Books Received: July 2012
Books received for review during the month of July 2012. This page is updated throughout the month.
Tag Archives: England
Chicon 7 Announces London as Sole 2014 Site Selection Bidder
London, England, is the only bidder for the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention…
Alan Lee will be World Fantasty Convention 2012 Artist Guest of Honor
World Fantasy and Academy Award winning artist Alan Lee has been named Artist Guest of Honour for the 2013 World Fantasy Convention…
Director Ken Russell Dies
British director Ken Russell (1927-2011) directed many biographies, but was known for Altered States, Tommy, and Academy Award-nominee Women in Love…
RHCB to publish epic fantasy debut—Eragon meets Game of Thrones
Rachel Hartman sold two books to Random House Children’s Books. The first, Seraphina, is a fantasy novel debuting in Spring 2012…
Medallion launches YA-YA series with The White Fox
Medallion Press is debuting their series of novels written for young adults by young adults. The first book, by 19-year-old James Bartholomeusz, will be The White Fox…
Books Received: August 2011
Books received for review during the month of August 2011. This page is updated throughout the month.
Actress Dana Wynter Dies
Actress Dana Wynter (1931-2011) will be remembered for her role as Becky Driscoll in Invasion of the Body Snatchers…
Actress Elisabeth Sladen Dies
Actress Elisabeth Sladen (1948-2011) was Doctor Who’s companion Sarah Jane Smith, and then starred in her own spin-off television series…
World Fantasy Convention 2013 returns to the UK
The 2013 World Fantasy Convention is returning to Brighton, England, 31 October-3 November 2013. The convention is headed up by the people responsible for the 1998 and 1997 WFCs and the 2007 and 2010 World Horror Conventions…
The Making of Harry Potter studio tour to open in London next year
Warner Bros Studios in Leavesden (outside of London, England) will be opening the sets, props, costumes, and more from the eight Harry Potter movies for a studio tour starting in Spring 2012…
Preternature seeking articles for Anomalous Ethnographies
Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies on the Preternatural has issued a call for articles for a special issue called “Anomalous Ethnographies: Wild Wonders, Diminutive People and Reticent Races”…
Fan Ruth Kyle Dies
Ruth Kyle (1930-2011) was David A. Kyle’s wife and the secretary of the 1956 WorldCon…
British children’s author Dick King-Smith dies
British children’s author Dick King-Smith (1922-2011) starting writing in his fifties, and created Babe…
British actor Pete Postlethwaite dies
British actor Pete Postlethwaite (1946-2011) was in last year’s Inception and Clash of the Titans…
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