19, Feb
“The fear receded. It didn't disappear. It lurked in the shadows, its claws hooking into passing thoughts and twisting them, turning them from their purpose to its own. He held it back. It was the hardest fight of his life.”
The Red Plains (G R Matthews – that’s me!)
10, Jan
I have no idea if you will have any reason to visit this page again after the auctions are finished, so I guess this is where I should say my thanks. First of all, I would like to thank all one-hundred authors who made this possible. Without them this wouldn't exist, and I'm not sure I could ever pay back the favor.
Special thanks to:
Michael Miller, the very first of the 100 who agreed to pledge a book.
Laura M Hughes, whom without this wouldn't be half as grant as it is.
Mark Lawrence, the first bestseller to join us (and therefore attracting more), and the one who held the First Auction.
Ben Galley, who held the Second Auction.
Finally, I would like to thank everyone who supported our Fundraiser, either by sharing or donating. We have raised a total of $4.351 for MSF, and that's thanks to you.
Now, I shouldn't hold you any longer, so back to the winners: Firstly, I should announce that Dyrk Ashton won both the "Hardcover Proof copy of Senlin Ascends" and the "Original Drawing of the Map for the Senlin Ascends hardcover edition" offered by Josiah Bancroft to the highest bidder of the last donating night, with a total donation of $210.
The winners of our lottery, are:
~1st Winner~ Paul Shepherd (1/100 - 10/100)
01) A. Stuart Williams ~ Rat-A-Tat: Short Blasts of Pulp
02) Dominick Murray ~ Red Season Rising
03) Martin Owton ~ Exile
04) R B Watkinson ~ The Cracked Amulet
05) Stephen Aryan ~ Battlemage
06) Teresa Frohock ~ Los Nefilim
07) Steve Mchugh ~ TBA
08) Anne Nicholls ~ Music From the Fifth Planet
09) Edward Cox ~ The Relic Guild
10) Jane Johnson ~ TBA
~2nd Winner~ Adam Guasch-Melendez (11/100 - 20/100)
01) Nathan Boyce ~ Ascent of the Unwanted
02) James A. Moore ~ TBA
03) Dale Triplett ~ Halcyon's Wake: Faith
04) Steven Kelliher ~ Valley of Embers
05) Zachary Barnes ~ Avengarde
06) Will Panzo ~ The Burning Isle
07) Kenny Soward ~ TBA
08) Jenn Stark ~ Getting Wilde
09) Brian Lee Durfee ~ TBA
10) Brian Barr ~ TBA
~3rd Winner~ Marc Rasp (21/100 - 30/100)
01) Tom Toner ~ TBA
02) K. A. Krantz ~ Larcout
03) Charles Phipps ~ TBA
04) Betsy Dornbusch ~ Exile
05) T L Greylock ~ The Blood-Tainted Winter
06) Juliana Spink Mills ~ Heart Blade
07) Josiah Bancroft ~ Senlin Ascends
08) D. Thourson Palmer ~ Ours Is the Storm
09) Blair MacGregor ~ TBA
10) Django Wexler ~ TBA
~4th Winner~ Jeff Wooliscroft (31/100 - 40/100)
01) T.o. Munro ~ The Medusa's Daughter
02) Victor Milán ~ The Dinosaur Lords
03) Rob Hayes ~ It Takes a Thief to Catch a Sunrise
04) Julia Knight ~ Swords and Scoundrels
05) Wade Garret ~ Genesis
06) Laura M Hughes ~ Danse Macabre
07) GR Matthews ~ Silent City
08) Brian O'Sullivan ~ Fionn: Defence of Rath Bladhma
09) Olivier Delaye ~ The Forgotten Goddess
10) Benedict Patrick ~ They Mostly Come Out At Night
~5th Winner~ Adrian Selby (41/100 - 50/100)
01) Tom Gaskin ~ Search of the Lost
02) Adrian Tchaikovsky ~ TBA
03) Gary Compton ~ TBA
04) Graham Austin-King ~ Fae - The Wild Hunt
05) Sammy HK Smith ~ In Search of Gods and Heroes
06) Charles F Bond ~ TBA
07) Elspeth Cooper ~ Songs of the Earth
08) Steven Poore ~ Heir to the North
09) Simon Morden ~ Down Station
10) Susan Boulton ~ Hand of Glory
~6th Winner~ Carole-Ann Warburton (51/100 - 60/100)
01) Richard Morgan ~ TBA
02) Andy Remic ~ TBA
03) Laura Lam ~ Pantomime
04) Peter McLean ~ Drake
05) Al Robertson ~ TBA
06) Lucy Claire Hounsom ~ Starborn
07) Ben Jeapes ~ Time's Chariot
08) Kate Coe ~ Green Sky & Sparks
09) Joanne Hall ~ TBA
10) J.P. Ashman ~ Black Cross
~1st Auction Winner~ Heine Fjellhaug (61/100 - 80/100)
01) Mark Lawrence ~ The Wheel of Osheim
02) Daniel Potter ~ Off Leash
03) Michael J. Sullivan ~ Age of Myth
04) David Benem ~ What Remains of Heroes
05) Anthony Ryan ~ The Waking Fire
06) Aderyn Wood ~ The Raven
07) Daniel Polansky ~ TBA
08) Phil Tucker ~ The Path of Falames
09) Emma Newman ~ Between Two Thorns
10) Amanda Bouchet ~ A Promise of Fire
11) Jen Williams ~ TBA
12) Ulff Lehmann ~ Shattered Dreams
13) Luke Scull ~ TBA
14) Sue Tingey ~ Marked
15) Anna Smith-Spark ~ The Court of Broken Knives
16) Timandra Whitecastle ~ Touch of Iron
17) Christian G. Cameron ~ TBA
18) Dyrk Ashton ~ Paternus
19) Myke Cole ~ TBA
20) Mazarkis Williams ~ The Emperor's Knife
~2nd Auction Winner~ Rich Craft (81/100 - 100/100)
01) Marc Turner ~ Dragon Hunters
02) Elena May ~ Kingdom of Ashes
03) Peter Newman ~ The Vagrant
04) Stan Nicholls ~ Orcs: Forged For War
05) Sebastien De Castell ~ Traitor's Blade
06) Snorri Kristjansson ~ Swords of Good Men
07) Deb E Howell ~ Healer's Touch
08) Brandon Draga ~ The Summerlark Elf
09) Mitchell Hogan ~ A Crucible of Souls
10) Vic James ~ Gilded Cage
11) Michael Miller ~ The Dragon's Blade: The Reborn King
12) Courtney Schafer ~ The Whitefire Crossing
13) Afe Smith ~ TBA
14) Jonathan French ~ The Grey Bastards
15) Robert Brockway ~ The Unnoticeables
16) Michael R. Fletcher ~ Beyond Redemption
17) Dave de Burgh ~ TBA
18) James Downe ~ Grim Drifts of Sand & Fate
19) Ben Galley ~ TBA
20) Scott Oden ~ A Gathering of Raven
All winners should contact me on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with their personal info.
Booknest's Fabulous Fantasy Fundraiser is a charity project between Readers and Writers.
One hundred Authors have pledged a signed and dedicated copy each, which you can win by joining (donating) our lottery, or later, our auctions. The money that we will manage to raise will then be donated to Doctors Without Borders (aka Médecins Sans Frontières).
UPDATE: It's over! We raised a total of $4.351 for MSF. You can find the lottery and auction winners here: RESULTS & WINNERS
There may not be any more prizes, but if you still want to donate, you can still do so by clicking on the below picture:
The 100 amazing authors that pledged a book to our cause are (in alphabetical order, sorry Zachary):
A. Stuart Williams ~ Rat-A-Tat: Short Blasts of Pulp
Aderyn Wood ~ The Raven
Adrian Tchaikovsky ~ TBA
Afe Smith ~ TBA
Al Robertson ~ TBA
Amanda Bouchet ~ A Promise of Fire
Andy Remic ~ TBA
Anna Smith-Spark ~ The Court of Broken Knives
Anne Nicholls ~ Music From the Fifth Planet
Anthony Ryan ~ The Waking Fire
Ben Galley ~ TBA
Benedict Patrick ~ They Mostly Come Out At Night
Ben Jeapes ~ Time's Chariot
Betsy Dornbusch ~ Exile
Blair MacGregor ~ TBA
Brandon Draga ~ The Summerlark Elf
Brian Barr ~ TBA
Brian Lee Durfee ~ TBA
Brian O'Sullivan ~ Fionn: Defence of Rath Bladhma
Charles F Bond ~ TBA
Charles Phipps ~ TBA
Christian G. Cameron ~ TBA
Courtney Schafer ~ The Whitefire Crossing
Dale Triplett ~ Halcyon's Wake: Faith
Daniel Polansky ~ TBA
Daniel Potter ~ Off Leash
Dave de Burgh ~ TBA
David Benem ~ What Remains of Heroes
Deb E Howell ~ Healer's Touch
Django Wexler ~ TBA
Dominick Murray ~ Red Season Rising
D. Thourson Palmer ~ Ours Is the Storm
Dyrk Ashton ~ Paternus
Edward Cox ~ The Relic Guild
Elena May ~ Nightfall
Elspeth Cooper ~ Songs of the Earth
Emma Newman ~ Between Two Thorns
Gary Compton ~ TBA
GR Matthews ~ Silent City
Graham Austin-King ~ Fae - The Wild Hunt
J.P. Ashman ~ Black Cross
James A. Moore ~ TBA
James Downe ~ Grim Drifts of Sand & Fate
Jane Johnson ~ TBA
Jen Williams ~ TBA
Jenn Stark ~ Getting Wilde
Joanne Hall ~ TBA
Jonathan French ~ The Grey Bastards
Josiah Bancroft ~ Senlin Ascends
Julia Knight ~ Swords and Scoundrels
Juliana Spink Mills ~ Heart Blade
K. A. Krantz ~ Larcout
Kate Coe ~ Green Sky & Sparks
Kenny Soward ~ TBA
Laura Lam ~ Pantomime
Laura M Hughes ~ Danse Macabre
Lucy Claire Hounsom ~ Starborn
Luke Scull ~ TBA
Marc Turner ~ Dragon Hunters
Mark Lawrence ~ The Wheel of Osheim
Martin Owton ~ Exile
Mazarkis Williams ~ The Emperor's Knife
Michael J. Sullivan ~ Age of Myth
Michael Miller ~ The Dragon's Blade: The Reborn King
Michael R. Fletcher ~ Beyond Redemption
Mitchell Hogan ~ A Crucible of Souls
Myke Cole ~ TBA
Nathan Boyce ~ Ascent of the Unwanted
Olivier Delaye ~ The Forgotten Goddess
Peter McLean ~ Drake
Peter Newman ~ The Vagrant
Phil Tucker ~ TBA
R B Watkinson ~ The Cracked Amulet
Richard Morgan ~ TBA
Rob Hayes ~ It Takes a Thief to Catch a Sunrise
Robert Brockway ~ The Unnoticeables
Sammy HK Smith ~ In Search of Gods and Heroes
Scott Oden ~ A Gathering of Ravens
Sebastien De Castell ~ Traitor's Blade
Simon Morden ~ Down Station
Snorri Kristjansson ~ TBA
Stan Nicholls ~ Orcs: Forged For War
Stephen Aryan ~ Battlemage
Steve Mchugh ~ TBA
Steven Kelliher ~ Valley of Embers
Steven Poore ~ Heir to the North
Sue Tingey ~ Marked
Susan Boulton ~ Hand of Glory
T L Greylock ~ The Blood-Tainted Winter
T.o. Munro ~ The Medusa's Daughter
Teresa Frohock ~ Los Nefilim
Timandra Whitecastle ~ Touch of Iron
Tom Gaskin ~ Search of the Lost
Tom Toner ~ TBA
Ulff Lehmann ~ Shattered Dreams
Vic James ~ Gilded Cage
Victor Milán ~ The Dinosaur Lords
Wade Garret ~ Genesis
Will Panzo ~ The Burning Isle
Zachary Barnes ~ Avengarde
Special thanks to Laura M Hughes, without whom this wouldn't be half as grand as it is.
05, Nov
BOOKNEST FANTASY AWARD 2016 - WINNER
Update: This was the first time we hosted our annual BookNest Fantasy Awards. Back then, we only had one category, the “Best Fantasy Novel”. Since that year, BookNest is hosting 4 different award categories, namely the “Best Traditionally Published Novel”, “Best Self-Published Novel”, “Best Debut Novel”, and “Best Imprint". The awards take place in 3 different stages (The nomination stage in which hundreds of books are nominated by popular blogs and big fantasy Imprints, the Longlists and the Shortlists). The winners are awarded engraved swords.
Congratulations to Sebastien De Castell whose novel "Saint's Blood" won the BookNest's Fantasy Award for 2016 with 472 votes out of 1.751 voters.
The Nominees, presented in alphabetical order, were:
A SHATTERED EMPIRE - MITCHELL HOGAN
SAINT'S BLOOD - SEBASTIEN DE CASTELL
THE BLOOD MIRROR - BRENT WEEKS
THE WAKING FIRE - ANTHONY RYAN
THE WHEEL OF OSHEIM - MARK LAWRENCE
Hello everyone! First, a huge thank you to Booknest for letting me talk about my Kickstarter for hardbacks of Paternus: Rise of Gods, Book 1 of The Paternus Trilogy.
Yup, my very first Kickstarter is now live. I’m incredibly excited about it, but to be honest, super nervous as well. I have no idea how well it will do, but I do know that if it funds, I’ll be doing them for Books 2 and 3 as well, including a snazzy box for the set.
Speaking of Book 3, one of the rewards in the Kickstarter is early reader copies of Paternus: War of the Gods, the finale in the trilogy, with eARCs to be delivered a month before the May 19, 2020 release date.
That’s about all I have to say for now. Thank you for taking the time to read this!
All the very best,
Dyrk