A few days ago in our Australian imprint we stated that while we are a specialist children’s and adult speculative fiction publishing company, we can’t ignore work of excellent quality. Especially when the writer is an existing author with us. We are very pleased indeed to have acquired the rights to publish Louis K. Lowy‘s…
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New Signing: The Years of the Wolf by Craig Cormick
IFWG Publishing Australia is almost exclusively a publisher of children’s and speculative fiction. Every once in a while we come across something special and not quite in our normal publishing line, and something we can’t say no to. Such is the case with Craig Cormick’s The Years of the Wolf. The novel is a based on a…
New Release: The Locksmith by Barbara Howe
As foreshadowed in recent posts, IFWG Publishing is pleased to announce the release tomorrow of our third New Zealand title, the young adult fantasy novel, The Locksmith, by Barbara Howe. This is the first in a five part series, ‘Reforging’, and for those of you who will read Book 1, you will definitely be impatient for future instalments….
Expansion in Africa
We recently announced our partnership with a printer in New Zealand (via our IFWG Publishing Australia site) to allow us to effectively distribute our titles there. With great pleasure we can now reveal that we have arrangements in Nigeria to print and distribute Biola Olatunde‘s extensive catalogue of IFWG novels locally. Biola has a very…
News: The Grief Hole Wins Best Horror Novel Category in 2016 Aurealis Awards
We in IFWG are over the moon on just now finding out that Kaaron Warren‘s The Grief Hole has won the Best Horror Novel category in the 2016 Aurealis Awards. Congratulations to all the winners, all the short listed work, but special congratulations to Kaaron on her award. The judges stated that The Grief Hole “…is…
News: Printer Partnership in New Zealand
After some time, including negotiation, IFWG Publishing Australia is very pleased to announce forming a partnership with a New Zealand printer: Print House Ltd, based in Hamilton. We have had a long association with excellent writers and editors in New Zealand, and have already published work by New Zealanders Jan Goldie (author) and Frances Hutt (artist/illustrator)…
News: Cthulhu: Deep Down Under publishing rights acquired
We are very excited by this acquisition – a while back Christopher Sequeira, Bryce Stevens and Steve Proposch (respected dark fiction editors) put out a boutique title called Cthulhu: Deep Down Under, an anthology that acquired Mythos-based stories from many of Australia’s dark fiction luminaries. The excellent front cover is directly below. The acquisition encompasses the…
News: The Rejects by Ali Foster
Ali Foster’s The Rejects (Book 1 of the Ginomees Trilogy) has been published and will be released for sale on 1 May 2017 through all good online print and ebook stores, worldwide. Additionally, IFWG Publishing is finalising a printing deal in New Zealand so that print copies can be distributed locally without prohibitive overseas printing/shipping/import taxes overheads. The…
News: The Grief Hole Wins Australia’s Premier Horror Literature Award
It is with pride and joy that we can announce that Kaaron Warren‘s The Grief Hole has won the Best Novel category of the 2016 Australian Shadows Awards – Australia’s (and beyond) most reliable awards for quality horror and dark fiction. The Grief Hole was a special project for the IFWG team, and a great deal…
Sneak Preview: The Rejects by Ali Foster
IFWG Publishing (Australia and International) prides itself for its juvenile and young teen titles, and recently we have won some significant adulation in this field – The Smoking Mirror‘s ALA Belpre Award honor title comes to mind, as well as the Brumbies series. Keeping this in mind, and also adding our significant effort to have a strong…
New Signing: Shadows on the Wall collection by Steven Paulsen
It is with great pleasure that we announce the acquisition of publishing rights to Steven Paulsen’s dark and weird collection of short stories, Shadows on the Walls. The collection contains stories from award winning anthologies, as well as original fiction. Original cover and internal art will be supplied by the Hugo and Oscar Award winning artist,…
News: Cary Lenehan at AICon in Hobart, Tasmania
5-6 March saw the annual Tasmanian event of AICon in Hobart. It was a fun, largely anime-oriented event with lots of cosplay. Cary Lenehan went along to promote the second book of the Warriors of Vhast series, ‘Engaging Evil’. Within a few minutes of the doors opening 3 books had been sold to people who…
Forthcoming Release: The Gate Theory by Kaaron Warren
IFWG Publishing Australia is pleased to have acquired worldwide print and digital book rights for Kaaron Warren’s short story collection, The Gate Theory. “This collection attracted much-deserved rave reviews when it was published in 2015, and when we heard that its rights were available, we jumped for it,” Gerry Huntman, Managing Director IFWG Publishing Australia…
New Signing: Last Year, When We Were Young by Andrew J McKiernan
IFWG Australia is very pleased to announce the acquisition of Andrew J McKiernan’s collection of dark short stories, Last Year, When We Were Young. This work was first published in 2014, and with this signing, we will be supplementing what is already very good with additional stories and rich illustrations by the author. The collection will be…
Book Launch: To Dream, by Louis K Lowy
Louis K. Lowy’s Jan. 28 book launch of To Dream, book one of his science fiction thriller Anatomy of a Humachine drew a packed crowd to South Florida’s iconic Books and Books. He was introduced by noted author, John Dufresne. Lowy familiarized the attendees to the novel’s most prominent characters through short readings from the book. Two question…
Book Release: Numen! by Biola Olatunde
We have been waiting quite a while, and now we are proud to announce the release of the last of the Numen Yeye series, Numen!, by Biola Olatunde. The first book, Numen Yeye, was published in 2013, and the second book, Rose of Numen, in 2015. Now the series is complete and we cannot be happier….
Two-eBook Bundle: Psi Wars! series by Vincent L. Scarsella
Kindle book buyers will now see Vincent L Scarsella‘s Psi Wars! series bundle on Amazon sites at a special price for the first two books. IFWG Publishing Australia will release the third, much-anticipated instalment in 2017. For young teenagers, or those who are young at heart, you will not be disappointed in this science fiction/fantasy adventure series!…
Two-eBook Bundle: Zeke Hailey series by Ian C Douglas
Kindle book buyers will now see Ian C Douglas‘ Zeke Hailey series bundle on their sites at a special price for the first two books. IFWG Publishing Australia will release the third, much-anticipated instalment in Q1 2017. For young teenagers, or those who are young at heart, you will not be disappointed in this science…
Book Release: Return to the Psi Academy by Vincent L Scarsella
It is with very great pleasure that we announce the title release, Return to the Psi Academy by Vincent L Scarsella, book 2 in the middle grade futuristic fantasy series, Psi Wars! This book has been a while coming, but we know that the many fans of the series will be wringing their hands and…
Christmas Discount: Brumbies Series
Australian Buyers Only IFWG Publishing Australia has dropped nearly $15.00 from its normal discount offer for purchasing the entire 5 book Brumbies Series trade paperback bundle. For only AU$94.95 IFWG Publishing will ship the 5 books to any Australian shipping address. We will maintain this offer into the New Year but orders will need to be…
