A.J. Hartley

Darwen finalist for Grand Canyon Reader Award!

A.J. Hartley — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:50:54 +0000

Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact is one of the ten finalists for Arizona’s 2014 Grand Canyon Reader Award in the Intermediate (middle grades) category. The award is made annually based on the votes of approximately 45,000 students who must have read at least three of the books in the category to be eligible to …

Will’s back!

A.J. Hartley — Thu, 30 May 2013 20:14:13 +0000

Will Hawthorne, roguish actor, playwright and conman is back with Mithos, Renthrette and the rest of his adventurer companions in new e-book editions of Act of Will and Will Power, along with the first of a series of brand new short stories, “The Cerulean Stone.” Available now for all e-readers at bargain prices!

Into summer 2013!

A.J. Hartley — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:03:34 +0000

Well, my semester is over, and that means I’m spending more of my time writing. It was a light spring for me teaching wise, but I also worked as dramaturg on a cool, contemporary production of Romeo and Juliet, did a lot of work-related travel to conferences/speaking engagements, and spent most of my writerly energies …

A.J.’s first 3 thrillers out as e-books!

A.J. Hartley — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:39:45 +0000

A.J. is delighted to announce that after a brief hiatus from the e-shelves, The Mask of Atreus, On the Fifth Day, and What Time Devours are now available from Amazon’s Kindle store in newly re-edited e-book editions. Each thriller has gorgeous new cover art and a rock bottom price, with the novel which first introduced Deborah …

March 2013

A.J. Hartley — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:47:23 +0000

Just back from leading a ten day Shakespeare course in England with fifteen students, rediscovering some of the places I incorporated into What Time Devours and cramming in as much great theatre as could be reasonably be managed (the highlight of which for me was Hamlet in the archaeological remains of the Rose theatre and …

Feature article in Lancashire Evening Post

A.J. Hartley — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:07:38 +0000

Nice write-up by my home town newspaper.

Into 2013…

A.J. Hartley — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:32:03 +0000

The holidays and near year have come and gone and I’m now buckling down to getting some serious work done again. I did get a little break, including some skiing from which I emerged exhilarated and unscathed (always good), which has become an annual tradition. A year or so ago I wrote the first draft …

School Library Journal reviews Darwen II

A.J. Hartley — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:06:16 +0000

HARTLEY, A. J. Darwen Arkwright and the Insidious Bleck. Bk. 2. illus. by Emily Osborne. 442p. (Darwen Arkwright Series). Penguin/Razorbill. 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-59514-410-2. Gr 4-7 The kids from Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact (Penguin, 2011) are back in another heart-stopping adventure. It’s now winter in Atlanta, and Darwen is dreading his first …

UNCC feature video on Macbeth, a Novel

A.J. Hartley — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:45:42 +0000

November 28th 2012

A.J. Hartley — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:30:37 +0000

Well, Darwen Arkwright and the Insidious Bleck, the second in my middle grades adventure series, hit book store shelves a week ago (yes, that’s just in time for the holidays!). It’s always exciting when a book releases, but I’m particularly thrilled to be letting this one loose because there’s so much in it that I’m pleased …