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LibraryThing 4-stars for Dave Duncan’s The Runner and the Wizard

Plainly this reader likes Dave Duncan’s newest YA novelette. available through Five Riversand online booksellers worldwideprint and eBook This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. The Runner and the Wizard by Dave Duncan. Reviewed from an e-book received through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program. Ivor is the youngest of a large clan of bossy older siblings. Wanting to do something without brotherly oversight, he volunteers to carry a message for his thane to a holy…

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06
Dec 2013
By Lorina StephensDave Duncan, Reviews, The Runner and the WizardComments Off on LibraryThing 4-stars for Dave Duncan’s The Runner and the Wizard

Buy your favourite author a latte

Five Rivers’ editor, Robert Runte, recently posted the following very cogent article on his blog at SFeditor.ca. We’re reprinting it here with his permission. Reading a “review” of Five River’s new Dave Duncan release on Amazon, I was taken aback by someone rating the book was one star because it was priced at $4 for a novella. The reviewer made it clear that he hadn’t actually read the book, but was merely incensed at the price.Leaving aside…

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23
Oct 2013
By Lorina StephensDave Duncan, Newsletter, Publishing, rants, The Runner and the WizardComments Off on Buy your favourite author a latte

New YA fantasy from Dave Duncan

October 1, 2013 we’re pleased to release a never-before published YA fantasy from Dave Duncan, The Runner and the Wizard.  This is to be the first of a series of novelettes about young Ivor, who dreams of being a swordsman like his nine older brothers, but until he can grow a beard he’s limited to being a runner, carrying messages for their lord, Thane Carrak. That’s usually boring, but this time Carrak has sent him on…

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13
Sep 2013
By Lorina StephensDave Duncan, Newsletter, The Runner and the WizardComments Off on New YA fantasy from Dave Duncan

Matt Hughes and Dave Duncan upcoming events

Our own Matt Hughes (author of Downshift), and Dave Duncan will be at the following events over the next three months: December 4, 7 pm. Matt Hughes will be giving a free seminar on basic story mechanics to the local writers group in the Parksville-Qualicum Beach area. I don’t think there would be any complaints if some non-members came too. Location: the upstairs boardroom at Qualicum Foods in Quaicum Beach. View Larger Map January 24,…

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03
Dec 2012
By Lorina StephensDave Duncan, Events, Matt HughesComments Off on Matt Hughes and Dave Duncan upcoming events