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Terry Pratchett has become a patron of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust. The world-famous fantasy writer announced he had Alzheimer’s in December 2007 and has since donated $1 million £513,000 to help find a cure for dementia. Terry Pratchett said, "Alzheimer’s is a nasty disease, surrounded by shadows and small, largely unseen tragedies. I understand the desperation of sufferers and their carers and their hopes for, if not a cure, at least some regime that might ... read more

The movie adaptation of CS Lewis’s Prince Caspian has knocked Iron Man of the top of the US and Canadian box office. Prince Caspian took £29million between Friday and Sunday and replaced Iron Man after it had spent two weeks at the top.  ... read more

Fantasy author Terry Pratchett is heading to Taiwan with the BBC Sky at Night team to view the total eclipse of the sun next year. He will board the cruise ship Superstar Libra, organised by travel company Eclipse of the Century which will leave Taipei on the 17th July 2009 and travel for 9 days taking in Eclipse Day on the 22nd of July. At the point of greatest eclipse the totality will last for 6.4 minutes, something that will not happen again until 2132.  The reason Pratchett and ... read more

Following the publication of the final Harry Potter book there has been a clamour by publishers claiming that they have "found" the new JK Rowling. The Times Online recently ran a story featuring Stephanie Meyer, the teetotal Mormon mother of three and author of books about teenage vampires. The books have sold in excess of seven million copies and knocked Harry Potter off the No1 bestseller spot in the US. Although Meyer’s fan base is still predominantly American her success ... read more

There is an annual festival in Birmingham which celebrates JRR Tolkien’s connections to the city. In an effort to attract even more visitors the event organisers have changed its name to Middle Earth Weekend. The festivities will cover two days and will focus on Tolkien’s use of the city’s landmarks. Dave Corby, the chairman of the planning committee said that permission had been gained from the Tolkien Estate to use the name Tolkien - "The estate was very helpful and ... read more

Rob Tapert, the producer of the television series Hercules and Xena: Warrior Princess is returning to New Zealand to produce 22 episode’s of Wizard’s First Rule for Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios. Variety recently reported that the series has already been sold. Each hour-long will have a different New Zealand director and will be shot over a 36 month period starting in June 2008. Robe Tapert married Lucy Lawless the star of Xena in 1998 and will be working with ... read more

Grassington can be found in the Yorkshire Dales National Parks. It is a remote part of Northern England , thousands of sheep break the silence amongst a latticework of drystone walls separating lush, green valleys. Grassington has proven inspirational to many authors, not least among them JRR Tolkien and William Horwood. The Yorkshire travel guide mentions that a few elves, dwarfs and the odd hobbit would not look at all out of place here. JRR Tolkien encapsulates the English countryside ... read more

Philip Pullman, the best selling author of the fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials, will be turning his talents to writing a new comic strip. The new strip, The Adventures of John Blake will appear weekly in a new manga-inspired comic, the DFC. Working together with illustrator John Aggs the strip will be distributed monthly by mail. Pullman was a big reader of boys comics when he was a child “I was brought up on comics like the Eagle, Wizard and Beano, though not so much Dandy, this is ... read more

The premiere of Prince Caspian was held in New York last night and all the stars turned out to the watch the film that now begins its roll-out across the world. Georgie Henley, who plays Lucy in the film said “I’m feeling very weird at the moment, but very excited and quite glamorous actually. I just arrived in a limo and I’ve never done that before!” It has been three years since the release of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian will see the ... read more

Last week we announced that British comedian Eddie Izzard would be the voice of Reepicheep in the upcoming movie adaptation of CS Lewis’s Prince Caspian. We are now equally pleased to announce that another esteemed British comedian will be joining him as part of the cast. David Walliams, the star of Little Britain will play Bulgy Bear and will bring humour and comic timing to the role. A lifelong fan of the Narnia Chronicles, Walliams jumped at the chance to be involved in the ... read more