Sarah Ash – fantasy author

There’s nothing more flattering – or pleasing – for an author than when a reader takes the time and the trouble to write an article about their stories, believe me! So I was very flattered – and pleased – when Mihir Wanchoo contacted me with the following link:

http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2010/03/sarah-ashs-eclectic-word-of-artamon.html

 So a big THANK YOU to Mihir – and to Robert Thompson, editor of Fantasy Book Critic, for publishing the article.

One of the high spots of my visit to Utopiales was meeting up with Annaig Houesnard from Elbakin at Utopiales and chatting with her about all manner of interesting topics (including fantasy, of course…)

You can read the interview now at http://www.elbakin.net/fantasy/news/Interview-de-Sarah-Ash-aux-Utopiales

in English – or in French! (She’s a gifted translator too.)

The sad news just in from Elbakin that the Magus fell last night in ‘Le Tournoi’ to the evil powers of Gargamel! Obviously Kaspar Linnaius was just not evil enough to win through.

Thank you, all you faithful Magus fans, for your votes! He didn’t go down without a fight.

Kaspar Linnaius desperately needs your help! The Magus is in today’s Le Tournoi at http://www.elbakin.net/fantasy/tournoi/ 
 

Vote for him today – or see him lose to the Smurfs. (Yes, I know that strictly speaking, Gargamel is the villain who hates the Smurfs, but I’m sure you all get the general drift…)

 Wow! Utopiales is really something else! We were given a very warm welcome at the SF festival in Nantes. We were very impressed by the exhibitions of artwork and the many fascinating discussions of topics relating to SF and Fantasy (although mostly SF.) I’m very grateful to my editor Audrey Petit for inviting me and giving me the chance to meet some French readers (always a great pleasure!) It was also my first time to see the new Livre de Poche edition of ‘Les Enfants de la Porte du Serpent’ in the paper, so to speak, and to admire its cover by the talented Didier Graffet.

 It was also a great pleasure to meet and talk Fantasy with Robert V.S. Redick (‘The Chathrand Voyage’) Fabien Clavel (‘L’Antilegende.’) and Anne Fakhouri, the winner of the Prix Jeunesse  for her magical two novels ‘Le Clairvoyage’ and ‘La Brume des Jours’ about a young girl drawn into a fairyland so very different from that of the ‘Rainbow Magic’ novels.

 And as a ‘Dinotopia’ fan, it was amazing to see a superb exhibition of James Gurney’s detailed and imaginative paintings – and to hear the man himself talking about his work. Lepidopters rule!