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Tag Archive: Bestwick

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I Believe in Father Christmas

Posted by Chris on December 23, 2011 at 20:31
Posted in: Awards, Book News

Just a shameless plug to link to my all-time favourite Christmassy-song, and the only one I can realistically listen to:

Greg Lake

Just one snippet of news before closing-down for the Christmas weekend: two chapbooks ("Angel of Silences" and "Legend of False Dreaming") have been nominated in the chapbook category in the This is Horror Awards. Splendid!

And that's it, for now. I hope you all have a great time with your family and friends this weekend.

Take care.

EBooks

Posted by Chris on November 7, 2011 at 20:01
Posted in: Book News

Well, I suppose it was inevitable that Pendragon would need to embrace the new publishing revolution that is electronic books… though at the moment we're only talking PDFs – in time, these will become full-blown and proper formatted mobi publications.

Just two chapbooks are available at the moment – with permission from the authors – and priced at the very reasonable £1 each.

More will be added in due course, all depending on whether or not the respective author wishes to pursue their own e-publishing deal of course.

Once the forthcoming e-only sequel to Nasty Snips is ready, then it will reside here.

The Places Between: reviews which slipped through…

Posted by Chris on June 12, 2011 at 15:59
Posted in: Book News, Reviews

Simon did tell me, but my memory has more leaks in it than a colander with very large holes. Anyway, this is his review of Terry Grimwood's fabulous debut novella which is also long-listed for the British Fantasy Novella Award.

In addition, a review by Nathaniel Tapley of In the Gloaming who rather liked We Fade to Grey:

"The collection as a whole feels, in the best possible way, grim. No one gets out of it alive. Or at least, if they do, they’re bleeding heavily. . . This is British horror, and a great book, from an exciting small press."

And, another review of We Fade to Grey from Matthew Fryer:

"[S]ets the bar high from the off and doesn’t pause for breath. . . All five authors weave genuine human pathos with blood and don’t then go and spoil everything with a happy ending. Brilliant. Grab one while you can."

(. . . and it is also available has a limited edition, signed by all contributors.)

Electronic Editions

Posted by Chris on February 12, 2011 at 22:50
Posted in: Book News, General

Well, after some thought and a few comments online and offline, I've decided to offer the first two chapbooks – The Red House by David J Thacker and Angels of the Silences by Simon Bestwick – available has PDF electronic editions for the princely sum of £1.

Essentially, this will work thus: you purchase and then I will personally e-mail the PDF to you. At the moment it isn't automatic, though if I am online when your order comes through then you will pretty much receive the document within minutes.

Of course, you don't need an e-reader to view these e-books since being a PDF file then they can be read on any PC with the right software installed (and the official Adobe reader is free of charge).

Needless to say, please do not e-mail your copy of the PDF to your friends, family or colleagues: these are still protected by copyright, and to be quite frank, a pound will not break the bank.

Proofs and Percentages

Posted by Chris on February 4, 2011 at 10:27
Posted in: Book News, General

Picked up and approved earlier the proof copy of Angels of the Silences and, with luck, should be mailing the first batch of copies to those who purchased next weekend. And, just discovered that popCult! is available with 25% off at thebookdepository. Don't care where you buy, just buy a copy! :)

Chapbooks ago-go

Posted by Chris on January 13, 2011 at 20:32
Posted in: Book News, General

You may have noticed that I have uploaded the new cover image for Simon Bestwick's new chapbook – well, it is finally about to go to print, and the same designer (Neil Williams who did such stunning work on Gary McMahon's chapbook "What they hear in the dark" for Spectral Press) is also working on Toiya Kristen Finlay's The Legend of False Dreaming.

If this is the standard of work, then I foresee a string a books with a Neil Williams' credit.

Again, you can pre-order this for just £3… or, if you'd like to order a copy of the limited hardback of We Fade to Grey (which features Simon's Ellen Datlow-selected story "The Narrows") then you will receive a copy gratis!

In addition, anyone who orders a copy of New Writings in the Fantastic, will also receive a free copy of Toiya Kristen Finlay's chapbook.

Post-FCon 2010

Posted by Chris on October 1, 2010 at 20:24
Posted in: Book News, Conventions, General, Reviews

The annual shin-dig in Nottingham for all fans of the fantastic has been and gone; a pilgrimage of drunken nonsense, curry and books. There are more than enough reportages on the interweb from those who attended, most if not all I've come across all say the same thing: great weekend, too much to drink, not enough sleep… here's to next year.

Doesn't take a genius to know that the current financial status quo has taken hold, but thankfully I did manage to sell a few books – a heartfelt thanks to you, one and all! :)

In other news, apologies to all who have pre-ordered Angels of the Silences and The Legend of False Dreaming – alas, the printer I was going to use has fallen so I'm looking elsewhere and with luck copies should be available very soon. In actual fact, one idea I am contemplating is taking this process in-house so to speak…

Between last posting, a couple of reviews have surfaced – most notably, Des Lewis' "real-time review" of Terry Grimwood's The Places Between – unfortunately, I cannot easily take quotes from it so you'll need to read it in full!

In addition, M F W Curran has posted a review of Gareth L Powell's Silversands:

"… [A] thoroughly accomplished piece of writing… sits proudly on my bookshelf with other acclaimed genre authors (Dick, Bradbury, Baxter, Banks etc)… And you know, Gareth L. Powell doesn’t look out of place amongst them."

That's it for now… back to the process of publishing, with Kingston to Cable lined-up for publication very soon.

FCon Publication Update

Posted by Chris on August 4, 2010 at 7:42
Posted in: Book News, Conventions

With a scant month to go, the original big launch at the FantasyCon weekend was to be Gary Greenwood's Kingston to Cable – after some deliberation due in no small part to financial constrants, this will be now pushed forward into October which frees up space and resources to reduce the Triquorum publication pile. Not sure if anyone remembers, but I've decided to turn each individual acceptance into a single chapbook publication, and come September you will be able to check out Simon Bestwick's Angel of the Silences along with The Legend of False Dreaming by Toiya Kristen Finlay.

Apart from those two, I've also brought forward Terry Grimwood's debut novella The Places Between which I've been meaning to publish for ages – not just for the story, but also the superb cover art by Ben Baldwin (click on the thumbnail for the full-size):

Pre-ordering details will be added swiftly.

In addition, the winner of the July free book giveaway is Tara Noble also from across the Pond – she wins a copy of Feral Companions; at the end of this month, one lucky winner will receive a copy of New Writings in the Fantastic.

On a closing note, and something which I briefly touched upon earlier, it must be said this year so far has been tough; always thankful to all the loyal customers who have continued to purchase books. Despite these tough times, I am looking to the future and with a little luck October will see one or two changes – moreso in an effort to offer more for your hard-earned.

If you're reading this, and you have any comments or insights into what you would like to read, then please do get in touch: always welcome feedback, since it does feel at times to be working within a vacuum, with little interaction apart from the occasional Convention.

Anyway, enough of my warbling; keep checking the site, and if you are at FCon then tap me on the shoulder and if I'm close to the bar then I'll buy you a drink (of course, if a hundred of you turn up then I may have to ration it slightly…)

(By the way, been meaning to add this… Pendragon Press does have a group page on Facebook, if you're interested of course!)

Bestwick Cheer!

Posted by Chris on April 28, 2009 at 20:27
Posted in: Awards, Book News

From Simon Bestwick:

I heard this morning from Ellen Datlow. She's selected "The Narrows" for her Best Horror of the Year 2008 anthology.

Just scroll down a little and you can read said novelette/novella (which is also one of three long-listed in the novella category for the British Fantasy Award).

:))

Do you have an issuu?

Posted by Chris on April 9, 2009 at 20:50
Posted in: Awards, Book News

I've only recently dabbled with this new site, so hopefully this link'll work, but click here to view the special edition of We Fade to Grey in Issuu format. Any problems, you know where I am…

Well, it didn't work… so I took each individual novella and converted them individually to Issuu:

Heads

The Mill

The Narrows

These files will be deleted once voting is completed. Enjoy. :)

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