IFWG has had a long and fruitful relationship with the very talented Australian author, Steve Paulsen, including publishing a collection of his weird and dark fiction, Shadows on the Wall, as well as publishing some of his short fiction in flagship anthologies over recent years. It is with great pleasure that we can announce the…
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New Acquisition: Final Three Books of the Warriors of Vhast series by Cary J Lenehan
IFWG Publishing has had a strong association with Cary Lenehan, exclusively with his long-running epic fantasy series, Warriors of Vhast. Right from the beginning we were entranced with the world building he carried out, and the diversity of characters, associated (inexplicably, but with reason) with many real human cultures. This was and is his strength…
New Acquisition: The Irrawene Chronicles series by Rebecca Fraser
IFWG Publishing has two major lines of literature to its brand: adult speculative fiction, particularly on the darker side, and middle grade fiction, mostly for the 12 to 14 year age spread. We have had a long and award-laden record in middle grade fiction, such as the American Library Association Belpre Honor novel, The Smoking…
Bundle Offer: The Complete Reforging Series by Barbara Howe
IFWG has just released the final of Barbara Howe’s Reforging series, The Forge, and to celebrate this release, as well as the conclusion of this masterful young adult series, we are offering to ship the five books to purchasers, anywhere in the world(*), until the end of January 2022. What makes Howe’s Reforging so special…
New Release: The Forge by Barbara Howe
Today is the book-birthday, world-wide, of Barbara Howe’s concluding novel in her Reforging Series, The Forge. While ecstatic at the release of another wonderful young adult fantasy novel by Barbara Howe, and the continuation of her storyline in the Reforging series, it is also a sad occasion for us, as it is the conclusion and…
New Release: Heroes of Heresy by Paul Mannering
Today we have released, world-wide, Paul Mannering’s concluding novel in his Drakeforth Series, Heroes of Heresy. This has been a long and happy journey, where in 2017 IFWG bought the rights to the first two novels of Mannering’s series (which were previously published, Engines of Empathy and Pisces of Fate), and it included clauses to…
New Release: Mistification by Kaaron Warren
In April 2020 IFWG Publishing announced the acquisition of a significant number of works by Kaaron Warren, including three previously published novels (Slights, Mistification, Walking the Tree), an original middle grade novel (Morace’s Story), and a collaborative chapbook with Ellen Datlow (Tool Tales). Most of these works have now been published. We saw these acquisitions…
Landmark Sales: The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles
IFWG is very pleased to announce that as of October 2021, David Bowles’ middle grade fantasy, The Smoking Mirror (Book 1 of his Garza Twins Series) has exceeded 30,000 print sales in North America. This is on top of winning an American Library Association Honor (Belpre), and being picked up as elective text for a…
Cover Reveal: The Carbonite’s Daughter by Deryn Pittar
IFWG is very happy with the cover of The Carbonite’s Daughter, the YA Post Apocalyptic novel by New Zealand author Deryn Pittar. This novel is based on a short story (by the same name) that won the Story Quest Contest in 2014. Artwork is by the very talented Anthony Christou, and font work and design…
Cover Reveal: The Forge by Barbara Howe
IFWG is over the moon with the cover of The Forge, Barbara Howe’s last book in her five-part The Reforging YA series. All of the series’ covers were rendered and designed by the very talented Catherine Archer-Wills (UK based). We will reveal more about this upcoming title in coming weeks. The Forge will be released…
Cover Reveal: Mistification by Kaaron Warren
In an earlier posting IFWG revealed it had acquired the rights to Kaaron Warren’s Mistification, a dark urban fantasy previously published in 2011. With this new release, we have acquired the services of the very talented Vince Haig for the cover, and we are delighted by the result, one that complements his rendering of Slights…
New Release: The Stealthcat War
IFWG is excited to announce the world-wide release of Paula Boer‘s YA novel, The Stealthcat War, book 2 in her The Equinora Chronicles. “We are proud to release book 2,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “as it continues the story begun in The Bloodwolf War, and adds to the series’ wonderful world-building, in…
New Acquisition: Masters of Scent trilogy by Michael B Fletcher
IFWG is very pleased to announce the acquisition of Tasmania-based Michael B Fletcher’s fantasy trilogy, Masters of Scent. “We’ve had a long-association with Michael,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “as we had the pleasure of publishing his collection of fantasy short fiction, Kings of Undercastle. This time, we have a significant body of…
New Release: The Wildcard by Kathryn Hore
IFWG is very proud to announce the release in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and UK, Kathryn Hore’s debut novel, The Wildcard. It is also released world wide in ebook format, and the print release in North America will occur on 25 May 2021. This novel is a well researched, entertaining crime suspense thriller, centred, as…
New Acquisition: The Christmas Maze by Danny Fahey
IFWG is very pleased to announce the acquisition of Melbourne-based Danny Fahey’s middle grade novel, The Christmas Maze. “This acquisition,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “is a welcome addition to our young teen reader catalogue. Fahey’s novel is inspirational and we very much look forward to publishing it.” Danny Fahey works at Trinity…
New Release: Dispossessed by Piper Mejia
IFWG is very proud to announce the release in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and UK, Piper Mejia’s young adult urban fantasy, Dispossessed. Top genre New Zealand author, Lee Murray, says of Mejia’s work: “In this vivid and confronting YA thriller, Mejia reminds us that true monsters might be closer than we think. For anyone who…
New Two-Book Deal: The Salt Lines Duology by Nathan Burrage
IFWG is very pleased to announce the acquisition of Sydney-based Nathan Burrage’s two books that comprise The Salt Lines duology. “We were fortunate to sign up Burrage’s short fiction collection a few months ago,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG, “and we are now doubly-fortunate to pick up his historical fantasy manuscripts. This is…
Cover Reveal: The Stealthcat War by Paula Boer
It is with great pleasure that IFWG can now reveal the front cover of Paula Boer’s second instalment in her The Equinora Chronicles, The Stealthcat War. The spectacular cover art and design is by IFWG regular, Steve Santiago. When unnatural wildfires ravage the prairies, many of the horse herds and human clans are burnt. Precious…
March Release: Gathering the Strands by Cary J Lenehan
Gathering the Strands by Cary J Lenehan is part of IFWG’s ‘Uncaching the Treasures‘ campaign, and is the fifth novel in Lenehan’s Warriors of Vhast series. It was released world-wide on 1 March 2021 and the cover was once again rendered by the talented Catherine Archer-Wills. A few events have already taken place with respect…
February Release: Slights by Kaaron Warren
Slights by Kaaron Warren is part of IFWG’s ‘Uncaching the Treasures‘ campaign, and it is the only reprint in the event’s catalogue. IFWG has a long and fruitful relationship with Warren, beginning with the multi-award-winning The Grief Hole, and followed up by her collection, The Gate Theory. Apart from new Warren titles coming out in…
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