaway!

Posted on October 22, 2015 27 Comments

***The giveaway is now over, thank you to everyone who entered!*** Today the BiblioSanctum is pleased to bring you all a very special edition of Tough Traveling, written by none other than Kristi Charish, author of the Adventures of Owl series about a plucky ex-archaeology grad student turned international antiquities thief. As the creator of this kick-ass […]

Guest Post: “Girls & Dragons” by Katherine Harbour

Posted on October 16, 2015 7 Comments

Today I’m excited to welcome Katherine Harbour to The BiblioSanctum to talk about an awesome topic! Katherine is the author of Thorn Jack, which I reviewed earlier this week. It is the first book of the Night and Nothing series which also includes the sequel Briar Queen and the upcoming Nettle King, due out next spring from Harper Voyager. * * * GIRLS & DRAGONS […]

An Interview with Stephen Aryan, Author of Battlemage

Posted on October 5, 2015 4 Comments

Today it is my pleasure to welcome author Stephen Aryan to the The BiblioSanctum to chat about his new fantasy novel Battlemage, on sale now from Orbit Books. Stephen is a lifelong reader of sci-fi and fantasy fiction as well as a big fan of comics, having co-hosted a comics and geek culture podcast since 2007 and speaking […]

Guest Post: “Characters and Choices: Games as Stories” by Brianna Shrum

Posted on September 25, 2015 4 Comments

Please join us in giving a warm welcome to author Brianna Shrum, who we invited to stop by today to talk about a hobby that means a lot to her. It just so happens this particular hobby means a lot to all of us at The BiblioSanctum too. Longtime readers of this blog are probably familiar […]

Nightlife Gets Bigger and Even More Frightening – An Interview with Author Matthew Quinn Martin

Posted on June 29, 2015 2 Comments

For Halloween of 2013, author Matthew Quinn Martin introduced us to the little town of New Harbor and the very frightening world beneath it–read my co-review with Mogsy here, and our first interview with Matthew here!) Now, his NIGHTLIFE series is expanding to bring you NIGHTLIFE: HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, a novella that I reviewed here, and the […]

Voice of Gold: An Interview with Award-winning Narrator Simon Vance

Posted on June 26, 2015 8 Comments

It’s no secret that we at BiblioSanctum are fond of audiobooks and the many narrators who bring those stories to life. It’s also no secret that one of our favourite narrators is the amazing Simon Vance, whose award-winning work encompasses almost a thousand different books over the past 30 years. We are thrilled that Mr. Vance […]