Paper Road Press

07/10/2024

Are you a fan of Marie Cardno's Monster Girlfriend series? Book 3 is coming out in a few days - and right now, you can pre-order the whole trilogy in an illustration special edition omnibus on Kickstarter!

Find out more here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mariecardno/monster-girlfriend-deluxe-hardcover-sapphic-monster-romance?ref=2f074l

04/07/2023

Remember Sian and Trillin from How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster)? They're back! Pre-order your signed copy of How to Get a Date with the Evil Queen today!

Sian’s world thinks she’s dead. Trillin’s dimension wants to make sure of it. And the place they escaped to together just threw a dragon at them.

26/09/2022

Seven days to go! The Year's Best will be available in ebook forms suitable for devices large and small, as well as in paperback.

14/08/2022

14/08/2022

Congratulations to all of last night's winners at the 2022 Sir Julius Vogel Awards! I'm overjoyed that The Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand SFF Volume 3 won Best Collected Work, and so pleased to see recognition for the high standard of professional and fan work in Aotearoa.

Best Novel: Butcherbird, by Cassie Hart, Huia Publishers

Youth Novel: Fire’s Caress, Lani Wendt Young, One Tree House

Novella/Novelette: The Impossible Resurrection of Grief, by Octavia Cade, Stelliform Press

Short Story: “Data Migration,” by Melanie Harding-Shaw, Strange Horizons, July 2021

Find a list of all the winners below:

The 2022 Sir Julius Vogel Awards winners have been announced. The awards recognize excellence in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand reside…

07/08/2022

A thoughtful and lovely review. Thanks Laura!

WAITAHA Reviews:

How to Get a Girlfriend When You're a Terrifying Monster
By Marie Cardno Marie Cardno
Paper Road Press Paper Road Press

It’s hard to explain exactly what this book is. It’s a delightful chunk of action-packed story. Its a validation of q***r relationships. It’s a one-sitting wonder. My best explanation so far is to imagine Heartbreaker without the pictures, but with young women, one of whom is a witch and one of whom is a part of an alien organism. These two meet, develop feelings and then save the world. What more could you want?
There is so much charm in the genuinely weird characters and weirdly familiar setting (Dunedin, rather than the other setting … an alien void). I had a great time reading it.
Kids who love fan fiction, who read q***r stories and who like the unusual will love this. Its length means it's perfect for personal reading. It’s bold to publish a book of just over a 100 pages, one that can be read in a single sitting. As books, especially young adult books, balloon out to hundreds and hundreds of pages, we’re also seeing a reduction in how often our young people choose to read books. Let’s get them hooked with books like this–fun, playful, readable, and achievable.

Reviewed by Laura.

25/07/2022

Less than a week to get your signed copy of How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster), Marie Cardno's debut release! Order now on our website: https://paperroadpress.co.nz/product/htgagf/

02/06/2022

Check out the table of contents for the latest Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand SFF, and preorder your copy today!

https://preview.mailerlite.com/u7a9m3w7f4

11/05/2022

Get in quick! Against the Grain is free on all kindle stores until Friday. http://mybook.to/AgainstTheGrain

27/02/2022

Final day for submissions to the 4th volume of the Year's Best Aotearoa NZ SFF - send your stories in before it's too late!

https://paperroadpress.co.nz/submissions/

18/01/2022

Introducing our guest editor for the Year's Best Aotearoa NZ SFF, Volume 4!

Paper Road Press is pleased to welcome Emily Brill-Holland as the guest editor for the next Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy anthology.

Emily Brill-Holland is a real-life bard, having trained in both acting and publishing. She is an Associate Editor for American literary journal F(r)iction and Editorial Assistant for Brink Literacy Project, as well as a professional ttrpg game master. In her spare time, she has a podcast Please Fix This By Friday and can often be found scrolling through SledDog Twitter. A Sir Julius Vogel finalist, she has been published in Dually Noted and Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy, volume 3. She is based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

The Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy anthologies celebrate the best in local short speculative fiction each year. Emily is greatly excited by the depth of local talent and can't wait to see your stories.

Where to submit

If you've already sent in your submission, it's heading Emily's way now!

If you published a short story in any SF or Fantasy genre in 2021, please send it as a Word doc along with a 50-word bio to [email protected] for consideration in this year’s volume.

Payment is 2c per word for global non-exclusive reprint rights in paperback and digital formats.

Deadline 1 March 2022.

Full information available at https://paperroadpress.co.nz/submissions/