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Harlan Ellison to be inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame
World-renowned author Harlan Ellison is to be inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, recognizing a career that has spanned more than five decades in which he’s made contributions to literature, television and film. He will be honoured at the Hall of Fame event in Seattle tomorrow. Harlan Ellison was born in Cleveland in [...]
Quercus is to launch new fiction imprint in January
Gollancz associate publisher Jo Fletcher will be joining Quercus to set up a new imprint in January of next year. At Gollancz (the fantasy and science fiction imprint of the Orion Publishing Group), Fletcher was an associate publisher whose authors included Sir Terry Pratchett, Charlaine Harris, Stephen Donaldson, Ursula Le Guin and Andrzej Sapkowski. "I [...]
Fantasy news round-up, September 27, 2010
Plans to improve access to Pooh Bridge unveiled Plans to improve access to a bridge made famous in the Winnie the Pooh books have been put forward. More than 35,000 people a year visit the wooden Pooh Bridge in Ashdown Forest, near Hartfield, East Sussex. The bridge was the venue for the game Poohsticks in [...]
Fantasy news round-up, August 2, 2010
Dawn Treader: new movie poster and trailer Dawn Treader, the film based on the CS Lewis book from the Narnia Chronicles, is being directed by British filmmaker Michael Apted and has been written by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely and Michael Petroni. It will be appearing in cinemas around the world from December 10, 2010 onwards. [...]
Fantasy news round-up: May 20, 2010
Light a candle for JK Rowling’s charity JK Rowling‘s children’s charity, Lumos, is asking you to light a virtual birthday candle to support its campaign to deinstitutionalise children in eastern European countries such as Moldova and the Czech Republic. Thousands of children living in these institutions do not know when their birthday is and so [...]
Puffin’s Top 70 children’s book ever
Puffin has published its list of what it considers the 70 best children’s books of all time. It is an impressive list and will provide bookworms with a wonderful choice when they next look for a book. Amongst the list are many Fantasy Book Review favourites including A Wizard of Earthsea, Watership Down, Charlotte’s Web, [...]
The Citizen Patriot’s excellent Ursula Le Guin interview
Jackson District Library will be hosting a Big Read event, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, and inspired by Le Guin’s Earthsea books. The Citizen Patriot conducted a really interesting and informative interview with Le Guin prior to the Big Read launch. Living in the UK as I do, the mention of the [...]
The ins and outs of the Google Book Settlement
The families of John Steinbeck and Woody Guthrie have decided to opt in to the revised Google Book Search settlement. Gail Steinbeck, who initially opposed the settlement and Arlo Guthrie, said they would not bring a separate lawsuit against Google. Ms. Steinbeck is the wife of the late John Steinbeck’s son, Thomas, also a novelist. [...]
Book View Café to grow ebook catalogue with help from Smashwords
Book View Café, a digital publishing cooperative for professional authors, today announced it has partnered with Smashwords to distribute Book View’s growing ebook catalogue. “Smashwords is taking a truly dynamic approach to ebooks,” said Book View Café Project Manager Sarah Zettel. “From the beginning, BVC has promised readers the books they want, when they want [...]
Le Guin gathers writers to fight Google digital book settlement
As the January 28 deadline approaches for those wishing to opt-out of the Google digital book settlement, author Ursula Le Guin has gathered more than 300 signatures in her fight against the scheme to digitise books. Le Guin has been vocal in her opposition to the Google book settlement, recently signed by the U.S. Authors [...]
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