An Interview with Fi Phillips

Today we have a brilliant blog post for you: an interview with the latest addition to the Burning Chair family, the author Fi Phillips. Fi’s debut novel Haven Wakes is published by Burning Chair Publishing on 1 October 2019, and she has taken time out from all the hectic preparations for the book’s launch to […]

The Burning Chair Top Six YA Fantasy Novels

Right now we’re all about YA Fantasy here at Burning Chair Towers, and for good reason: we’re counting down the days until our very own Fi Phillips’ debut novel, Haven Wakes, is released. Haven Wakes is an exciting new adventure set in the year 2110 in a world where everyone has their own robot, but […]

How To Write A Killer Synopsis

Please send a synopsis of your story”. Words which strike fear and loathing in the heart of any author. You want an agent or publisher to just read your story and then hand you a publishing deal, but before they’ll do any of that they insist on you sending them a summary of the book. […]

Going Dark – The Contest Winner!

This week, we’re sooo excited to announce the lucky winner of our contest to win a paperback copy of Going Dark, signed by the author himself, Neil Lancaster! You can watch us doing the draw here: If you didn’t win, you can still buy it in all good bookstores, or by clicking here… Going Dark, […]

How NOT to Sell Your Book

(or how to lose friends and be an asshat in several easy steps)   So, your novel’s written, edited AND published? Nice work. Now you can just kick back, watch readers snap it up and let the big bucks roll in, right? Wrong. Unfortunately, unless you are really, really lucky, then people won’t buy your […]

Win a Signed Paperback of Going Dark!

It’s been almost a month since Going Dark, by Neil Lancaster, was launched and to mark the occasion Neil has kindly agreed to sign one paperback copy of the book. This exclusive prize is available for one lucky reader to win. To enter, simply answer the fiendishly tricky question below. But hurry – the contest […]

Beyond – The Contest Winner!

This week, we’re really pleased to be joined by Georgia Springate as we announce the lucky winner of our recent contest to win a free signed paperback copy of Beyond! Beyond is available now in all good bookstores: Beyond, the debut novel by Georgia Springate, is a touchingly compelling and uplifting coming-of-age story about love, […]

Going Dark – Out Now!

It’s the big day – Neil Lancaster’s debut thriller novel, Going Dark, is now published – you can read all about it by clicking here or checking it out under our Books. It’s already been getting some great attention and reviews, from some seriously impressive people, including: “A tense, edgy debut that captures the mind […]

Burning Chair’s Top 5 Thrillers

To celebrate the upcoming launch of Going Dark, by Neil Lancaster, we’ve been back through our bookshelves to rekindle (as if it had ever gone away!) our love affair with thriller novels. Stupidly, we set ourselves the challenge of listing our favourite five thrillers of all time, something which has proven incredibly controversial here in […]

Going Dark – The Unboxing!

We’re all getting very excited here at Burning Chair HQ, with the release of Neil Lancaster’s debut thriller, Going Dark, just days away… At the weekend, we took delivery of the proof paperback copy – the first ever copy of Going Dark to come off the production line. In the video below, we unbox it […]