Will Starling Shortlisted for the Sunburst Award

Delighted to report that Will Starling has just been shortlisted for the 2015 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic.
Find out more at: www.sunburstaward.org/2015-sunburst-shortlists

Starred Review for Will Starling from Publishers Weekly...

publishersweekly.com/978-1-58642-230-1

Will Starling heads South

And the first U.S. review of Will Starling just arrived, in advance of the February 2015 U.S. launch...

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ian-weir/will-starling/

Will Starling is a rollicking thrill-ride

And some days -- the really good days -- you wake up to a review like this one, in The Globe and Mail:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/ian-weirs-will-starling-is-a-rollicking-thrill-ride/article20805909/#dashboard/follows/

Will Starling: It’s all very ’orrible, and a lot of fun

Will Starling doesn't officially launch until Sept 23, but I'm delighted to say that The Vancouver Sun's review is already out in the world:

 

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/Will+Starling+very+orrible/10199444/story.html

Scaling the mountain

So the excellent folks at Quill & Quire asked me to write a piece about my approach to writing historical fiction. Well, I said, the key is not to MSU...
http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/2014/09/11/ian-weir-on-scaling-the-mountain/