Hi there Friends & Members

HERE'S HOPING THAT YOU AND YOURS ARE HAVING A PEACEFUL AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON! XXX

For those of you who have popped into the website over the holidays, you've probably noticed that there's no Longlist poll as yet. Worry not! For 2013 the DGLAs will be being presented later in the year at the World Fantasy Con in Brighton (October) - so this means we've pushed our timetable back a bit - the longlist polls will appear once…

Who better than Schwarzenegger for Druss (old)

Paul Bettany as the priest

and Sean Bean as the Earl of Bronze

Get these guys get huge Hollywood funding and a great movie.....!!

This year’s David Gemmell Awards For Fantasy were presented tonight in a ceremony held at London’s Magic Circle headquarters.



The winners were:

Ravenheart Award (best cover art): Raymond Swanland - Blood of Aenarion

Morningstar Award (best debut): Helen Lowe - Heir of Night

Legend Award (best novel): Patrick Rothfuss - The Wiseman's Fear



For further details, or to request photos of the ceremony, please…

I'm heading off from Scotland to the 'Big Smoke' tomorrow, along with Christine. Looking forward to the event and meeting those of you who are coming along on the night. Was happy to see so many Fan tickets requested this year - I'm sure it's what DG would have wanted - it makes the Ceremony a special coming together, rather than an official 'industry' do (much as we love them too!)

Don't forget that you can still email in a bid for any of the auction events as Christine will…

Do you fancy champagne & nibbles at London’s prestigious ‘MAGIC CIRCLE HEADQUARTERS’ – to meet your most beloved Fantasy authors? And... just possibly... get to admire large, and potentially lethal weapons?! (‘Snaga’ & the ‘Swords of Night & Day’)

You do? So, would you like to join us on 15^th June in London for this years  ceremony for the ‘David Gemmell Legend Awards’? Of course you would! *Even better, if you’re successful in the…

[GARETH] I’d like you to about why you chose fantasy as a genre to write in and who your influences have been...

Elspeth Cooper, ‘Songs of the Earth’

I’ve been asked that question – or one very much like it – dozens of times. The short answer is: I didn’t. I…

Hail Mighty Readers,

Earlier tonight at Eastercon, Debbie Miller, alongside Joe Abercrombie and Juliet E McKenna announced the shortlist for this years David Gemmell Legend Award: 

Legend Award

The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie

The Wise Mans Fear - Patrick Rothfuss

Blood of Aenarion - William King

Alloy of Law - Brandon Sanderson

Black Veil - Kristen Britain





Morningstar Award

Prince of Thorns - Mark Lawrence

Among Thieves - Douglas…

Happy Easter everybody! Here are the...

DGLA SHORTLISTS FOR 2012:

LEGEND:

THE WISE MAN’S FEAR – Patrick Rothfuss

BLACK VEIL – Kristen Britain

THE ALLOY OF LAW – Brandon Sanderson

THE HEROES – Joe Abercrombie

BLOOD OF AENARION – William King

MORNINGSTAR:

PRINCE OF THORNS – Mark Lawrence

AMONG THIEVES – Douglas Hulick

THE…

Please tell us a bit about why you chose fantasy as a genre to write in and who your influences have been...

Bradley P Beaulieu: - The Winds of Khalakovo 

 I've been reading fantasy practically since I learned how to read. I came across ‘The Hobbit’…

All this mediocer literature and there is no mention of the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne! The funniest thing I have read since I read Spike Milligans war books 30 years ago.

These books are also so close to the truth. Read them, you may be surprised, ;-)

And while I'm at it what about "The Night Angel Trilogy" by Brent Weeks?

* Dros has contacted all the MORNINGSTAR Nominees and invited them to write a short Blog post for us. He asked them all  why they chose fantasy as a genre to write in and who their influences have been. They have all replied I'm happy to say, and so, it gives me GREAT pleasure to introduce our first 'Morningstar' (and Member here on site!).... take it away, Mark...…

I am having trouble emailing you, I don't know if this is due to my stupidity or Gmails; anyway I would love to help with the reviewing should you still need anybody.

Love your work

David

Would you like to write a short review of any of the LEGEND or MORNINGSTAR novels? This year, I am planning to send out the reviews to all our Members in a Bulletin (like this one) as they come in. Also, the review will be on the website of course... I know some of you have been patiently waiting to…

BARGAINS TO BE HAD! To clear some space in my office (!) I’m selling off many of last year’s Long-listed titles – I’ve decided to just do the paperbacks to start with, as they are lighter and less bulky to post (and I have to lug them to the Post Office!) All of the…

Not long until Nominations close for next year's DGLAs.

Publishers who have Nominated so far:

TOR UK

HARPER COLLINS AUSTRALIA

GOLLANCZ (still awaiting their LEGEND Noms, but have given their RAVENHEARTS)

BLACK LIBRARY

TRANSWORLD

ORBIT UK…

Spoiler Alert:

The Tyranny of Talin is only a three part series which begins with a bang, it has intrigue, adventure, and a constant thrill ride from beginning to end.

It tells the tale of four travelers and how they are mixed up in the grater scheme of things, its basically about the them but there's so much more than meets the eye.

A peace treaty was formed over a century ago and it's up to Cole and the dark counsel to keep the peace…

Hi there, everyone

You may have noticed that the site has been somewhat quieter than usual over the past few months. Sadly, this has been due to ill health on my part as I battled through chemotherapy. It's proved difficult to sit at my desk and look at the computer for ages, as I used to! However,…

In this year alone I've authored two new books 'The Tyranny of Talin' and 'Dark Alliance: Hell Dragon'.

The first one is the beginning of a fantasy trilogy and the other is a collection of horror stories. Besides the books I'm also known as an actor, extra, screenwriter and now a Director since I'll be directing a fan fiction film called Star Gate: Origins.

For those unlucky enough to have missed the event last night, the winners are announced here in the press release:

Hail Mighty Readers,

For those unable to attend the award night, we didn't want you to miss out.  So download the PDF here and have a look, you can bid on lots and the best way to do so is to contact Christine at:

christineharrison_007@hotmail.com

Or place your bids on our Facebook page,…