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Solaris to reissue Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s literary fantasy debut, Signal to Noise

We’re thrilled to announce we’re publishing a gorgeous new edition of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s debut, Signal to Noise, an intimate and nostalgic tale of witchcraft and music in 1980s Mexico City.

With a fully illustrated cover by celebrated artist Jim Tierney, Signal to Noise will be available in September 2022.

Mexico City, 1988. Long before iTunes or MP3s, you said “I love you” with a mixtape. Meche, awkward and fifteen, discovers how to cast spells using music, and with her friends Sebastian and Daniela will piece together their broken families, and even find love…

Two decades after abandoning the metropolis, Meche returns for her estranged father’s funeral, reviving memories from her childhood she thought she buried a long time ago. What really happened back then? Is there any magic left?

Silvia Moreno-Garcia on the reissue:

“I’m very pleased to see Signal to Noise returning with a corrected text and a brilliant new cover. I hope the reissue will allow many more readers a chance to discover this tale of music and magic.”

Artist Jim Tierney:

“I’ve been a fan of Silvia’s work since I first read this novel years ago, so the opportunity to design the cover for this new edition was both an intimidating task and an absurd honor.”

Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of novels Velvet Was the Night, Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, and a bunch of other books. She has also edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning She Walks in Shadows (a.k.a. Cthulu’s Daughters). She has won the British Fantasy Award and Locus Award for her work as a novelist.

For press enquiries please contact Jess Gofton, PR and Marketing Manager: jess.gofton@rebellion.co.uk

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The Rebellion Advent Calendar Day Twenty One: Signal to Noise on sale now!

Four days to go and the deals just keep getting better – it’s almost as if we like you or something…

Today, you can grab Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s truly special debut Signal to Noise, a tale of music, magic and Mexico City, for only 99p in the Kindle Store. 

Fair warning: the price will be going back to normal in 24 hours, so be quick!

Signal to Noise is only 99p!
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Signal to Noise reprinted with brand new cover!

When we love a book here at Solaris, we go all out to make sure it succeeds – which is why we’ve reprinted Signal to Noise with a brand new cover!

Taking our lead from Netflix sensation Stranger ThingsSignal to Noise was featured on lists in The Verge and Book Riot for books you should read once you’ve finished binging the series – we’ve designed a retro cover that we absolutely love. 

Here’s hoping you do as well! Click the image above to see a large version of the new cover, and bask in its glory!

Signal to Noise is out now!
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Signal To Noise makes 2016 shortlist for the Sunburst Award

Signal to Noise has made the shortlist for the 2016 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic

It’s tunring into quite the year for Silvia Moreno-Garcia, whose tale of magic and music in Mexico City has already picked up noiminations for the Locus Awards and the British Fantasy Awards. 

Signal to Noise joins novels by Katherine Fawcett, Gemma Files, Heather O’Neill and Robert Charles Wilson on the shortlist. Here’s hoping that Silvia brings this award home – Signal to Noise certainly deserves the recognition. 

Signal to Noise is out now!
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Gail Z Martin make award shortlists!

As if bagging a pair of nominations for the British Fantasy Awards wasn’t exciting enough, there’s even more awards-y goodness in the offing as both Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Gail Z Martin pick up nods.

First up, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Signal To Noise made the longlist for the 2016 Sunburst Awards for Excellence in Canadian Literature – joining the likes of Margaret Atwood in the running for the prestigious prize. 

Gail Z Martin, meanwhile, grabbed two – TWO! – nominations for the Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, with Iron & Blood and Vendetta both making the shortlist. 

Signal to Noise, Iron & Blood and Vendetta are out now – seek out these award-nominated lovelies!

Signal To Noise
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Iron & Blood
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Signal To Noise and Meeting Infinity make Locus Awards shortlist

The Locus Awards 2016 finalists were Europe At Midnight shortlisted for the Clarkes. It’s almost as if we publish amazing books or something…

A massive congratulations to all finalists, and here’s hoping come the Locus Awards Weekend of June 26-28 we’ll have some winners on our hands.

Meeting Infinity is out now!
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The Rebellion Advent Calendar: Day Ten

10 December, and the Santa War continues in the North Pole.

The casualties from the Battle of Burnt Turkey Ridge pick candy cane shards out of their red and gold tunics. Morale among the Santa loyalists is low.

To the east, Rudolf’s rebels begin a relentless carolling campaign, singing around the clock in an attempt to deprive the enemy of sleep. Bells jingle endlessly. 

In Claus House, Santa gathers his brightest elves. He wants the war ended. It is decided: a mighty weapon will be built, something so great and terrible that it will bring Rudolf to heel and put Christmas back on track…

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It’s looking bad in the North Pole, but worry not, for Christmas is on track here at Rebellion HQ. Today, we’re giving you a chance to win Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s most excellent Signal To Noise – yes, the Signal To Noise that was one of Buzzfeed’s best fantays books of 2015!

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is head over to our Facebook page and like our post, or retweet us on Twitter. Good luck!

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Signal To Noise makes Buzzfeed’s Best Fantasy Books of 2015

Rejoice! For Signal To Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s critically adored tales of music and magic, has made Buzzfeed’s Best Fantasy Books of 2015

It’s a well-deserved end of year surprise for Silvia, who joins the likes of George RR Martin, Jim Butcher and Naomi Novik on the list, whjch is pretty amazing company to be keeping if you ask us.

And, as an extra added bonus, Signal To Noise is the Nook Daily Find today, so you can grab the eBook there for only $2.99 – and it’s the also £2.99 on Amazon, if you’re doing your e-shopping in the UK.

Congratulations Silvia – we’re all delighted for you!

Signal To Noise is out now!
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Signal To Noise ‘one of the most important fantasy debuts of the year’

We already knew that Signal To Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s tale of music and magic in Mexico City, is a big bag of brilliant, but it’s always nice to hear that others agree.

Gary Wolfe over at Locus certainly does. list of reviewers that have loved Signal To Noise.

Find out more about Signal To Noise here at Solaris, and follow Silvia on Twitter.

Signal To Noise is out now!

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Signal to Noise: the alternative covers

Signal to Noise: the art that could have been

The art of choosing a cover can be a complex one, particularly when – like we did with Signal to Noise – you have a book that breaks genre boundaries and audiences. There is of course old adage that urges you not to make your mind up based purely on the first impression that a book’s artwork gives you, but we surely all have? We are of course somewhat biased: you don’t get in to publishing without having a slightly obsessive number of beautiful books you can’t quite shake the urge to purge, even when you’re now sacrificing floor space for shelf space (and spill over space, and TBR space…) But the power of a great cover is not something to be sniffed at.

Our head of art has previously shared on his own blog the sometimes arduous process behind actually creating some of our other covers, but today we thought we would share with you the two other strong possibilities for Signal to Noise, to give you an idea of the dramatic way a cover can change the shelf identity of a book, and how we arrive there.

First up we have the final cover, when you go into your local bookstore or click buy now on amazon this is what you’ll receive:

Iknowright – pretty gorgeous. But what could have been?

Obviously music is a huge part of Signal to Noise, and very specifically it’s through Meche’s vinyl record collection that the trio cast their spells so the first cover we discussed with the incredible cover artist Erik Mohr naturally had a record at its heart.

But this was too literal. Signal to Noise may have vinyl records as one of its stars, but it is more than that. This is a mixtape of story – split between two periods of time and pulled together by music, much like the magic and characters of the book. It’s also nostalgic, but not mawkish. Which is where cover two came from:

While we loved this cover it still didn’t quite capture the essence of the book for us. We had the mixtape and the retro feeling, but we needed something that captured the fantastical of the book, and the colours. Signal to Noise is a vibrant book, and Moreno-Garcia paints a picture with her words. The cover needed to capture that spirit.

We think the final cover did just that.

Signal to Noise is available to buy in the UK, US and as a DRM-free eBook directly from our store now.

You can vote for Erik’s cover in The Qwillery’s debut author cover war here!

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