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JB Interviewed on “I Should Be Writing”…

John Berlyne — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:00:39 +0000

When I was over in San Diego recently at the World Fantasy Convention, I got together with Mur Lafferty, author and the brains behind the I SHOULD BE WRITING podcast, a massively useful resource for aspiring authors and one that I am very happy to recommend and endorse.

The interview covers quite a lot of ground, including my thoughts on the current state of the market (especially here in the UK) and some advice on how to approach not just us here at Zeno, but any literary agent you might be hoping to interest. Enjoy!

Locus Online on Ian McDonald…

John Berlyne — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:12:31 +0000

Over at the LOCUS web site, there’s a fascinating Roundtable discussion going on all about the works of our client Ian McDonald (whom we reported recently had been nominated for this year’s Arthur C. Clarke award) with a number of learned folks taking part – including Ian’s US Editor, Pyr’s Lou Anders, authors Cat Rambo and Rachel Swirsky, editor and translator Fabio Fernandes and our very own web guru, moonlighting as a learned genre commentator Paul Graham Raven.

Roundtable: Ian MacDonald’s Developing Economies Stories

Ben Aaronovitch Signing…

John Berlyne — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:30:28 +0000

Our man Ben Aaronvitch sees his brilliant new novel RIVERS OF LONDON published next month by Gollancz. It’s also being released by Del Rey in the US under the title MIDNIGHT RIOT. With follow-up novel, MOON OVER SOHO, following in the spring and a third title WHISPERS UNDER GROUND soon to be delivered, January is thus the start of a very big year for Ben.

To celebrate the launch of Ben’s new series, he’ll be signing copies at London’s flagship Forbidden Planet store on January 15th, 2011 between 1pm and 2pm, so be sure to come along and grab a copy. Further details can be found here.

‘RIVERS OF LONDON manages to be fresh and original and a wonderful read. I loved it.’ — Charlaine Harris

‘A consummate story of real policing in a vividly real world intersecting the decidedly unreal to marvellous effect. Filled with detail and imagination, the quality of this achievement stands out, making Aaronovitch a name to watch.’ — Peter F. Hamilton

10 Rules on How to be a Writer

John Berlyne — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:41:39 +0000

I ran across this (see below next to the bullet point) in my feeds this morning – genre writer John C. Wright (author of nine books and numerous short stories) offers up his…

10 Rules on How to be a Writer

… wise, wise words and although perhaps less specific to submitting one’s material to an agent, he’s bang on the button in oh, so many ways. Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned wordsterlooking for a sale or an agent, take heed!

Iain Sinclair’s Official Unofficial Web Site

John Berlyne — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:39:44 +0000

Here’s a link to a really excellent web site dedicated to Iain Sinclair and his work. Iain has given his blessing to this instructive online resource which is run and maintained by Sinclair fan extraordinaire, Benedetto.

If you want up-to-date information on Iain’s public engagements, this is the place to visit…

Iain Sinclair’s Official Unofficial Web Site (Sanctioned by author)

Chris Schuler Reviews Hans Fallada…

John Berlyne — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:56:47 +0000

Chris Schuler recently had his review of Hans Fallada‘s novel Alone in Berlin (recently published in the Penguin Hardback Classics series in a new translation by Michael Hoffman) published in the Independent on Sunday (click through to read this review online.)

“It is June 1940. In a Berlin apartment, Old Persicke, a drink-sodden retired publican, and his ambitious Nazi sons celebrate the fall of France. Their quiet, middle-aged neighbours, Otto and Anna Quangel, have just learnt that their only child has been killed in that campaign. On the top floor, an elderly Jewish lady tries to make herself as inconspicuous as possible, while in the rear tenement, Emil Borkhausen, blackmailer and pimp, is sniffing around for a chance to turn a quick profit…“

Piers Bizony at this year’s Hay Festival…

John Berlyne — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:29:38 +0000

Space expert Piers Bizony, will be appearing at this year’s Hay Festival on Tuesday May 26th giving a lecture that “celebrates the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 with astounding images and and flight logs from the first manned mission to reach the moon.”

Details and online booking here.

NEW CLIENT – Colin Harvey

John Berlyne — Fri, 01 May 2009 14:57:00 +0000

We’re delighted to add British author Colin Harvey to our client list, representing him in the UK and British Commonwealth on behalf of Jenny Rappaport at The Rappaport Literary Agency in the US.

Colin has recently sold two books to Angry Robot, the shiny new genre imprint at HarperCollins headed up by Marc Gascoigne, and we were delighted to have been involved in steering the deal through. Congratulations Colin!

Here’s a link to Colin’s Blog in which he talks about Winter Song, his novel due to be published by Angry Robot in October 2009.

Submissions. For anyone wondering…

John Berlyne — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:42:27 +0000

… why we are still closed for submissions, or why we’re taking so long to get through stuff sent in before we closed, take a good, hard look at this article by Shawn Speakman entitled The Busy Agent that appeared on Suvudu today!

Chris Schuler’s New Blog…

John Berlyne — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:01:23 +0000

Chris Schuler has dropped us a line to tell us about the launch of his brand new blog, Notes in the Margin – “A new blog concentrating on books, publishing news, and literary anecdotes.”

Notes in the Margin can be found here.