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Fantasy news round-up: September 10, 2012
A round up of fantasy and bookish news from around the world… Neil Gaiman to write another Doctor Who episode While accepting his Hugo Award for The Doctor’s Wife this weekend Neil Gaiman informally announced that he was writing another episode of Doctor Who. The Doctor’s Wife gave the TARDIS a chance to chat with [...]
Harry Potter ebooks free to borrow from June 19
Amazon.com have recently announced that J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books will soon be available to borrow through the Amazon Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. To take advantage of this offer you must first be a member of the Amazon Prime programme, which UK residents can join for an annual membership fee of £49. Once a [...]
HP documentary coming soon: When Harry Left Hogwarts teaser trailer
When Harry Left Hogwarts will be a forty-eight minute documentary – featuring footage from the filming of the "Deathly Hallows" movies – that will be included as a special feature on the Deathly Hallows: Part " blu-ray disc. BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Morgan Matthews was given unprecedented access to the creative decision making processes and allowed [...]
Pottermore pushes Harry Potter ebook launch back to 2012
Pottermore, the recently launched official Harry Potter website, has decided to delay the release of the HP series in electronic format until the first half of 2012. The ebooks had initially been given an October release date but the incredibly high levels of traffic experienced during its beta testing made it clear to those behind [...]
Fantasy news round-up: October 3, 2011
Here is a round-up of events in the fantasy-related literary world over the past week or so. JK Rowling honoured by Edinburgh University The Harry Potter author received the University Benefactor’s Award for her financial contribution to multiple sclerosis research at the Scottish institution. Rowling donated 10 million pounds ($16 million) to establish the Anne [...]
Fantasy news round-up: September 14, 2011
Game of Thrones set damaged Monday’s extreme weather conditions has damaged the Games of Thrones film set in Northern Ireland. One person was injured after a marquee collapsed under the strong winds. The epic fantasy adventure, is a dramatisation of the second book of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of novels by [...]
The World Book Night top 100 books to read, give and share
The folks over at World Book Night – www.worldbooknight.org – asked readers to nominate the 10 books they most love to read, give and share. Over 6,000 people nominated more than 8,000 titles and the top 100 are displayed below. I am pleased to say that I have read 22 of the listed titles and [...]
Fantasy news round-up, June 17, 2011
JK Rowling launches Pottermore.com JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series has launched a new website, Pottermore.com. A Harry Potter fansite, the Leaky Cauldron, said it got a preview of the new site reporting that “it is one of the most amazing, engaging, and breath-taking additions to this fandom imaginable.” No word [...]
Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Part 2 Trailer Revealed
At long last, and only a few months before the film is released, a trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 has been released. For fans of the books there will be some noticeable scenes in there, and also maybe a few that weren’t in the book. I guess we’ll just [...]
Rowling beats another plagiarism suit
JK Rowling, author of the popular Harry Potter series, was accused by the estate of a British author, Adrian Jacobs, who passed away in 1997, of borrowing material from Jacobs’ 1987 book, The Adventures of Willy the Wizard for her own book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Rowling stated that she had never [...]
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