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A publisher of science fiction and fantasy, based in Wales.
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Recently published, the new Green Man book: wizardstowerpress.co...
Cover of The Green Man’s Holiday by Juliet E McKenna. Art by Ben Baldwin. Image is of an animal-like face with many sharp teeth peering out from a pile of gray rocks. Foliage and white flowers cover the rocks.
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Recently publlished, the first of a brand new series by Chaz Brenchley. Read a review by KJ Charles here: www.goodreads.com/re...

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Cover of Of The Emperor’s Kindness by Chaz Brenchley. Art by Ben Baldwin. Image is of a young woman in a long pale dress stood outside the gates of a large, wooden mansion. The word ‘Verantha’ is written on the gates. White birds fly above her.
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'run'. In 'Walking a Wounded Land' by Andrew Knighton in Wiz Duo 3, Paul is looking for a friend. #BookQW
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I follow a twisting, turning route through the streets, trying to follow the thread of her. It’s made more difficult by people walking this way and that, bumping into each other, stopping to stare into shop windows or to wait at crossings for the green man. I switch my pace to match tourists or locals, different memories emerging with different movements. For some this town is the daily grind, swift footsteps carrying them through regular routines. For others, its a place of escape and diversion, of pausing to read a menu or point at a brightly painted boat, then hurrying on to the amusement arcades. Lives lived in a single space but parallel worlds. Through that space run the cars, severing one side of the street from the other, breaking the rhythm of humanity. So close together, we should all be connected, but instead the town is fractured, opaque, like a windscreen in the aftermath of a crash. Star has hidden herself in this.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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We will be at the Storyville Books Christmas Book Fair in PontyPridd. We hope to see some of you there.
Advert for the Christmas Book Fair at Storyville Books in Pontypridd. December 13th, 10:00 to 15:00. Image is of a variety of people happily reading books, and a sprig of holly.
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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UK people, Amazon are currently offering the paperback of Fight Like A Girl #2 for just £4.64. That's less than the book costs to print, and less than the ebook price. It looks like someone is doing a warehouse clearance. There are only 14 copies left, so get yours now.
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Cover of Fight Like A Girl #2. Art by Oisin McGann. Image is of a brown-skinned girl in light armour wielding a Very Big Sword. She is surrounded by images of other things she might use to fight, not all of them obviously weapons.
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Ben Jeapes was a Guest of Honour at BristolCon this year. We are lucky enough to publish a couple of his books. Want to know what happens to the British Royal Family in the far future? Try this: wizardstowerpress.co...
The cover of His Majesty's Starship by Ben Jeapes. The image is of a giant spaceship against the background of a gas giant.
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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It being award nominating season, here is a graphic with all of the new works we published in 2025. (The Elfstone and The Sea-Stone Sword are reprints so are ineligible for most awards).
Awards Eligibility 2025 Novels Radhika Rages at the Crater School - Chaz Brenchley The Jicker Man - Ben Mears The Green Man's Holiday - Juliet E McKenna Of the Emperor's Kindness - Chaz Brenchley Novellas "The God Road" - David Gullen (Wiz Duo 1) "To Sail the Interstice" - Ben Wright (Wiz Duo 1) "Song, Stone, Scale, Bone" - Juliet Kemp (Wiz Duo 2) "Bring Me Home" - E. M. Faulds (Wiz Duo 2) "The Sheltering Flame" - Ruthanna Emrys (Wiz Duo 3) "Walking a Wounded Land" - Andrew Knighton (Wiz Duo 3)
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'jam'. This extract from Fight Like A Girl #2 is from Dolly Garland's story, 'A Human Response'. #BookQW
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I looked up at the looming grey vessels, casting shadows over the high-rise buildings. There was nowhere to run. We had a day. Just one day. But that was enough for my mission. I had to kill my mother. I kept moving eastward. Abandoned vehicles littered the streets. It looked like an ordinary Ahmedabad traffic jam, except there were no horns beeping, no one shouting. Already the streets were largely devoid of the living. It was only by their absence that I noticed them: no fresh animal excrement, no sweaty humans jostling for space, no exhaust fumes, no street vendors selling roasted peanuts, or chai-wallahs serving endless cups of cutting-tea. But there were still looters, fanatics who refused to give up their homes, and several others with their own reasons. Like me.
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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We will be at the Storyville Books Christmas Book Fair in PontyPridd. We hope to see some of you there.
Advert for the Christmas Book Fair at Storyville Books in Pontypridd. December 13th, 10:00 to 15:00. Image is of a variety of people happily reading books, and a sprig of holly.
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Just published, the new Green Man book: wizardstowerpress.co...
Cover of The Green Man’s Holiday by Juliet E McKenna. Art by Ben Baldwin. Image is of an animal-like face with many sharp teeth peering out from a pile of gray rocks. Foliage and white flowers cover the rocks.
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Just publlished, the first of a brand new series by Chaz Brenchley. Read a review by KJ Charles here: www.goodreads.com/re...

And then preorder: wizardstowerpress.co...
Cover of Of The Emperor’s Kindness by Chaz Brenchley. Art by Ben Baldwin. Image is of a young woman in a long pale dress stood outside the gates of a large, wooden mansion. The word ‘Verantha’ is written on the gates. White birds fly above her.
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Ben Jeapes was a Guest of Honour at BristolCon this year. We are lucky enough to publish a couple of his books. Want to know what happens to the British Royal Family in the far future? Try this: wizardstowerpress.co...
The cover of His Majesty's Starship by Ben Jeapes. The image is of a giant spaceship against the background of a gas giant.
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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"I will read anything Chaz Brenchley writes. His prose is melted butter with tarragon, and his characters and worldbuilding equally delicious. Open this book to any page, and you will find something to delight you." - Ellen Kushner on Of the Emperor's Kindness
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Cover of Of The Emperor’s Kindness by Chaz Brenchley. Art by Ben Baldwin. Image is of a young woman in a long pale dress stood outside the gates of a large, wooden mansion. The word ‘Verantha’ is written on the gates. White birds fly above her.
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'girl'. Clearly there is only one book we should feature. This extract from Fight Like A Girl #2 comes from 'Amplify' by Lou Morgan. #BookQW
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‘Commander—I…’ ‘Not you.’ ‘But I want to—’ ‘I don’t care what you want. Not you.’ Sarah turned away. ‘I can fight!’ Sarah turned back. The girl, the same girl who had woken her at the start of this final movement, stuck out her chin. ‘I want to fight. I had three brothers. They all fought.’ Had, not have, thought Sarah. ‘All the more reason it shouldn’t be you. Your parents have given enough.’ Something shifted across the girl’s face. ‘They didn’t make it to the Enclaves. Our building…the enemy. They never got out of the city.’ Gently, Sarah held out her hands and lifted the helmet out of the girl’s grip. ‘I can’t take you out there with us.’ She watched the girl’s determination fade to despair. ‘I need you here. Running my communications.’
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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With stories by Danie Ware, Juliet McKenna, Anna Smith Spark and many others, Fight Like A Girl #2 has been a feature on award short lists this year. Find out why people love it so much:
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Cover of Fight Like A Girl #2. Art by Oisin McGann. Image is of a brown-skinned girl in light armour wielding a Very Big Sword. She is surrounded by images of other things she might use to fight, not all of them obviously weapons.
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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We will have a pop-up shop in Florence Wood on Carmarthen Street on Saturday for the Llandeilo Festival of the Senses. Come along and say hello if you are in town.
Advert for the Llandeilo Festival of the Senses (Gwyl y Synhwyrau). White text on red with gold stars.
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Love novellas? How about two in one book? In Wiz Duo 2, Juliet Kemp sends a reluctant knight on a quest, while E M Faulds gives her heroine a superpower that totally sucks.
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Cover of Wiz Duo Book 2. Art by Roz Clarke. The images are of a shield superimposed on a flying dragon, and a girl with a hole through her belly.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Recently published, The Jicker Man is a heartwarming tale of a boy and his dog. In this video Ben Mears talks about this inspiration for the canine character: vimeo.com/1113891080...

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Cover of The Jicker Man by Ben Mears. Art by Ben Baldwin. Image is a silhouette of a young man in a military greatcoat. Through him we can see a steampunk van surrounded by wolf-like creatures. In the sky behind him there are airships and giant birds.
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Just published, the new Green Man book: wizardstowerpress.co...
Cover of The Green Man’s Holiday by Juliet E McKenna. Art by Ben Baldwin. Image is of an animal-like face with many sharp teeth peering out from a pile of gray rocks. Foliage and white flowers cover the rocks.
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Love novellas? How about two in one book? Wiz Duo Book 1 has wonderfully strange worlds created by David Gullen and Ben Wright.
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Cover of Wiz Duo Book 1. Art by Roz Clarke. The images are of a mantis-like insect, and a ship sailing off the edge of the world.
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Recently published: The Sea-Stone Sword by Joel Cornah. There be pirates, obviously. But also dinosaurs, and a gay main character, and a race of intelligent penguins...
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Cover of The Sea-Stone Sword. Art by Jay Johnstone. Image is a silhouette of a pirate through which can be seen a sunken pirate galleon.
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Good morning world. It is still yesterday in California so we still have an hour or so left of the Kickstarter campaign. We are currently at £7223. Anyone else fancy joining the fun?
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The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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We are almost done with the Kickstarter campaign. Here's an update on what happens next. And if you were thinking of pledging, please do so now as there are only a few hours left.
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The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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We are in the final day of our Kickstarter campaign. It looks like we might make it to £7,000, which would be amazing. If you were thinking of pledging, please do so now.
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The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'colour'. In Of the Emperor's Kindness by Chaz Brenchley, we first meet that titular monarch. #BookQW
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Six steps climbed to the dais; he took them two at a time, more spring than stretch, while his pages scampered to keep up. On the dais stood what was often described as the most uncomfortable chair in the world, for all its padding and cushions. Its arms and back were gilded, its upholstery once more in the imperial colour, but it was still very much a chair and not a throne. He wouldn’t have sat a throne, this man, any more than he’d have worn a crown, even if either one had traditionally come with the role. He might head the most powerful nation in the world—there was some debate about it, mostly from Clath, who held that Feremendas’ star was in decline, while theirs was rampant—but his predecessors had established a low-key imperial style, and he’d embraced it wholeheartedly.
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM