Mihir Wanchoo from Fantasy Book Critic has just posted his top titles of 2011. He lists his favorite novels and his favorite debuts, and The Winds of Khalakovo made the Top 10 Debut List! Here’s what Mihir had to say about Winds: 10) The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley P. Beaulieu – This debut was again by [...]
Today, I have some cool news and a humble request. First, The Winds of Khalakovo has been nominated for the David Gemmell Morningstar Award! The nominations aren’t complete, but I’m already in great company. Second, award season is upon us. This is the point where readers can nominate works of fiction for the Hugos and Nebulas. [...]
So, way back early last year, I mentioned that Winds had been sold to Proszynski Media in Poland. It came out this past September, but I never did receive my author copies. It turned out to be a snafu, and the publisher made sure I got my copies straight away. I finally had a chance [...]
The Winds of Khalakovo picked up a couple more nice mentions. First, it made Sneaky Burrito’s Best Books Read in 2011. Adventure Fantastic also made nice mention of Winds in its Four Publisher’s You Should Be Reading list. This is also notable since Night Shade Books takes second place for its excellent lineup of debut authors this year, [...]
The wonderful folks over at The Ranting Dragon have announced their Top 10 Debuts of 2011, and The Winds of Khalakovo made the cut! Again, I’m honored to be included in such a list. I’m starting to see a lot of the same usual suspects on these, like Douglas Hulick, Mark Lawrence, and Mazarkis Williams. [...]
So, knock me over with a feather… Pat over at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist has released his year-end awards, the Hotties, and The Winds of Khalakovo has earned one, The Rookie of the Year: Best Debut. And I’ve won another, The Most Promising New Voice award. I’m really honored and blown away by this. I was [...]
I was excited to see that The Winds of Khalakovo made The Mad Hatter’s Best of 2011 list! Now this is the long list, and I might be jinxing myself by talking about it, but I’m really honored to be considered among those other novels. You know, novels such as: Among Thieves by Douglas Hulick Seed by [...]
LEC Reviews just posted a nice retrospective and collects his “Best of” list for 2011. Winds gets a Notable Mention, which is wonderful considering the very worthy stories that are on the list. Exciting!
The Winds of Khalakovo recently hit Pat’s Fantasy Hotlists’s Top 10 Specfic Books for 2011. Pat wasn’t quite finished up with the review at the time, but it has now been posted to his site. The verdict? Highly recommended. Here’s a brief excerpt from the review: Truth be told, Bradley P. Beaulieu’s debut wasn’t on [...]
Today, there is a rather large smile on my face. The Winds of Khalakovo just made Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist’s Speculative Fiction Top 10 for 2011. Winds joins books by two of my heroes: C.S. Friedman and George R.R. Martin. And I’m certainly pleased (more than pleased. Way, way pleased…) to be among such august company [...]
Last week, Justin Landon over at A Staffer’s Musings, reviewed The Winds of Khalakovo, and shortly after, he asked if I’d like to do an interview with him. I said sure. My blog title is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but the questions were definitely challenging. We talked about the themes in Winds and where they came [...]
In a day apparently filled with reviews, there comes another. Phil over at A Fantasy Reader has just posted his review of The Winds of Khalakovo. Phil has an interesting grading style that I’ve not seen before, which gives the reader a decent idea of how well (or not) various aspects of the book worked, [...]
That’s Justin Landon’s take on The Winds of Khalakovo, which he recently reviewed in detail on his site: Staffer’s Musings. It’s one of the more in-depth reviews I’ve seen of Winds, particularly as it relates to the themes of the book. Justin is clearly well read, particularly in Russian literature, which is in some ways [...]
Aidan Moher invited me over to A Dribble of Ink for another guest blog. This was one I promised months ago but didn’t get to until now. Why did I take so long? Read it and see.
I’m headed to WFC in the morning, and I thought I’d post my schedule. I have only three things: Friday 2pm – Night Shade Booth – Autograph Signing Friday 4pm – Pacific 6/7 – Reading from The Straits of Galahesh, the second book in The Lays of Anuskaya Friday 8pm – Ballroom – Mass autograph [...]
Risingshadow gave Winds a whirl recently and just posted their review. My mood this morning? Well pleased. Here’s a brief excerpt from the review: Without a doubt one of the best fantasy debuts of 2011 (I can hardly wait to read the second installment of this series). It’s truly amazing how many excellent fantasy books [...]
The Qwillery is having a debut author challenge this year, and they graciously invited me over to participate. The interview I did with them just went live. Here’s a brief excerpt from the interview: TQ: Without giving anything away, what is/are your favorite scene(s) in The Winds of Khalakovo? Bradley: I’ll give the fan favorite and [...]
Cool news, everyone! Pat over at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist is running a giveaway for two copies of The Winds of Khalakovo! Check out the announcement for the details. Please spread the news, and good luck for those who enter!
A few months back, Night Shade pinged me about an opportunity to get on Suvudu’s Booked, a feature where they ask authors to share their favorite books with their readers. I sent in my post and more or less forgot about it. Well, it finally came out today. It’s pretty neat to be on Suvudu, [...]
Happy Birthday to Wichry Archipelagu, the Polish translation of The Winds of Khalakovo (my first translation ever!), which was released today. Through the wonder of the Chrome web browser and its translation abilities, I’m able to read translated Polish sites. A few reviews have already come out, and it looks like the book is receiving some [...]
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