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August 2013Last month I was privileged to get an interview with Matthew Willis following the launch of his new novel Daedalus and The Deep. There is only 1 brand new naval fiction title out this month but there is news of several released last month without prior notice. Brief information is given below with links to the full website articles. |
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Recent Latest Release ArticlesThis month articles have appeared about the following books which have been published or are available for pre-order Fiction |
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William H. White's new Edward Ballantyne adventure, Gun Bay, was published on 2 July 2013 and is now available in the UK and the US. |
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M. Kei has just released a new prequel novel in his Pirates of the Narrow Seas series, Man in the Crescent Moon. It is is now available worldwide in paperback and for Kindle download. |
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Michael Winston has just released a new novel in his Jonathan Kincaid series, The Treasure Ship: Kinkaid and the Alliance. It is is now available worldwide in paperback and for Kindle download. |
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Other Nautical Fiction |
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Author Alaric Bond has released his new stand alone novel Turn a Blind Eye. It is now available in ebook formats worldwide and will be released in paperback in the next few days. |
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Each month I provide a short bio of one of the authors on the site. This month we will look at James Otis.
At 13, Kaler left home to become a reporter in Boston. When he was only 16, he provided news coverage of Civil War battles and events. He continued in the newspaper profession as a writer and editor. In 1898, Kaler returned to Maine to become the first superintendent of schools for the city of South Portland that had just separated from Cape Elizabeth. The city later named an elementary school in his honor. In the early 1970s, Kaler's sons and grandchildren presented the city with a collection of Kaler manuscripts, books, and letters. The materials are located in the South Portland Public Library and can be viewed by scholars and interested readers. Many of his novels are not copyright in many countries and some are available as free eBooks |
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Books with a release date this monthFirst editions or first paperback releases this month Fiction |
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Blood of Tyrants by Naomi Novik (Hardcover - Worldwide) It is due for release on 13 August 2013 |
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Author Interviews Last Month |
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Matthew Willis, author of Daedalus and The Deep Among the questions asked were: Your writing speciality is naval aviation. What led you to write a book set in the Age of Sail? Including a fantasy element gives you a lot of scope for change, but how important was historical accuracy to your story? |
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Michael Aye, author of The Fighting Anthonys series, has started a second series about the War of 1812. Although mostly land based, Remember the Raisin includes Commodore Perry's defeat of the British on the Great Lakes. | |
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When I first started listing naval fiction, one of the first series I found was Privateers and Gentlemen by Jon Williams (better known as science fiction author Walter Jon Williams). Published in the early 1980's there was little information on these out of print books. I am pleased to say that over recent months the series has been re-released for kindle | |
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HNF Log Book August 2013
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- By: David Hayes
James Otis is a pseudonym of James Otis Kaler (1848-1912) born in Winterport USA. He wrote over 150 adventure and patriotic biographies that had great appeal for his boy readers. Many were in series and intended for classroom use. Where series names are used below only those that are HNF are listed.