Category Archives: Sword and Verse

Sword and Verse Blog Tour

January 11, 2016Guest Posts, Interviews, News, Sword and Versekathymacmillan

The Sword and Verse release celebration blog tour starts today! Thank you to Rockstar Book Tours for hosting the tour and to all the bloggers who will be welcoming me over the next two weeks! Here’s the schedule:

Week One:

Monday, January 11: Interview at Two Chicks on Books

Tuesday, January 12: Review at A Reader Under The Sea

Wednesday, January 13: Guest post at Tales of the Ravenous Reader

Thursday, January 14: Review at Nerdophiles

Friday, January 15: Interview at Dark Faerie Tales

Week Two:

Monday, January 18: Review at Fiktshun

Tuesday, January 19 (AKA RELEASE DAY!): Guest post at Once Upon a Twilight

Wednesday, January 20: Review at Please Feed the Bookworm

Thursday, January 21: Interview at The Eater of Books!

Friday. January 22: Review at Good Choice Reading

SWORD AND VERSE Audiobook Sample!

January 8, 2016News, Sword and Verseaudiobook, Emily Rankinkathymacmillan

The good stuff just keeps coming in! Here’s a sample of Emily Rankin’s beautiful narration on the Sword and Verse audiobook, also releasing January 19 from Blackstone Audio:

More SWORD AND VERSE News!

January 7, 2016News, Sword and Versekathymacmillan

Less than 2 weeks left until the publication of Sword and Verse, and I have more good news to share!

Foreign Rights

Sword and Verse will be published in Spanish by Penguin Random House and in Turkish by Pegasus Publishing!

Sample Chapters

Did you know that you can read the first 9 chapters of Sword and Verse for free at EpicReads?

Giveaways

Enter by January 10 to win one of 10 advanced reader copies of Sword and Verse being given away by EpicReads! (US and Canada only)

Enter by January 16 to win a signed advanced reader copy at Literary Rambles (US and Canada only)

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Sword and Verse

by Kathy MacMillan

Giveaway ends January 12, 2016.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

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Preorder Incentive

Preorder Sword and Verse in hardcover, ebook, or audiobook and receive a special personalized gift: your name written in the language of the gods and a letter from the main character! (Open internationally.) Ten lucky winners will also be selected to receive handmade personalized Sword and Verse bookmarks! Click here for more information.

Launch Day Event

January 19, 2016 from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm at Carroll County Public Library, Finksburg Branch (2265 Old Westminster Pike, Finksburg, MD 21048. Phone: 410.386.4505)

Join us for a reading, signing, refreshments, and a screening of the winning entries in the SWORD AND VERSE trailer contest. Open to all! For more information, see http://library.carr.org

Writer-Focused Event

Writers: Let’s Talk Revision
Thursday, January 21 at 7 PM
Baltimore County Public Library, Cockeysville Branch
9833 Greenside Drive
Cockeysville, Maryland 21030-2188

From first draft to final copy, a novel goes through many stages of change. Join Kathy MacMillan, author of Sword and Verse (HarperTeen, 2016), and Manuela Bernardi, the book’s betareader, for a frank discussion of feedback and how it shapes the revision process. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing after the program. This program is co-sponsored by Baltimore County Public Library and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators MD/DE/WV Region. Please RSVP at http://mddewv.scbwi.org/ by January 19.

Sword and Verse Gala

Tickets are on sale now for the Sword and Verse Gala on January 22, 2016, an elegant dinner and book signing event to benefit Deaf Camps, Inc.

Around the Internet

October 29, 2015Sword and Versekathymacmillan

Advance Reading Copies of Sword and Verse are out in the world now, and bloggers are responding!

Barb at A Book and Hug: “Wondrously meticulous world-building makes the setting a vital character in its own right as the romance builds, the tension spirals upward and the deep threads of self-discovery and our own potential for greatness explode.” Read the full review.

Queen of the Bookshelves: “Very rarely does a book of this caliber fall into one’s hands.” Read the full review and see a neat image collage inspired by the book.

Alyssa at The Eater of Books: “I was LOVING the romance, despite how different it was compared to most romances in YA. I was half in agony, half completely intrigued, and not at all sure how things would end.”- 5 Reasons You Should Read Sword and Verse

News and Excitement

October 12, 2015News, Sword and Verse, Young Adult Fantasykathymacmillan

Lots of exciting things are happening for Sword and Verse! A couple of them:

1) Positive early reader response in the UK has led to the decision to put the book out in hardcover in the UK market, rather than waiting for paperback.

2) Just found out a few days ago that Sword and Verse will be released on audio! As someone who is concerned with accessibility, and as a lover of audiobooks, I am tickled pink!

Actual footage of me right now: