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Booksellers and publishers are hoping a post-election flood of titles by brand-name authors can rescue their holiday season, which arrives amid the worst economy in 50 years. Several big releases were timed to avoid the campaign and are out this week, including Wally Lamb’s The Hour I First Believed, Stephen King’s Just After Sunset and Toni Morrison’s A Mercy. Barnes & Noble is bracing for “a terrible holiday season.” The American Booksellers Association ... read more

If you miss an episode of ABC-Disney’s Legend of the Seeker you can now download full episodes on iTunes for $1.99 or $2.99 for hi-def. The downloads will be available the Monday after each new episode airs. Unfortunately, an ABC media rep told me that the downloads will only be available in the US. The one-hour action-adventure fantasy series, “Legend of the Seeker” is an adaptation of author Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth book series. Whilst building his own home in ... read more

The Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society’s (ALCS) is sponsoring the opening lecture at ‘Shipping Lines’ Liverpool’s first ever literary festival, part of the city’s program as European Capital of Culture, 2008. “We are delighted to be supporting both Philip Pullman, one of the great writers of our time, and the city of Liverpool in its role as European Capital of Culture,” says Barbara Hayes, ALCS Deputy CEO. “As ALCS works around ... read more

The Chronicles of The Imaginarium Geographica feature CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien as lead characters in a story that spans the world of fantasy and ours. The third book in the series, The Indigo King is now available to order from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. On a September evening in 1931, John and Jack, two of the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, discover a plea for help on an ancient medieval parchment. It seems to have been written by their friend, Hugo Dyson! But when they rush to ... read more

The Oshawa Public Libraries Festival is running during the month of November. In this this time four branches if the library will host visits by Canadian children’s authors as students celebrate the written word. To celebrate the launch, comedian and children’s author Sean Cullen addressed the adults gathered at the McLaughlin branch. He said he reads everything, adding the first book he read that influenced him was JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Cullen makes his appearance at ... read more

Fantasy author Neil Gaiman has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins to write a non-fiction book about China. The book will be called Monkey and Me: China and the Journey to the West and its inspiration can be found in the works of Wu Cheng’en. The book will chart Gaiman’s journey from China to the west by car, coach, train and foot. The book will be his first non-fiction title since Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Companion, was ... read more

Every week beginning in 1933 and continuing until 1950, a group of college friends met to discuss current events and share their latest writings. They named themselves The Inklings, and their ranks included the great minds of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien. Who were the Inklings? Eastern’s literary magazine is named after this great group of writers. Inklings publishes poetry, short stories and visual art from students and faculty at Eastern. They encourage everyone to submit. The magazine is ... read more

The release of JK Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard (December 4th) is almost upon us and The Edinburgh Evening News have launched a contest giving 10 schools in the Edinburgh area the chance to win invitations to the special tea party that will be held by the author.  The ten winning schools will be able to bring 20 children between the ages of 8 and 11. Entries must be submitted by November 10th and The Leaky Cauldron has scanned the newspaper feature ... read more

The British Fantasy Society will be holding a Christmas Open Night on the 5th of December. Members and non-members are invited to the Ye Olde Cock Tavern in London for pre-festive cheer from 6pm onwards. The event will help raise money for St. Mungo’s Homeless Charity. Dave McKean, the English illustrator, photographer and comic book artist, very graciously signed copies of this year’s FantasyCon Souvenir Programme and there are also a handful of very nice posters for Neil Gaiman’s ... read more

Cornelia Funke has captivated readers of all ages and backgrounds with the 10 million books she has sold. The loss of her husband to cancer two years ago was a heartbreaking chapter for the writer. Funke was nearly 30 when she first thought about becoming a writer. She had worked as a social worker and then a book illustrator until growing exasperated with the mediocre children’s stories she was asked to illustrate. Her books were an immediate hit in Germany - the author likes to draw ... read more