Just in case you haven’t already put a big ‘X’ on your voting slip for Conjuring The Infinite, here’s chapter 1 so you can read why you should. Enjoy! CONJURING THE INFINITE by Kirkland Ciccone chapter 1 CONJURING THE INFINITE by Kirkland Ciccone chapter 1 Vote KIRKLAND CICCONE for Catalyst Book Award 2014!
Nothing author Janne Teller will be speaking at HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s largest philosophy and music festival, this May in Hay-on-Wye. Janne will join Hilary Benn and Thomas Dichter to debate whether foreign aid is perpetuating poverty, speak on whether the web needs a democratic revolution and debate whether distance is irrelevant to moral responsibility. (For…
Wolfie by Emma Barnes announced a winner of the Fantastic Book Awards
No, despite the alliterative overload, we haven’t been invaded by tabloid headline writers! We won’t always post our media releases, but we thought you might enjoy some of the quotes in this one. Media release Kirkland Ciccone’s debut novel Conjuring The Infinite, published by Strident, has been shortlisted for the 2014 Catalyst Book Award for…
Sam Wilding’s eco thriller Windscape is being used by a number of schools running combined literature+eco projects. A neat example of cross-curricularism! (Made up word? Probably!)
We’re delighted that Kirkland Ciccone’s brilliant debut Conjuring The Infinite is one of 4 books shortlisted for the 2014 Catalyst Award. Kirkland’s novel will be rubbing shoulders with titles by some big names: Kevin Brooks, Charlie Fletcher and Sarah Mussi. And it thoroughly deserves to be. And if you’re lucky enough to meet Kirkland, you’ll…
But fear not, author David MacPhail has this beast under control! As a special World Book Day treat, a few lucky pupils in both towns were given a sneak preview of David’s debut, Yeti on the Loose. David was last seen being tape-measured by young readers keen to know how tall a yeti is compared…
The BBC recently unearthed a portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Portraits are often more propaganda than true representation, and few leaders have been more romanticised than Charles Edward Stuart, figurehead for the Jacobite Uprising of 1745 . On 4 March we’re publishing For The Good of the Cause, Seán Damer’s brilliant fictionalised account of the events behind…
Scottish Book Trust have listed Icefall – the fourth book in Gillian Philip‘s acclaimed Rebel Angels series – as one of the dozen Scottish books to look forward to in 2014. It’s out on 18 March…just enough time to read Firebrand, Bloodstone and Wolfsbane if you haven’t already…or re-read them if you have! Click here to…
Kirkland Ciccone‘s debut novel Conjuring The Infinite has been lauded in the Daily Record newspaper, with the reviewer concluding, ‘I thoroughly enjoyed it and will recommend it to all my friends.’ We love it too. If Janne Teller‘s Nothing,or Gillian Philip‘s Bad Faith are your cuppa, Conjuring The Infinite will be right up your street.…
Action man and adventurer Matt Cartney used his expert map-reading skills to find Craigroyston recently. Read all about it in this North Edinburgh News blog… Matt Cartney enthralls Craigroyston
It be International Speak Like a Pirate Day t’day, me hearties. Which be the ideal day to be bringing out some scribblings entitled Pyrate’s Boy. They be the workings of an E B Colin, they be. And ye can find ’em in all good bookshops, priced 5 whole pounds and 99 of the little bits…
…you’re in for a big surprise. Because Kirkland Ciccone has been signing copies of Conjuring The Infinite, his YA novel. Run and you might just catch one on either the Strident or ‘Signed’ shelves in the festival’s bookshop.
Janne Teller‘s stunning novel Nothing has topped this list of top recommendations in The Guardian, with a spot-on summary from Skillig author David Almond. We’re not surprised it’s been chosen. It’s an astounding (life-changing?) novel. Ironcically, it’s actually about everything. The meaning of life and all that. To celebrate, we’ve released a very small parcel of signed copies into the book trade. You…
Matt Cartney, the intrepid author of the Danny Lansing Adventures series, is at it again. Follow his motorbike journey to Russia…all in the name of research for his next novel. Matt Cartney’s blog on his Russian research adventure
Sam Wilding‘s Windscape title has been chosen as a key part of the ‘Sustainability’ section of the ‘Leafing Through Natural Scotland’ exhibition at Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden. Windscape is an adventure thriller for ages 9/10+. It is already widely used in schools to promot discussions about different sources of energy. The backdrop to the book is a move…
Conjuring The Infinite author Kirkland Ciccone will be donning a Viking helmet and heading to Largs for the 2013 Tidelines Book Festival, which runs 31 Aug to 8 Sep. More info as soon as we know the precise date and time. Why the helmet? Because the book festival runs at the same time as the Largs…
Janne Teller’s NOTHING is a huge international bestseller. This short clip tells you all you need to know about this modern classic. A brief introduction to NOTHING/NADA by Janne Teller
Previous Catalyst Award-winner Linda Strachan on tour with her incendiary new novel Don’t Judge Me….Linda Strachan visits North Lanarkshire’s Caldervale High School
Watch: Trailer for The Sons of Rissouli and Red, White & Black by Matt Cartney. Action-packed adventure-thrillers.
Watch: Rebel Angels trailer – Firebrand, Bloodstone and Wolfsbane. Also watch: the trailer for Bad Faith, Gillian‘s murderously sinister dystopian satire.
Watch it here: Trailer for the novels of Linda Strachan
Magick, madness and murder. They’re all coming this May. It’s going to be one of the books of the year. And here’s the man behind it all. Watch: Conjuring The Inifite…the trailer
Click to watch the brand new trailer for the hilarious LEE series…Lee novels trailer
See the great new trailer here! Includes previously unseen artwork. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8HT5gBVgdM&feature=youtu.be
We gave the cover of Kirkland Ciccone’s Conjuring The Infinite it’s first outing yesterday. We love the intricate artwork by Lawrence Mann and thought we’d share it with you. Look closely: the title is full of clues about the novel. And what a novel this is. Stylish and full of surprises. We think you’ll love…
This week it’s Bristol’s turn to be entertained and educated by Sam Wilding, with Ayrshire, Northern Ireland and Berwickshire to follow in the next few weeks. There’s great interest in this page-turning adventure from Sam. It’s partly the intrigue of the plot and the quality of the storytelling, but it’s also because it’s backdrop is the sometimes controversial subject of wind…
If you’ve been watching the Addicted to Pleasure TV series presented by Brian Cox (the actor, not the astrophysicist) and have enjoyed all the historical aspects (such as how Glasgow thrived on the importation of sugar from the Caribbean, we have a treat for you later in the year. Can’t say more yet at present,…
Gillian Philip’s Firebrand is about to take North America by storm as Tor publish it on their adult fantasy list. And what a treat awaits readers across the Atlantic as Conal, Seth and their fellow Sithe ride into their lives.
Most Strident titles are now available in ebook format, with more to follow shortly.