Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Book News: Strange Chemistry announces 2 titles!

Strange Chemistry sounds like a really cool new YA imprint of Angry Robot that I'm SO excited about.  They have just announced last week the first two (and hopefully the first of many) authors they will be publishing as part of the Strange Chemistry family.  Here is the info from the press release:




Shift by Kim Curran

About The Book:
When your average, 16-year old loser, Scott Tyler, meets the beautiful and mysterious Aubrey Jones, e learns he’s not quite so average after all. He’s a ‘Shifter’. And that means he has the power to undo any decision he’s ever made. At first, he thinks the power to shift is pretty cool. But as his world quickly starts to unravel around him he realises that each time he uses his power, it has consequences; terrible unforeseen consequences. Shifting is going to get him killed. In a world where everything can change with a thought, Scott has to decide where he stands.

About the Author: Kim Curran was born in Dublin and moved to London when she was seven. After studying Philosophy and Literature at Sussex University her plan of being paid big bucks to think deep thoughts never quite paid off. She became an advertising copywriter instead, specialising in writing for video games. She lives in SW London with her husband, if they’re not both off travelling. When she’s not writing she fences and plays guitar, both very badly.
Visit Kim online at  http://www.kimcurran.co.uk/

 Poltergeeks by Sean Cummings

About the Book: Julie is an apprentice witch – or so she believes. When a dark power comes stalking out of the past to haunt her and her mother, Julie learns that she is far more than just a witch. With the help of her best friend Marcus and a rather unusual Great Dane, Julie has to race against time to ensure she can defeat the bad guy, save her mother and avoid being grounded – again!

About the Author:
Sean Cummings lives in Saskatoon, Canada. He’s a comic book geek, superhero junkie, zombie fan and a total nerd. His interests include science fiction, the borg, cats with extra toes, east Indian cuisine and quality sci-fi movies/television. Sean has been writing since 1978 (as a means of liberating his “inner nerd”) and his published works for adults include Shade Fright, Funeral Pallor and Unseen World, all published by Snowbooks. Poltergeeks is his first book for Young Adults.
Visit Sean online at www.sean-cummings.ca

Both sound freaking awesome!  I can't wait for more from Strange Chemistry.

More information can be found at strangechemistrybooks.com and angryrobotbooks.com.

4 comments:

  1. Oh cool. I'll have to check them out.

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    1. it's a new publishing imprint so they've got lots to come soon :)

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  2. Thank you for the write up! <3

    - Amanda (Strange Chemistry editor)

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    1. your welcome. VERY excited for all the stuff coming out of Strange Chem :)

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