In the middle of the night a family is murdered in their beds, but the job isn’t complete, the youngest child, a small baby, escapes the fate of his family and toddles off in the direction of the local graveyard. After creeping through the gaps in the railings the young child is then adopted by the ghostly inhabitants of the graveyard, at the pleading request of his mother’s spirit. The child is then raised by Mr and Mrs Owens, a ghostly couple, along side a ... read more
Posted: October 29th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under Neil Gaiman
There was a time in my life where I felt that nothing good would ever come out of Australian entertainment. I was right, and I’ll always be right, as long as I continue to ensure that “Australian entertainment” doesn’t refer to Australian literature. That’s not to say that Australian literature isn’t entertaining, but more to ensure that I am once again right. Battleaxe by Sara Douglass full book review Battleaxe is very much part one of three books, and you are left suitable ... read more
Posted: October 29th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under Sara Douglass
The Forsaken by horror/fantasy author G. Wells Taylor launches at midnight October 30, 2008 at gwellstaylor.com and wildclown.com. To celebrate the release of The Apocalypse Trilogy: Book Two, Taylor will extend FREE E-book downloads of popular Book One in the series: When Graveyards Yawn. Over 5,000 readers have downloaded copies already! When Graveyards Yawn begins when a dead lawyer hires Detective Wildclown to find his killer. The detective is soon entangled in a battle for control of a ... read more
Posted: October 29th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under General Interest
Quondam by Jayel Gibson has picked up a USA Book News “Best Books” 2008 Finalist award, bringing Jayel Gibson’s Ancient Mirrors series its fifth award. Other titles in the series were acknowledged with two National “Best Books” 2007 Finalist awards and a 15th Annual Writer’s Digest International Book Awards Honourable Mention. USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the ... read more
Posted: October 29th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under Jayel Gibson
Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman are, once again, the most popular fantasy authors that have been recorded onto audio-books. It is Christopher Paolini, however, with the third instalment of his Inheritance Cycle that appears from nowhere to take top spot. The book was released amongst (almost) JK Rowling-style fanfare and his, along with Stephenie Meyer, very much the author of the moment. Brisingr by Christopher Paolini - read by Kerry Shale Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman ... read more
Posted: October 26th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under Audio-books, J.R.R. Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Philip Pullman, Susanna Clarke, Terry Pratchett
JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, wants to see if her readers can write. The fantasy author is holding an essay contest for her younger fans — aged 8 through to 17 — in which the winners will be invited to join her for tea. There are five slots for American winners (and their chaperones) for the all-expense paid trip to Edinburgh, Scotland, in which the essay writers would get to attend the event at the National Library of Scotland on December 4. Rowling will also read ... read more
Posted: October 25th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under J.K. Rowling
The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have travelled to Priestown to defeat the Bane, a powerful, evil creature that lurks in the catacombs of the cathedral and is corrupting the County. As Thomas and his master prepare to battle with the Bane, they soon realize it isn’t their only enemy in Priestown. The Quisitor has arrived, searching the County for those who meddle in the dark – witches, warlocks and spooks! Can Thomas and his master survive the horror that follows…? The ... read more
Posted: October 25th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under Joseph Delaney
The Inkworld trilogy tells the story of a girl named Meggie and her father, Mo, who share the unusual talent of being able to read themselves into stories. It’s as magical as it sounds, but the outcomes aren’t always the stuff of fairy tales. When Mo reads from a book called Inkheart, some characters wind up in Meggie and Mo’s world and some, specifically Meggie’s mother, wind up in the Ink World. Funke called the first book, which wasn’t originally intended to ... read more
Posted: October 25th, 2008 by Lee | 1 Comment | Filed under Cornelia Funke
The Locus Magazine covers the Science Fiction & Fantasy genres and the October 2008 issue is now available. This issue will feature: Interviews with Ursula Le Guin and Tobias S. Buckell Reports from Denvention 3, this year’s World Science Fiction Convention A new review column by Gardner Dozois, plus reviews by Gary K. Wolfe, Faren Miller, Russell Letson, and others, of two dozen two books by Paul McAuley, Nick Harkaway, Jo Walton, Judith Moffett, Neal Asher, Ann & Jeff ... read more
Posted: October 25th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under Andrzej Sapkowski, George R.R. Martin, Ursula Le Guin
A large oval pencil drawing of Pooh bear reaching into a honey pot, while his friends Tigger and Piglet sit around a kitchen table, is expected to fetch up to £20,000 when it is sold at Bonhams on November 4. It is an enlarged and expanded version of the illustration “Tiggers don’t like honey” used in AA Milne’s The House at Pooh Corner. The first sketch for Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows is also for sale, and could go for as much as £10,000 ... read more
Posted: October 25th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under A.A. Milne, Kenneth Grahame