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Flower and Thorn Book Launch and Reviews

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Rati Mehrotra

It’s October, my book release month! I received the finished copies of FLOWER AND THORN and they’re just gorgeous. The book is out on 17th October, but I’ll be doing a launch in-person at my favorite local bookstore Bakka Phoenix … Continue reading →

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Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove: an Aurora Award finalist!

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Rati Mehrotra

Delighted to share that Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove is a 2023 Aurora Award nominee for Best Young Adult Novel! You can view the entire ballot here. The Aurora Awards are Canada’s annual English-language Science Fiction and … Continue reading →

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Happy Book Birthday to me!!!

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Rati Mehrotra

My book Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove was released today! My gratitude to my editor Mara Delgado Sánchez, my agent Mary C. Moore, and the entire team at Wednesday Books for making this beautiful book possible. And … Continue reading →

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Favorite Novel Reads of 2020ish

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Rati Mehrotra

Hello, Happy New Year 2021! I’m here to talk about some of the great books I read in the horrible year of our pandemic 2020. I know, I have been remiss. I really should have talked about my favorite novel … Continue reading →

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Talking of Dragons…

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Rati Mehrotra

…and I was talking of dragons in my previous post. So, talking of dragons, I’m now reading Shadow Scale, sequel to Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman. Seraphina is quite delightful. It’s a fantasy story of a girl who is half-dragon and … Continue reading →

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Another Indie Bookstore bites the dust

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Rati Mehrotra

Steven Temple Books, the last holdout of Booksellers’ Row in Queen West, Toronto, is shutting down after nearly 40 years in business. Another victim of the combination of higher rents and lower sales: a result of the changing landscape in … Continue reading →

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The tears of the second draft

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Rati Mehrotra

I just finished the first draft of a new 47000-word middle grade fantasy. “Tada!” I thought triumphantly as I tapped out the last line. Now I can relax and celebrate go back and read it and discover just how crappy … Continue reading →

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Enchantment and escape: fantastic books

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Rati Mehrotra

I just finished reading The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne Valente. What a delightful, charming, original book it is! I can’t recommend it enough. I am definitely looking forward to reading the rest … Continue reading →

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