Two new reviews of Blue Fire, my stand-along young-adult fantasy penned as E.C. Blake and published by Shadowpaw Press, came along within twenty-four hours of each other this week, and both were very positive! Aurealis Magazine is a long-running Australian science-fiction magazine. Writing in Issue #141, reviewer Clare Rhoden says, in part: “This novel reads …
Official description of The Tangled Stars
The Tangled Stars, my far-future humorous space opera coming out from DAW Books in October, has now officially appeared on the Penguin Random House Canada website, which means this is the official blurb. No cover …
Complete Masks of Aygrima trilogy now available in audiobook format
It’s taken a while, but Faces, the third book in the Masks of Aygrima triolgy, is coming out in audiobook firnat to join the audiobooks of the first two, Masks and Shadows. All are produced by Recorded …
Star Song and The Worldshapers shortlisted for Aurora Awards
I’m pleased to announce that I’m a finalist for two Aurora Awards this year. Star Song is a finalist for the Best Young Adult Novel Award, while my podcast, The Worldshapers, is a finalist, for …
Kickstarter for Shapers of Worlds Volume III succeeded!
Each of the past two years I’ve successfully Kickstarted an anthology featuring authors who were guests of my Aurora Award-winning podcast, The Worldshapers, where I talk to other science fiction and fantasy authors about the …
Shadowpaw Press Reprise open for submissions of previously published work
But even before that, I’m open to submissions for Shadowpaw Press’s Reprise imprint of rights-reverted, previously published books by authors who (like me) may have had novels or nonfiction orphaned by the collapse of one …
Now available: Shapers of Worlds Volume II
Shapers of Worlds Volume II, the anthology I Kickstarted earlier this year featuring short fiction by authors who were guests during the second year of my Aurora Award-winning podcast, The Worldshapers, is now available pretty …
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Literary Titan calls Worldshaper “a mesmerizing story”
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July 15, 2020
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There’s a great new review of Worldshaper from Literary Titan, which gives it four out of four stars. Some highlights: “Worldshaper by Edward Willett is an exciting supernatural adventure story that builds on a unique premise to deliver a mesmerizing story…one of the most unique setups to a story that I’ve read this year…we get to …
Master of the World makes Sunburst Award longlist
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June 8, 2020
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I’m pleased to announce that Master of the World, Book 2 in my Worldshapers series from DAW Books, has been named to the longlist of the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Master of the World is on the list in the Young Adult Fiction category, the same category Worldshaper was …
The Worldshapers podcast an Aurora Award finalist again for Best Fan Related Work
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May 8, 2020
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I’m very pleased to announce that my podcast, The Worldshapers (“Conversations with science fiction and fantasy authors about the creative process”) has, for the second year in a row, been nominated for the Aurora Award for Best Fan Related Work–an award it won last year! (That’s the very nice trophy in the photo.) The Aurora …
Master of the World shortlisted for Fiction Award, 2020 Saskatchewan Book Awards
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Writing and Editing
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February 15, 2020
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The shortlist for this year’s Saskatchewan Book Awards, honoring the best books by Saskatchewan authors, was announced Friday, and I’m thrilled to be able to tell you that Master of the World, Book 2 in my Worldshapers series from DAW Books, has been shortlisted for the Fiction Award, sponsored by Muslims for Peace and Justice. This is the second year …
An interview with me from the Saskatchewan Writers Guild newsletter, Freelance
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January 8, 2020
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The latest issue of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild newsletter, Freelance, features this interview with me… What drove you to science fiction writing? Like most writers of science fiction and fantasy, I became interested in it because it was what I read. I have two older brothers, both of whom read in the genre, so those …
Some recent interviews and reviews
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Writing and Editing
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October 22, 2019
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There have been several recent interviews with me, and some nice new reviews of Master of the World. Follow the links! I read a sample from Master of the World on the Sample Chapter podcast Lisa Timpf reviews Master of the World on The Future Fire Way Too Fantasy gives Master of the World 4/5 stars Christie Stratos interviews me for The Writers Showcase videocast …
Booklist calls Master of the World “highly amusing…fun…great”!
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Giveaways, Writing and Editing
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August 1, 2019
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Hard on the heels of a great Publishers Weekly review for Master of the World, Book 2 of my Worldshapers series for DAW Books, comes another terrific review, this one from Booklist: Reviewer Emily Whitmore writes: “Watching Shawna navigate and understand the Verne world is highly amusing and fun for readers familiar with his oeuvre. …
Worldshaper long-listed for Sunburst Award for best YA novel!
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Writing and Editing
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June 12, 2019
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My novel Worldshaper (DAW Books) has been long-listed for this years Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, in the Young Adult Fiction category. (A bit of a surprise since it wasn’t published as YA, but it’s YA-friendly.) I’m very pleased! The full press release listing all the long-listed works is below–congratulations …
I’m the next Saskatoon Public Library Writer in Residence!
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Featured in Slider, Writing and Editing
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June 5, 2019
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I’ve known about this for a while, obviously, but it just became official today with the sending out of a press release by the library. Which I humbly (or, possibly not-so-humbly) copy below: SPL announces Edward Willett as 2019/20 Writer in Residence One of Saskatchewan’s most prolific authors, Edward Willett, is looking forward to sharing …
The Worldshapers podcast is an Aurora Awards finalist!
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June 1, 2019
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My podcast, The Worldshapers (“Conversations with science fiction and fantasy authors about the creative process”) is a finalist for this year’s Aurora Awards (honouring the best in Canadian science fiction and fantasy), in the Best Fan Related Work category (a first for me!). Lots of great work nominated in all the categories–check out the complete …
“A startlingly good book of poetry for teens…a gem!”
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Poetry, Writing and Editing
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May 2, 2019
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A great review of my collection of fantastical poetry, I Tumble Through the Diamond Dust, illustrated by my niece, Wendi Nordell, is now online, after previously appearing only in print in Resource Links, which reviews books for school libraries. Exerpts… “In April 2016, Saskatchewan’s then–poet laureate Gerald Hill sent members of the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild …
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