Welcome to RussellKirkpatrick.com
Russell Kirkpatrick's love of literature and a chance encounter with fantasy novels as a teenager opened up a vast number of possibilities to him. The idea that he could marry storytelling and mapmaking (his other passion) into one project grabbed him and wouldn't let go.
The Fire of Heaven trilogy, published by Voyager in Austalia/New Zealand and Orbit in the UK, is the result of fifteen years of careful world-building.
Russell is now at work on an exciting new novel, The Path of Revenge.
Latest News
[link]Book Launch, GoH at New Zealand NatCon
[Posted 25-Apr-2009]
I've been invited to be a Guest of Honour at the 2009 NZ Natcon in Auckland (http://conscription.co.nz/ConScription/). Not only that, the last book in the Falthan Cycle, 'Beyond the Wall of Time', will be launched there.
More details to follow ...
Bestselling Debut Fantasy Novel of 2008
[Posted 16-Jan-2009]That's right, 'Across The Face Of The World' is, according to Bookscan sales data, 2008's bestselling debut fantasy/scifi novel in the US. I knew it was doing well in the States, but not this well! Thank you, everyone!
'Beyond The Wall Of Time' delievered to Publisher
[Posted 16-Jan-2009]People are wondering when Book 3 of the 'Husk' (Aus/NZ) or 'Broken Man' (UK/US) trilogy is due out. I submitted it to the publisher in December, and all things being equal it should be published in Aus/NZ in mid-2009 and in the UK/US in late 2009. A long wait, I know, but that's publishing for you. In the meantime, can I interest you in ...
From the Journal
[link]Day 6 and home: Disaster Averted
[Posted 03-Jul-2009]
We were supposed to be on the road by 8am. And we would have been but for a pair of drunken hoons. No, not Stuart or myself, two Monaro-driving morons who were working on the roof of the local hotel and who fled after leaving a $500 bar tab. They went north to Franz Josef and smashed into t...
Latest review
[link]Amputechture
(Music review) 5 stars [Posted 27-Jul-2006]
I've been lucky enough to acquire a pre-release copy of this searing sonic experience. Amputechture is The Mars Volta's third studio album, following on from the challenging De-loused in the Comatorium (2003) and Frances the Mute (2005) and is, in my opinio...
Coming soon
The Right Hand of God
(UK Release)
PUBLISHER: Orbit, UK
FORMAT: Paperback
RELEASED: 3rd May, 2007
ISBN: 1841494658