Nick Rennison at BBC History Magazine has picked Taming Poison Dragons by Tim Murgatroyd in a feature about novels set in China. “Paints a colourful picture of 12th-century China,” writes Rennison.

“Yun Cai is a poet and former courtier, living in exile on his family estates and drowning sorrows in the wine jar. But when a warlord rebels against the emperor and takes one of Yun’s oldest friends hostage, the poet is forced into action.

Interweaving this story with the parallel tale of Yun’s adventures and a love affair as a young man, Tim Murgatroyd’s novel – the first in a trilogy – paints a colourful picture of 12th-century China.”

To order your copy of Taming Poison Dragons please click here.

Breaking Bad has won its first Bafta, beating off competition from Borgen, House of Cards and The Returned in the Best International category.

For more details and pictures of the event please see The Independent’s article here.

If you fancy revisiting the series then why not get your hands on Wanna Cook? the unofficial companion to this award winning series. Please click here to place your order.

To accompany the release of The Cartographer of No Man’s Land Myrmidon have created a special Reading Group Guide* to help book groups with their meetings and questions.

P.S. Duffy’s first novel is a perfect book group read with its literary style and thought provoking events this book would be an excellent choice for any reading group.

With the World War I Centenary fast approaching this wonderful novel is released on May 18th, which is quite fortuitous, for the author never envisaged her novel would be ready in time for the World War I Centenary.

To download our Reading Group Guide please click here.

*Please note that some of the questions include spoilers so it would be advisable to read the book before approaching the guide.

Myrmidon are giving away copies of three of our newest titles through Goodreads.

We have something for everyone so for all you Breaking Bad fans out there, why don’t you enter our giveaway for Wanna Cook? the unofficial companion to the award winning TV series.

To enter this giveaway click here.

If you fancy something a little more on the non-fiction side then why not try Railroad of Death by John Coast. A bestseller in 1946, it is the first and best account of forced labour on the Burma Railway.

To enter this giveaway click here.

And for all you World War I enthusiasts, why not give The Cartographer of No Man’s Land a whirl. This novel offers a soulful portrayal of World War I and the lives that were forever changed by it, both on the battlefield and at home.

To enter this giveaway click here.

The giveaways don’t finish until May 31st so you have plenty of time to enter.  Remember: you have to be in it to win it!

A wonderful interview with our very own Denis Kilcommons (aka Jon Grahame) on the eve of his first Waterstones signing for his latest book in his post-apocolyptic trilogy. To read the full interview please visit the Huddersfield Daily Examiner here.