We’re excited to bring you a roundup of interesting links and February 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).

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Interesting Links:

• Sirens: Amy’s Book Club for February, The Weight of Feathers
• “Emerging Trends in African Speculative Fiction,” Chinelo Onwualu
• “The Crown and the Arrow,” Renée Adieh
• “A World Where Females Rule! A Lebanese Fantasy Film Niswaan Lesh Laa”
• “The importance of thinking about ‘local values’ when you’re writing,” Juliet McKenna
• “Rocket Talk Episode 73: V. E. Schwab and Miriam Weinberg”
• 2015 Nebula Awards Nominees
• “She Blinded Me with Science Fiction #1: Karen Lord interviewed by Tricia Sullivan”
• “Fairy Tale Fashion” (exhibit)
• Sherwood Smith talks about science fiction and how it’s changed over the years
• Artist Interview: Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein

 
Book Releases

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February 1:
Baker’s Magic, Diane Zahler
The Sapphire Cutlass, Sharon Gosling

February 2:
Assassin’s Heart, Sarah Ahiers
A Criminal Magic, Lee Kelly
Games Wizards Play, Diane Duane
The Guardian Herd: Landfall, Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
Kingfisher, Patricia A. McKillip
Revenge and the Wild, Michelle Modesto
Unhooked, Lisa Maxwell

February 9:
The Abyss Surrounds Us, Emily Skrutskie
Blackhearts, Nicole Castroman
Bloom, Doreen Cronin, ill. David Small
The Extincts, Veronica Cossanteli, Roman Muradov
Fridays with the Wizards, Jessica Day George
Glass Sword, Victoria Aveyard
The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde, Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, ill. LeUyen Pham
Ravenous, MarcyKate Connolly
Reign of Shadows, Sophie Jordan
These Vicious Masks, Tarun Shanker, Kelly Zekas
The Witches of Cambridge, Menna van Praag

February 16:
The Circle of Lies, Crystal Velasquez
The Girl From Everywhere, Heidi Heilig
The Immortals, Jordanna Max Brodsky
Riders, Veronica Rossi
The Shadow Queen, C. J. Redwine

February 23:
A Gathering of Shadows, V. E. Schwab
Behold the Bones, Natalie C. Parker
The Dastardly Deed, Holly Grant, ill. Josie Portillo
Dreamfever, Kit Alloway
Firstlife, Gena Showalter
The Forbidden Wish, Jessica Khoury
The Key to Extraordinary, Natalie Lloyd
Kingdom of Ashes, Rhiannon Thomas
Longbow Girl, Linda Davies
Titans, Victoria Scott