Tag Archives: flyleaf books

The Hardest Part: Lawrence M. Schoen on Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard

Posted on 2016-01-22 by montsamu

Author Lawrence M. Schoen is a busy man. When he’s not holding court as one of the world’s foremost experts on Klingon, or adding new Conroyverse stories featuring everyone’s favorite oxygen-producing buffalito (think: miniature genetically-engineered buffalo the size of small … Continue reading →

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Coming to Town: Adam Christopher for Made to Kill at Flyleaf Books, interviewed by Mur Lafferty

Posted on 2015-11-10 by montsamu

New Zealand-born British novelist Adam Christopher (Empire State, The Burning Dark, Seven Wonders, and Hang Wire) is making a rare US appearance at Chapel Hill’s Flyleaf Books this Saturday [Facebook] to read from his forthcoming novel Made to Kill, which begins his new “L.A. Trilogy” from Tor … Continue reading →

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The Hardest Part: Alexandra Duncan on Sound, ahead of her appearance this Sunday at Flyleaf Books

Posted on 2015-10-09 by montsamu

Asheville author Alexandra Duncan’s new novel Sound is the stand-alone companion to her award-winning novel Salvage, a debut that internationally bestselling author Stephanie Perkins called “kick-ass, brilliant, feminist science fiction.” But I believe my interest was piqued when it was being … Continue reading →

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Coming to Town: Paul Tremblay for A Head Full of Ghosts at Flyleaf Books, interviewed by Richard Dansky

Posted on 2015-07-22 by montsamu

Interview by Richard Dansky: With A Head Full of Ghosts, Paul Tremblay has catapulted himself into the front rank of American horror authors. Born in Colorado but currently residing in Boston, Tremblay teaches AP Calculus by day and then unleashes … Continue reading →

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Coming to Town: Darin Kennedy for The Mussorgsky Riddle, at Flyleaf Books this Sunday

Posted on 2015-06-05 by montsamu

As I wrote in the intro for his The Hardest Part essay: “Charlotte “doctor by day, novelist by night” Darin Kennedy‘s debut novel, The Mussorgsky Riddle, is squarely right up my alley. “The Great Gate of Kiev” (part of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at … Continue reading →

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Coming to Town: Marie Brennan for Voyage of the Basilisk, at Quail Ridge Books and Flyleaf Books, with Mary Robinette Kowal

Posted on 2015-05-11 by montsamu

Fantasy author Marie Brennan is on tour for Voyage of the Basilisk, the third novel in her Memoirs of Lady Trent series which began with the World Fantasy Award nominated A Natural History of Dragons. Once again, she’s touring with fellow fantasy novelist Mary … Continue reading →

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Coming to Town: Fred Chappell for “Familiars”, interviewed by Warren Rochelle

Posted on 2014-12-08 by montsamu

This Wednesday at Quail Ridge Books marks the first of three Triangle-area readings for North Carolina’s own Fred Chappell. While I personally know his work best for his short speculative fiction (particularly his “shadow” stories in F&SF) he has enchanted readers … Continue reading →

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The Hardest Part/Coming to Town: Beth Revis on The Body Electric

Posted on 2014-10-16 by montsamu

North Carolina author Beth Revis achieved fantastic critical and commercial success with her Across the Universe series, a young adult science fiction trilogy about “a love out of time and a spaceship built of secrets and murder” that has been … Continue reading →

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Coming to Town: Marie Lu for The Young Elites at Flyleaf Books, interviewed by Sharon Stogner

Posted on 2014-10-06 by montsamu

This Wednesday (October 8th) Chapel Hill’s Flyleaf Books welcomes Marie Lu, the bestselling author of the Legend trilogy, for her new young adult novel The Young Elites, out tomorrow from Putnam Juvenile: “Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A … Continue reading →

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Coming to Town, belated edition: Lev Grossman at Flyleaf Books for The Magician’s Land

Posted on 2014-09-06 by montsamu

Lev Grossman was recently in the Carolinas for a stop on his tour for The Magician’s Land, which debuted on the NY Times bestseller list at #1. At a “standing room only” event at Flyleaf Books, he talked about The Magicians and The Magician King, … Continue reading →

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