Malorie Blackman champions the 2013 Summer Reading Challenge

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Malorie Blackman, alongside her Children’s Laureate predecessors Julia Donaldson, Michael Rosen and Jacqueline Wilson, football star Frank Lampard and other popular children’s authors and illustrators including Charlie Higson, Liz Pichon, Chris Riddell, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Cressida Cowell and Justin Somper line-up as Champions of The Reading Agency’s Summer Reading Challenge with libraries, in a major [...]

The Rosie Project to be first World Book Night book club title

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Following the news that Sony Pictures has optioned screen rights for The Rosie Project, World Book Night has announced the novel as its first book club choice. The book club will run monthly from 1 May 2013 and will feature a newly published title each month recommended by WBN direct to their database of 80,000 [...]

Author undertakes 1,500-mile road trip to promote his historical adventure novel

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Alabama author Skip Tucker will leave April 29 on a 1,500-mile drive to promote the national paperback release of his historical adventure novel, Pale Blue Light, at the annual re-enactment of the Civil War’s Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 3-5. The trip is timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the death of Stonewall [...]

Chuck Wendig brings us a new world full of Gods and Monsters

Cover image of Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig.

Chuck Wendig, author of the excellent Blackbirds, returns with a brand new title and a brand new world in Gods and Monsters: Unclean Spirits. Note to reviewers (existing and potential): I have this book in ebook format, if you would like to read and review for the site then please email me. The gods and [...]

Don’t miss World Book Night 2013: the countdown to April 23

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On 23rd April 2013 libraries and bookshops will ‘stay up late’ and authors of all genres will share their writings and love of the written word with audiences of all ages. Just as thousands of people gave up their time last year to be a part of the London Olympics, WBN givers have applied in [...]

GeekFest aim to establish large multi-genre convention in London

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For years, British fans have been flying to huge US cons like Dragon*Con , Comic-con and GenCon, and wondering why nothing like them exists in the UK. San Diego Comic-Con gets 130,000 fans. France can drum up over 20,000 fans for Utopiales, even Finland can find 15,000 fans for FinnCon. But when it comes to [...]

New Tony Ballantyne novel acquired by Solaris

Solaris have announced that they have acquired the rights to a new novel from Tony Ballantyne called Dream London. Slated for released in October 2013, the science-fiction novel takes a magical look at Britain’s capital city, a city that we would recognise but one which changes every single day. Dream London: Captain Jim Wedderburn has [...]

Most Anticipated Books of 2013 – The Heavyweights

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As a reviewer of books this crossover time between years is the greatest. We get the chance to look back on the wonderful reading we have done over the past 12 months and we can also look forward to the anticipated reading of the 12 months to come. As is now becoming tradition here at [...]

Most Anticipated Books of 2013 – The Rest

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As a reviewer of books this crossover time between years is the greatest. We get the chance to look back on the wonderful reading we have done over the past 12 months and we can also look forward to the anticipated reading of the 12 months to come. As is now becoming tradition here at [...]

The Seafort Saga in E-Book Format

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The Seafort Saga was a reasonably prominent sci-fi series from the 90′s, and it is now available in e-book format.

Books of the Month: June 2013

Four books - old and new alike - that were a joy to read are selected each month. See past winners.

Image derived from The Sacred Band book cover.The Sacred Band
David Anthony Durham
Image derived from the No Return book cover.No Return
Zachary Jernigan
Image derived from the NOS4R2 book cover.NOS4R2
Joe Hill
Image derived from the Zoo City book cover.Avilion
Robert Holdstock