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Voyager Con 2021

We’re thrilled to announce VoyagerCon 2021, a festival of events exploring the worlds of fantasy and science fiction, taking place on 10th and 11th September 2021. All events will be held virtually and tickets are free. If you’d like to attend both days you’ll need to register for both a… Read More

Our top picks for your 2021 TBR pile

Setting your reading resolutions for 2021? Determined to lose yourself in more incredible fantasy this year? Never fear, Voyager is here to share some of the incredible books we are publishing this year. From your favourite bloodthirsty authors to enchanting debuts, there’s something for everyone*.  *BEWARE: this blog and the… Read More

Celebrating kick-ass women in fantasy!

Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate one of the greatest days of the year, we’ve pulled together a selection of kick-ass women in fantasy, from teenage witches and ambitious knights to ace assassins and resistance leaders. Even better, this is a list of fantastic fantasy written by… Read More

The ultimate Valentine’s Day fantasy…

. . . no, not that. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we’ve selected some of the sauciest titles on our list for you to #StartYourVoyage with this February, whether you want a slow-burning love/hate romance or pure fantasy filth. The choice is yours. Nevernight –… Read More

Our top picks for your 2020 TBR pile

It’s that time of year to make plans for the next 12 months. Setting a Goodreads challenge, adding yet more books to our TBR pile and wildly speculating about which incredible books we’ll be reading in 2020. With so many amazing fantasy and sci-fi series out there (as proven by… Read More

Introducing Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron

When I sat down to write Kingdom of Souls many years ago, I was terrified. Growing up, I desperately searched for characters in books who looked like me and was always disappointed to find none. I loved reading stories where kids saved the world, tamed dragons, wielded magic, flew… Read More

Welcome to Rilpor, please enjoy the stabbing! by Anna Stephens

On 5 September 2019, the third book in my Godblind Trilogy will be published. Godblind, Darksoul and Bloodchild chart the story of an epic, world-changing and god-killing war of conquest and religious zealotry, not just between the neighbouring kingdoms of Rilpor and Mireces, but between the Gods… Read More

The End of a Trilogy by Anna Smith Spark

Five years ago I sat down and started writing a scene of violence. Men in the desert. Heat. Sunlight. Battle. A hero with a terrible flaw in him. A story emerged, fully formed, pouring itself out of me, a whole world and its history there in my head, love and… Read More

The Wild is Rising by Peter Newman

If you’ve read book 1 (aka The Deathless) then you’ll know what to expect: lurking demons, floating castles, immortals reincarnating into the bodies of their descendants, magical winged power armour, and the occasional five-legged dog. There are lots of different inspirations for the series, from Avatar: The Legend of… Read More

A Beginners Guide to Vinterkveld, a Fantasy of My Own Making

Worldbuilding in fantasy and science fiction is a huge part of the genre. Every book or series introduces a reader to a new set of rules, such as, dragons exist in this world, or some people are born with magical powers. The mundane details are just as important as the fantastic ones. Is this… Read More

Bonus scene from The City of Brass

Read an exclusive bonus prologue scene to the bestselling The City of Brass, the first book in the spellbinding Daevabad Trilogy, out now in paperback. The second book in the series, The Kingdom of Copper, has just been released in hardback.   Muntadhir “Dhiru.” A hand shook his shoulder. Read More

Politics in Fantasy: A Guide for New Writers by Gerrard Cowan

There’s a lot that goes into worldbuilding – geography, magic, culture…. But one thing looms over all of this: politics. The extent to which this is true depends very much on the book in question. In my books – the well-reviewed and very reasonably priced The Machinery Trilogy – politics… Read More

The inspiration for Coldmaker by Daniel A. Cohen

COLDMAKER came out of two burning desires (pun intended). First and foremost, I very much wanted to explore a societal structure where the currency had a high inherent value, instead of just an assumed value. Basically I wanted to explore the barter system on steroids. I wanted the reader to… Read More

The Forever Ship extract

Ahead of the paperback coming out next month we have a thrilling extract from Francesca Haig’s The Forever Ship – the final instalment in the enthralling Fire Sermon Trilogy…   PROLOGUE And so it did end in fire, after all: the flame bursting from its white centre. The blast opening… Read More