We’re excited to bring you a roundup of interesting links and March book releases of fantasy by and about women.

As always, we’d love to hear from you. If you’ve sold a fantasy work, read a great recently-released story, discovered a fantastic link that we missed, or if you’ve got a book or story review to share, please get in touch. Send news to (help at sirensconference.org).

YOU’RE EXCITED ABOUT…

Interesting Links:

• 2015 Aurealis Awards
• Aliette de Bodard wins the 2015 BSFA Awards for Best Novel and Best Short Story
• “A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction,” by Nisi Shawl
• “10 Vital Storytelling Lessons I Learned from Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
• “A Guide for Young Ladies Entering the Service of the Fairies,” by Rosamund Hodge
• “On the 13 Words That Made Me a Writer,” by Sofia Samatar
• “Innumerable Voices: The Short Fiction of Shveta Thakrar”
• “The Shadow Collector,” by Shveta Thakrar (and more!)
• “NRA Rewrites Fairy Tales with More Firearms, Less Bloodshed”
• “A Trio of Tor Editors Takes a Road Trip”
• “Writing Women Characters Into Epic Fantasy Without Quotas,” by Kate Elliott
• “Author Helen Oyeyemi on the Politics—or Not—of Writing Black Female Characters”
• Sirens: Amy’s Book Club for March is The Island of Eternal Love

 
Book Releases

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March 1
The Awakening of Sunshine Girl, Paige McKenzie, Alyssa Sheinmel
Blood Passage, Heather Demetrios
Borderline, Mishell Baker
Burning Glass, Kathryn Purdie
Chaos Choreography, Seanan McGuire
Charmed, Jen Calonita
Fairy Tale Fashion, Colleen Hill, Patricia Mears, Ellen Sampson, Kiera Vaclavik
Forest of Wonders, Linda Sue Park
The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home, Catherynne M. Valente ill. Ana Juan
Into the Dim, Janet B. Taylor
Midnight Marked, Chloe Neill
Owl and the City of Angels, Kristi Charish
The Seer, Sonia Lyris
Seven Black Diamonds, Melissa Marr
Siren’s Song, Mary Weber

March 8
The Book of Forbidden Wisdom, Gillian Murray Kendall
Fire Touched, Patricia Briggs
The Great Hunt, Wendy Higgins
Hour of the Bees, Lindsay Eagar
The Keeper of the Mist, Rachel Neumeier
Lady Midnight, Cassandra Clare
The Lyre Thief, Jennifer Fallon
Map of Fates, Maggie Hall
Marked in Flesh, Anne Bishop
Maybe a Fox, Kathi Appelt, Alison McGhee
Rebel of the Sands, Alwyn Hamilton
The Return of the Witch, Paula Brackston
The Secrets of Solace, Jaleigh Johnson
The Steep and Thorny Way, Cat Winters
A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls, Ed. Jessica Spotswood
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours, Helen Oyeyemi

March 15
The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle, Janet Fox
Hamster Princess: Of Mice and Magic, Ursula Vernon
I Want a Monster!, Elise Gravel
The Winged Histories, Sofia Samatar
Yellow Brick War, Danielle Paige

March 22
Broken Crowns, Lauren DeStefano
The Hidden Twin, Adi Rule
I Woke Up Dead at the Mall, Judy Sheehan
Shadow and Flame, Gail Z. Martin
The Skylighter, Becky Wallace
Wink Poppy Midnight, April Genevieve Tucholke

March 29
Battlestorm, Susan Krinard
Half Lost, Sally Green
Sisters of Salt and Iron, Kady Cross
A Tangle of Gold, Jaclyn Moriarty
The Winner’s Kiss, Marie Rutkoski