Master of the World, Book 2 in my Worldshapers series from DAW books, is now available in mass-market paperback, for just $7.99 US/$10.99 CDN, from your favorite bookseller. You know you want it! Amazon U.S. | Amazon Canada | Indigo | Barnes & Noble | Penguin Random House | Indiebound Longlisted for The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic in the Young Adult Fiction category. …
The new On Spec 2026 trailer
On Spec 2026: New Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, the anthology I edited for Shadowpaw Press, now has a book trailer. Here it is: The road takes you under a bridge with no ramps. The …
The new Fireboy trailer
Fireboy, my middle-grade/YA modern-day fantasy from Shadowpaw Press, now has a book trailer. Here it is: “I knew things were getting weird when I saw my best friend’s face in the campfire. I didn’t realize …
The Fifth Magic is coming from Hapax Press
I’m pleased to announce that my fantasy novel The Fifth Magic will be published in 2027 by Hapax Press. I announced the news on November 5 during the Hapax Press livestream that closed out The …
Watch me sing “O Canada” at Government House
On July 1, I had the honour to lead the singing of “O Canada” at the Lieutenant Governor’s Garden Party at Government House in celebration of Canada Day. And here’s a video! Here I am …
Fireboy is a High Plains International Book Awards finalist
My young-YA/middle-grade fantasy Fireboy, already a finalist for Best Young Adult Novel in this year’s Aurora Awards and finalist for a 2027 Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award in the Northern Lights Division, has just been …
Sweeney Todd has come and gone
Had a great time being part of the cast of Regina Lyric Musical Theatre‘s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I played Fogg (the insane asylum keeper) and also sang in …
Tag: paperbacks
Master of the World now in mass-market paperback!
- By Edward Willett in Blog, Books, Featured in Slider, Writing and Editing
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August 3, 2020
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Things I Found in my Mother-in-Law’s House: 1930s paperbacks
- By Edward Willett in Blog
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June 8, 2010
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From the bookshelves in what is now my office, here are two examples of some of the earliest mass-market paperback books, 1940 printings of The Good Earth and Gulliver’s Travels in Pocket Book format. Cover art has come a long way since then, hasn’t it?
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