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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 [...]
Wolf Brother author Michelle Paver moves to Puffin
Puffin Books announced on Wednesday (November 17, 2010) that it has signed up children’s author Michelle Paver for a major new series. Puffin has acquired world rights, including digital, in a deal which will see the award-winning author – well known for her Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series – published by Penguin in the US [...]
Michelle Paver wins this year’s Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize
Michelle Paver has been announced as the winner of the 2010 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for Ghost Hunter, the sixth and final book in her Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. "It’s relatively rare for a book late in a series to win a major prize, but the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness is such a towering [...]
Orion obtain world rights to Michelle Paver’s Dark Matter
Orion has obtained world rights to an adult novel by bestselling children’s author Michelle Paver. The title will be published in hardback on 21st October. The novel is set in 1937 on the Norwegian Arctic island of Spitsbergen, now known as Svalbard. The story focuses on a group of hopeful young Englishmen who set off [...]
The 20 greatest children’s books ever, according to The Telegraph
Some are time-worn classics, some more recently embraced. Lucinda Everett selects the stories that resonate with the young decade after decade. We think that it is a great list and have added some of our favourites immediately afterwards. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale [...]
Niffenegger praises Jonathan Strange, JK Rowling tweets…
Here follows a round-up of the best fantasy-related news items from the past seven days. Audrey Niffenegger’s novel The Time Traveller’s Wife has sold more than five million copies. In a recent interview she was asked “What book do you wish you’d written?” And her reply? “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. It’s [...]
Michelle Paver UK Book Tour begins on Sunday
Michelle Paver, author of The Chronicles Ancient Darkness series, begins her UK tour on August 23, 2009 at Waterstones in Bluewater. You will be able to meet Michelle and get your books signed. Ghost Hunter, the sixth and final book in the series was published yesterday (August 20, 2009). Below we have listed Michelle Paver’s [...]
Bath Festival of Children’s Literature – September 2009
After the huge success of the Bath Festival of Children’s Literature in the past two years, the organisers are delighted to announce a third programme of events for children and families featuring some of the biggest names in the children’s book world. Jacqueline Wilson, Terry Deary, Francesca Simon, Julia Donaldson, Michael Rosen, Axel Scheffler, Charlie [...]
Michelle Paver and Marcus Sedgwick to appear at Wimbledon Bookfest
The organisers of Wimbledon Bookfest have promised to keep the community at the heart of the party, as the annual event grows in its third year. More than 50 literary events are set to take place in venues across Merton from October 3 to 11. They include a screening of Slumdog Millionaire with its scriptwriter [...]
Bath’s Literature Festival a real success
Bath’s second children’s literature festival has come to an end with organisers celebrating record ticket sales. The Bath Children’s Literature Festival saw events taking place across the city, giving young people from teenagers to toddlers the chance to meet their literary heroes. Organisers of the 10-day event said this year’s festival had been bigger and [...]
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