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Without Wax by William Walsh
Today, we are pleased to announce the release of three-time Pushcart nominee William Walsh’s debut novel, Without Wax. Interweaving traditional narrative with consumer profiles, faux interviews, court depositions, and a film script, this fictional biography provides an intriguing glimpse into … Continue reading
Author Events
Carol Fitzgerald’s Memo to Eliot Spitzer is very funny. And it’s so true! On to the upcoming author appearances: William Walsh, author of the forthcoming Without Wax, will be reading at the &Now Festival of Innovative Literature and Art on … Continue reading
Win a copy of Quid Pro Quo by Manna Francis
I hold in my hands the final printer’s proof of the second book in the Administration series, Quid Pro Quo by Manna Francis. This book contains the novella Quid Pro Quo, as well as the short stories Friday, Pancakes, Surprises, … Continue reading
It’s Small Press Month!
I am reliably informed that March is National Small Press Month here in the US, which should encourage American readers to give one or two of our titles a spin. Non-American readers, on the other hand, should be encouraged by … Continue reading
Miscellaneous News
For a limited time only, Harper Collins has made the entirety of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods available for free online. Now, we here at Casperian Books have been fans of Mr. Gaiman since he was a fanboy himself, but if … Continue reading
Review
William Walsh’s Without Wax, which is going to be released March 24th, got an excellent review from Blogcritics.org. Check it out!
Pimpin’
Paul Elwork has a short story called “Innisfree” up at Word Riot. Check it out!
The Chris Owen Lovefest
It’s Chris’ birthday today, and she takes her birthday very, very seriously, as do we. To celebrate, any copy of Adagio ordered through our website today, February 11th, by 11:59 pm Pacific time, will arrive in your mailbox accompanied one … Continue reading
Administration Series News
My father, who follows everything Casperian Books religiously, called me this weekend with the express purpose of chastising me for not posting (and possibly to pump me for inside information on future releases). As a result, I took some time … Continue reading
January Sales
From now until Sunday and/or while supplies last, you can buy any two Casperian Books titles for $25, any three Casperian Books titles for $30. This includes free shipping within the United States. For shipping to Canada add $5 to … Continue reading
Pimpin’
Our friend Roz Kaveney has a new book out in England (US release is scheduled for April), called Superheroes! Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Films. If you’re into comics, check it out! Roz is a wonderfully engaging woman, both … Continue reading
It’s an election year…
Dusk Peterson has nominated Mind Fuck in the science-fiction and fantasy category of the Preditors and Editors Readers’ Poll. Voting is open until midnight (GMT) on January 15th, 2008, and Manna and Casperian Books would of course appreciate any and … Continue reading
Queries
A lot of people spend many hours agonizing over the perfect query letter, crafting a hook that is certain to draw the reader in and make them want to read the sample, if not the entire manuscript. I’ve done this … Continue reading
Reviews
Hope everybody’s recovered from the festivities. We more or less made it and have come back from break suitably refreshed and ready to get cracking on… er, taxes, actually, but still. 2008 has been a rather good year for reviews … Continue reading
Happy New Year from London, England!
We hope it’s a good one for all our readers and authors!
Reading Recommendation
For the writers out there: if you somehow made it through high school and college without a close brush with Aristotle’s Poetics, I highly recommend that you read it now. There’s even a full digital version over at the Perseus … Continue reading
Timelines
One of the things I am pretty OCD about when editing is the timeline; specifically, sniffing out broken timelines and internal and external inconsistencies. For about half the manuscripts we select for publication (or at least seriously consider publishing), one … Continue reading
Behind the Scenes
Well, after 1 1/2 years, we have the first issue with our printer on our hands (at least as far as we know), in that we were sent a box of books that had serious print quality issues, such as … Continue reading
Not for the Faint-hearted
The Guardian’s book section currently has the passages shortlisted for the 2007 Literary Review Bad Sex Award up on its website. I’m not sure what to say other than that it’s given me an entirely new perspective on things. Also, … Continue reading
Evolution of a Cover
I’m still officially on vacation, but I did sneak onto the computer a few times this past week to put the finishing touches on a cover for one of our spring releases, and I thought it might be interesting for … Continue reading