New Acquisition: Black Moon by Eugen Bacon

IFWG is proud to announce the acquisition of a collection of dark flash fiction by Eugen Bacon, each paired with gorgeous illustrations by Elena Betti, entitled Black Moon. “This is an opportunity we can’t miss,” said Gerry Huntman, Managing Director of IFWG. “This is an amazingly unique project, bridging literary, dark speculative fiction, and powerful…

News: Finalists in the Sir Julius Vogel Awards

We are ecstatic to have a number of our editors and authors’ works reach finalist status in the New Zealand Sir Julius Vogel Awards – the awards that recognise excellence in speculative fiction and fandom. We have worked hard to support our New Zealand authors, and the following finalists and their categories gives, we think,…

Cover Reveal: The Years of the Wolf by Craig Cormick

IFWG Publishing is delighted to reveal the cover of Craig Cormick’s historical mystery/speculative fiction novel, The Years of the Wolf. The novel is based on a true story and the photograph (photographer unknown) is taken from the same time and place as the title’s source material. Catherine Archer-Wills has done a spectacular job of converting…

New Signing: Drakeforth Series by Paul Mannering

One of the great pleasures for IFWG Publishing over recent years is to tap into the immense talent of New Zealand speculative fiction authors. We started with Jan Goldie, and followed it with Ali Foster and Barbara Howe. We recently acquired the rights to a novel by Kura Carpenter, and we have had a large…

IFWG Australia’s Mini-List of Speculative Fiction Christmas Books!

In the spirit of other social media bloggers showcasing Australian small-press speculative fiction for Christmas, here are some fantastic reads produced by IFWG Publishing Australia: Australian Authors Kings of Under-Castle, by Michael B Fletcher – a collection of short stories featuring two rogues, Pickel and Weasle, who live in the drains beneath the King’s castle. Their hilarious…

News: TOC For Forthcoming Star Quake 2 Anthology

We are pleased to announce that Star Quake 2 will be publishing in the next few weeks, and to give you a taste of what we are including, the following is our Table of Contents: A Man and His Parasite by Cat Rambo Fairest Fowl by J.B. Rockwell Born Again by Nu Yang Chinaman’s Bluff…

News: SFSignal Gives Star Quake 1 Media Exposure

We are very pleased that SFSignal, a prominent and Hugo Award-winning international speculative fiction fanzine, has continued to support SQ Mag. This time they have provided a prominent article with Star Quake 1’s table of contents. Support them, and encourage them to support us! The link is here.

New Title: Star Quake 1 anthology

We are proud to announce the release of Star Quake 1, SQ Mag’s Best of 2012. It was a long time coming but we are excited by the quality of production, as well as the stellar group of contributing authors, including Jay Lake, Gary McMahon, Daniel I Russell and The anthology is released in print,…

News: ‘Star Quake 1’ Revealed

As foreshadowed some time ago we will be publishing each year a ‘best of’ anthology of SQ Mag’s fiction. We are pleased to reveal the title: ‘Star Quake 1, SQ Mag’s Best of 2012’. The cover will soon be revealed, based on Jeff Doherty’s illustration of SQ Mag Edition 2 (1 May 2012), which we…