Press Article
Filed under My Writing • 25-05-2007 •
The following article appears in today’s edition of the Bristol Evening Post (along with a photograph, that I’m not allowed to post for reasons of copyright):
SCI-FI WRITER THRILLED TO SEAL BOOK DEALS10:40 – 25 May 2007North Somerset writer Gareth Powell is celebrating after signing two book deals this month.
Although the 36-year-old sci-fi specialist has lived all his life in Bristol, his work has been published as far afield as the United States, Europe and the Middle East and it has been translated into several languages, including Polish, Greek, Hebrew, Spanish and Portuguese. Critics have described his stories as “dark”, “gritty”, “profound” and “unforgettable”.
Gareth, an assistant marketing manager for a software company, will have his first short story collection, called The Last Reef, published by independent publisher Elastic Press in August next year.
At the same time, he has also revealed that his debut novel, Silversands, will be published by Pendragon Press, based in Wales, a few months later.
Gareth, who is married with two children, said: “Some people want to climb Everest, swim with sharks, or bungee off a flyover in Australia.”For me, having these two books accepted by publishers is an ambition fulfilled.”
Andrew Hook, of Elastic Press, said the characters in Gareth’s short stories “made connections with today’s world, whilst also nodding to the future”.
Christopher Teague, of Pendragon Press, said the novel was “a damn thrilling tale of planetary politics, espionage and subterfuge”
