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Thank you to everyone who came out to the Bookstore at Fitgers in Duluth, MN for a packed book signing! Copies of HOLD and SUMMER LOVE went off to so many good homes, and the pictures can only capture a fraction of the love.
All the appreciation to Fitgers, @interludepress, and all the folks who helped spread the word. You all deserve many pride flags and piles of chocolate.
Signing in Duluth, MN
Hi friends!
Join me in the Bookstore at Fitgers in Duluth, MN from 6:30-8:00 pm on Monday, June 19th. I’ll be signing copies of HOLD, which was chosen for the Tofte/Wright Children’s Literature Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. Plus, I’ll have copies of SUMMER LOVE, an anthology of LGBTQ YA short stories.
I hope you can make it! Let’s celebrate Pride with a pile of beautiful books!
Congratulations, Pene Henson!
Congratulations to author Pene Henson, whose novel Into the Blue has won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance! To celebrate, both the print and eBook editions of Into the Blue and Storm Season are currently on sale for 25 percent off at the IP Web Store! Congratulations, Pene!
Are you coming to Teen Day at the RT Booklovers Convention this Saturday? Here’s where to find me!
11 am- 2pm: Giant Book Fair, row #18
3:00 - 3:45 pm: Geeks, Fangirls, and Nerds
4:00- 4:45 pm: Humble Beginnings: Your Favorite YA Authors Share Their Teen Writing
See you soon!
Meet IP Authors at Spring Cons & Book Fests
It’s convention and book festival season, and your chance to meet IP authors across the country. We’ll be updating this list as more appearances are announced.
WonderCon (March 31, Anaheim): Not Your Sidekick author C.B. Lee in author signing area and on panel.
LA Times Festival of Books (April 22-23): C.B. Lee and Erin Finnegan (Luchador, Sotto Voce) will be in the California LGBTQ Authors booth (#967).
Rainbow Book Fair (April 29, NYC): Participants to be announced.
RT Booklovers Convention (May 1-7, Atlanta): The largest meeting of IP authors this year will be available for signings at the Giant book fair May 5th, including: Charlotte Ash, Killian B. Brewer, Lynn Charles, Alysia Constantine, Rachel Davidson Leigh, Julia Ember, Erin Finnegan, Pene Henson, C.B. Lee, Carrie Pack, Lissa Reed, Jude Sierra, Laura Stone, and Lilah Suzanne.
Asheville Zine Fest (May 7): Carrie Pack (Grrls on the Side, In the Present Tense) and F.T. Lukens (Broken Moon series) will be signing their books.
BookCon (June 3-4, New York): Details TBA.
American Library Association Annual Conference (June 22-25, Chicago): Visit Interlude Press in the Diversity Pavilion.
I’ll definitely be rocking a few panels and parties at RT, so come say hello! I’m putting together an epic raffle prize for the Giant book fair, and I will happily exchange cookies for high fives.
Radical by E.M. Kokie Retail Price $17.99 Deal Price $2.99 Expires 3-31-17
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Determined to survive the crisis she’s sure is imminent, Bex is at a loss when her world collapses in the one way she hasn’t planned for. Preppers. Survivalists. Bex prefers to think of herself as a realist who plans to survive, but regardless of labels, they’re all sure of the same thing: a crisis is coming. And when it does, Bex will be ready. She’s planned exactly what to pack, she knows how to handle a gun, and she’ll drag her family to safety by force if necessary. When her older brother discovers Clearview, a group that takes survival just as seriously as she does, Bex is intrigued. While outsiders might think they’re a delusional doomsday group, she knows there’s nothing crazy about being prepared. But Bex isn’t prepared for Lucy, who is soft and beautiful and hates guns. As her brother’s involvement with some of the members of Clearview grows increasingly alarming and all the pieces of Bex’s life become more difficult to juggle, Bex has to figure out where her loyalties really lie. In a gripping new novel, E. M. Kokie questions our assumptions about family, trust, and what it really takes to survive.
Just a few more days to get RADICAL for only $2.99!
This book is FANTASTIC and available for a steal. If you like your queer MCs complex, memorable, and (often painfully) true to life, you do not want to miss this opportunity.
Rachel Davidson Leigh’s “Hold” Wins Literary Award
Congratulations to author @racheldavidsonleigh, whose 2016 debut novel Hold has won the Tofte/Wright Children’s Literature Award.
Hold was one of eight books singled out in the Wisconsin Writers Awards , sponsored each year by Council for Wisconsin Writers to highlight the best in literature by the state’s authors.
The Arthur Tofte/Betty Ren Wright Children’s Literature Award is given to the Best Children’s Book published by a Wisconsin-based writer in the previous year.
To celebrate, Hold is now on sale for 25 percent off at the IP Web Store through April 2. Congratulations, Rachel!
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It’s funny and heartbreaking and hopeful and shines such light on grief and friendship and young hearts falling in love.
So incredibly well-deserved! This book is a treasure!
I am utterly speechless with joy. Wisconsin has an incredible writing community and it is an honor just to be included in their fine company. Thank you to the entire IP editing/publicity/emotional support crew that made this possible and to everyone who woke me up with the best facebook messages EVER.
From queer superheroes to sci-fi.
“Fans of queer sci-fi adventure, this is the series for you. Start at The Star Host and plow right on through Ghosts and Ashes in one go. Told in Lukens’ no-nonsense prose, this story will draw you in and not let go.”
F.T. Lukens’ Broken Moon series is available from the IP Web Store and other online book retailers.
FLASH SALE ON LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDS FINALISTS!
Congratulations to authors Pene Henson and C.B. Lee, who this morning were both named finalists for Lambda Literary Awards for their novels Into the Blue and Not Your Sidekick!
We’re celebrating by taking 25 percent off all titles by Pene and C.B. at store.interludepress.com through Friday, March 17th! No discount code needed.
Hold in the Twin Cities
On Saturday, February 18th, I got to read to a wonderful audience at Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis, MN. Thanks to Misty Fritz, Claire Torrey, and Allison Winkler for the photos; to Moon Palace for welcoming me in; and to the whole crowd for making the Q&A such a joy. You are gems, one and all.
COMING SOON FROM DUET BOOKS
Space Operas! Mermaids! Riot Grrrls!
We have a lot of Young Adult fiction in the works this spring and summer (and more to be announced soon) from Duet Books!
Ghosts & Ashes: The second book in F.T. Lukens’ Broken Moon series is set three months after the events of The Star Host, and Ren is living under the watchful eyes of the Phoenix Corps, fearing he’s traded one captor for another. His relationship with Asher fractures, and Ren must return to his home planet if he has any hope of regaining humanity. There, he discovers knowledge that puts everyone’s allegiance to the test. March 9th release. Available for pre-order now. $16.99 print / $6.99 multiformat eBook
The Seafarer’s Kiss: Julia Ember draws on Norse mythology and puts a distinctly feminist twist on her retelling of The Little Mermaid Tale. After rescuing the maiden Ragna, mermaid Ersel realizes the life she wants is above the sea. But when Ersel’s suitor catches them together, she must say goodbye or face brutal justice from the king. Desperate, Ersel makes a deal with Loki and is exiled as a result. To fix her mistakes and be reunited with Ragna, Ersel must outsmart the God of Lies. May 4th release. Available for pre-order now. $15.99 print / $6.99 multiformat eBook
Grrrls on the Side: Carrie Pack’s modern historical is set in 1994 and alternative is in—except for high schooler Tabitha Denton. She is uninterested in boys, lonely, and sidelined by former friends. When she picks up a zine at a punk concert, she finds an escape—an ad for a Riot Grrrl meet-up. There, Tabitha discovers herself, love, and how to stand up for what’s right. June 8th release. Available for pre-order soon. $15.99 print / $6.99 multiformat eBook
Want to curl up with a good love story? Treat yourself to our Valentine’s Day 30 percent off discount! Use code LOVE at checkout Sale starts NOW.
A couple weeks ago, on a phone call with my editor, I expressed my struggle with feeling creative, with wanting to talk about superfluous, creative things (IOW, promote this book) while it felt lik…
Everyone, in between gasping breaths of activism and resistance and downright horror at what’s going on in our country and world, is beginning to recognize and take heed of self-care. It’s something many of us need to hear–the importance of stopping, stilling, reflecting and soaking in the good things in life.
They’re still there, the good things. In today’s blog post over at lynncharles.net, I talk about my own forms of self-care, and more interesting to readers, I’m sure, how my characters take care of themselves. The complications of their lives are many. Even fictional characters need an evening beneath the stars to find balance again.
An excerpt from the post:
Even Adrian, at five years old, has methods to find calm, to sort out all of the things that confuse him, that frighten him, that make him question if the adults in his life really know what the hell they’re doing. Spoiler alert: they don’t, but they sure try hard. Adrian pulls out blank paper and crayons and gets to work. He builds on paper, he destroys on paper, and he rearranges good and bad, right and wrong on paper.
What do you do? How are you taking time for yourself when you just cannot call your representatives one.more.time? When you want to connect with your friends on social media, but digging through the political noise ramps up your anxiety?
Beneath the Stars, coming to you Feb. 16, is now available for pre-order at the IP web store.
Enter to win a free e-book package, and a $25 gift certificate to @interludepress, or a free print copy by entering the giveaway at goodreads.
What an appropriate day to take delivery of galleys of a feminist retelling of a classic fairy tale.
Coming in May 2017: “The Seafarer’s Kiss” by Julia Ember
The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember
Having long-wondered what lives beyond the ice shelf, nineteen-year-old mermaid Ersel learns of the life she wants when she rescues and befriends Ragna, a shield-maiden stranded on the mermen’s glacier. But when Ersel’s childhood friend and suitor catches them together, he gives Ersel a choice: say goodbye to Ragna or face justice at the hands of the glacier’s brutal king.
Determined to forge a different fate, Ersel seeks help from Loki. But such deals are never as one expects, and the outcome sees her exiled from the only home and protection she’s known. To save herself from perishing in the barren, underwater wasteland and be reunited with the human she’s come to love, Ersel must try to outsmart the God of Lies.
About the author:
Julia is a polyamorous, bisexual writer and native of Chicago who now resides in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she spends her days enmeshed in the book trade and her nights penning fantasy novels. An avid traveler since childhood, her explorations inspire the worlds she creates. The Seafarer’s Kiss is her second novel after Unicorn Tracks (Harmony Ink Press) and was influenced by her postgraduate work in Medieval Literature at The University of St. Andrews. It is also responsible for her total obsession with beluga whales.
Connect with Julia Ember at julia-ember.com.
Cover art and design by C.B. Messer.
From Duet Books for YA fiction. Find it on Goodreads.
Now Available for Pre-Order: “Ghosts & Ashes” (Broken Moon II) by F.T. Lukens
A game of allegiance.
Summary
In Book Two of the Broken Moon series, three months have passed since the events of The Star Host, and Ren is living aboard the Star Stream under the watchful eyes of the Phoenix Corps. Plagued by vivid nightmares that ravage the ship in his sleep, he struggles to prove he isn’t a threat and fears he has traded one captor for another. His relationship with Asher, whose efforts to balance his personal loyalty to Ren with his professional duties to the Corps are failing, fractures.
Adrift without an anchor, Ren must return to his home planet of Erden if he has any chance of reversing his dangerous descent into madness. There, he hopes search for his missing brother and salvage his relationship with Asher. What he finds is knowledge that puts everyone’s allegiance to the test.
Price: $16.99 print / $6.99 multi-format ebook Release Date: March 9, 2017 Details: Trade paperback, 6"x9" Pages/Words: 258 // 73,600 ISBN: 978-1-945053-18-4 print // 978-1-945053-31-3 ebook US/Canada: If you purchase the print edition of Ghosts & Ashes before March 9, 2017 from the IP Web Store, you will automatically receive the multi-format eBook for free with your order. International: Order the print edition by May 9, 2017 from your favorite book retailer and receive free multi-format eBook by submitting a copy of your receipt to [email protected].
About the Author
F.T. Lukens is an author of Young Adult fiction who got her start by placing second out of ten thousand entries in a fan community writing contest. A sci-fi enthusiast, F.T. loves Star Trek and Firefly and is a longtime member of her college’s science-fiction club. She holds degrees in Psychology and English Literature and has a love of cheesy television shows, superhero movies, and writing. F.T. lives in North Carolina with her husband, three kids, and three cats.
Her first novel in the Broken Moon series, The Star Host, was published by Duet Books in 2016.
Connect with author F.T. Lukens at authorftlukens.wordpress.com, on Twitter @ftlukens, and on Facebook at facebook.com/ftlukens.
Cover art by C.B. Messer.
A Smart, Fast-Paced, and Passionate Novel: My Review of The King and the Criminal
Title: The King and the Criminal (The Heart of All Worlds series: Book Two)
Author: Charlotte Ashe (@charlotteashe)
Publisher: Interlude Press (@interludepress)
Purchase links: Publisher / Amazon
When I got the opportunity to review The King and the Criminal, I was nervous. The first book in the series, The Sidhe, meant so much to me. It was hard to imagine even the most capable sequel measuring up to my— rather unfair— anticipation.
Oh me of little faith.
This sequel lives up to the original and, beyond that, it builds on Ashe’s already dynamic world, to reveal characters and relationships I couldn’t have imagined as compelling in their own right. This is a smart, fast-paced, playful, and passionate book, that exists easily as its own adventure and, yet, left me begging for book number three. The novel is built on several intertwined narratives, all of which kept my interest and overlapped in ways that were both satisfying and unexpected. Here are a few of my favorite things:
The Revelations: The central romance takes place between two characters, Tash and Firae, that we already met in book one. Both already existed as complex characters, but I loved watching them emerge from the supporting-character shadows to earn the spotlight. By the middle of the novel, it felt as though I had gone on a journey with former acquaintances only to discover that they had become my friends. Tash has become my second favorite character in the entire series, and I did not see that one coming.
The Investment: At its best, fantasy and scifi are vitally important, not just because of their artistry, but also because they give readers a new perspective on our own social and political moment. As an author, Ashe has a gift for letting her stories and characters remain relevant without didacticism. Her art asks important questions about the nature of justice, fundamentalism, and entrenched communal fear. She puts our world up to a mirror without losing the narrative escapism we also love about fantasy. After all, who wouldn’t rather think about religious persecution in a story full of sexy elves?
Brissa: *insert heart-eyes gif* This one isn’t deep. I just really, really like this character. She’s funny, dynamic, badass, and thoroughly unique. If Tash was my second favorite character, Brissa wins the whole game. There’s a moment toward the end of the book (you’ll know it when you get there), when I actually cheered for her. Out loud. And yes, I was in public. She rocks and I can’t wait to see her again in book three.
