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Category: The Janus Affair
Steampunk Chronicle Reader’s Choice Award
The winners were announced, and the Ministry was absolutely chuffed to find out that the Janus Affair has won the fiction category! It was an honour to be in company of such people as John C White, Ben Hamby, and Major Jack Union. Other
For Your Consideration: The Janus Affair for SPC’s 2013 Readers’ Choice Awards
Our journalists get quite tickled when the steampunk community gives the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences a nod. They still take a great deal of pride in both the 2011 Airship Award and their 2012 Parsec wins. This year, the Ministry is in the spotlight on The
Once More Unto the Breach: The Goodreads 2012 Choice Awards
Esteemed agents, faithful readers, and those of you who have cheered for our honours and awards, Miss Braun and I come to you once more as we did a year ago from this time. We are thrilled to announce that, yes, there are times where
Everyone loves something for free.
And we are not talking about those raggamuffins from the Ministry Seven. We are talking genuine free books from the Ministry. Goodreads.com is one of the aethernets most popular places for readers to discuss books. It is also a popular place for readers to win
Fantastic and cheap news
The publishers of the Ministry’s second volume; the Janus Affair are celebrating the arrival of Comic Con in San Diego by dropping the price of a handful of wonderful books. This includes the Janus Affair for a mere 99c. It is for the American market
Wherein Our Intrepid Journalists Make New Friends Overseas: The Books & Braun Germany Premiere
As we reported from the Ministry ætherblog, Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel (released under the title, Books & Braun: The Sign of the Phoenix) has been released in Germany. Breaking barriers of language, distance, and improper references, our intrepid journalists Pip Ballantine
Thoughts of Germany
The German edition of Phoenix Rising (called the Sign of the Phoenix) has made it to the bookstores. Our good friend in Austria Katharina Maimer sent us evidence that they got there. It is very exciting for all of us here at the Ministry. The
A Steampunk Book Trailer from Imagine That! / Baldgroove / Brute Force Studios
Currently on TeeMorris.com, our journalist is busy revealing a behind-the-scenes look at his project within a project. As many of you know, our intrepid journalist collaborated with Baldgroove studios in the previous year to produce a right bit of fun — the Phoenix Rising book
All the goodies released
Today is our release day for the Janus Affair. Now everyone can get the second part of our derring do adventures. This release date is a little different in that it is not just the mass market paperback release date- but also the audiobook and
The final countdown…
One final week to go, and the Janus Affair will be out—not just in paperback, but also in audio and hardback version through the Science Fiction Bookclub. Reviews are starting to come in, and it is always lovely to know people are enjoying what we’ve
Two Weeks and counting…
Two weeks from today the Janus Affair hits…according to Amazon that is. Though the official release date is a few days later, Amazon will start shipping that day. The reviews are starting to come in. You can check them out here…but here are some of
What Is Steampunk? — A Definitive Answer from the Ministry
Agents of the Ministry, as you may have discerned from the chatter within the æther, there has been spirited discussion bandying about on what exactly constitutes steampunk. We have our own definition, of course, but even that has been brought into question. Perhaps it is
The Janus Affair in Audio
We greet the news that James Langton will once again be doing the audio version of the next Ministry book with great enthusiasm. Mr. Langton manages to voice the various members of the Ministry admirably. Publication date to follow, but please enjoy the joy of
A call to arms…or at least words
As you are most likely aware, the Janus Affair, the second book in the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series, is coming in late May. What you may not be aware of is that if you are a reviewer or a book blogger you can get
Hardcover Janus
Another piece of lovely news… The Science Fiction Book club has already produced a hardcover (in fact the only hardcover) version of Phoenix Rising, and now we have received a communique that they will be doing the same for the Janus Affair. At a charity
The Ministry pulls aside the curtain
Clearance has finally been received to reveal the cover of our next ripping yarn. This May 29th from Harper Voyager you’ll be able to read our next adventure. I am rather pleased they caught my best side, but once again Welly somehow managed to avoid