UA options John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice series; volume 4 coming soon
John Flanagan's young adult Ranger's Apprentice series has been optioned by United Artists Films. Volume four, The Battle for Skandia...
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Yearly Archives: 2008
New York Anime Fest logo merchandise available
The New York Anime Festival was a month ago, but if you missed it (or even if you didn't) and still want to get your hands on some of their logoed merchandise (including sake sets)...
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K.D. Wentworth to chat live on WotF Forum on Monday
Coordinating Judge (and writer) K.D. Wentworth will be online live on the Writers of the Future Forum for two hours Monday evening, as well as...
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One for Sorrow wins Crawford Award
Christopher Barzak's One for Sorrow won the Crawford Award for best first book of fantasy...
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People’s Choice Awards recognize some genre work and people
The 35th People's Choice Awards were handed out in a whole host of categories. Picking through to find those of interest, we come across...
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Review of The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi, Volume 2
This one is a little more disjointed than volume one was, but we may be able to attribute that to being the middle book of a trilogy. The art is still fantastic...
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The House Between season two launching this month
The House Between is an independent web-based television program following five characters trapped in a strange, empty house...
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Crichton sells in China, and HarperCollins buys Chinese children’s books
HarperCollins and PRC publisher Jilin Publishing Group will be publishing four Michael Crichton novels in Chinese. And in a related announcment, HC will be publishing...
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Illustrator Graham Percy Dies
Illustrator Graham Percy (1938-2008) was responsible for more than 100 children's books, preferring to do animals...
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Past Author Readings & Signings 2008 (first half of the year)
Author Readings & Signings that have already been.
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Teaser of Marseguro available online
Edward Willett has posted the first two chapters of his upcoming science fiction novel Marseguro online at...
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Raincoast closing publishing business
Canadian publisher and distributor Raincoast Books, which worked on the Harry Potter series, is shuttering its publishing operations...
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Free comics workshop in Berkeley, California
Friends of Lulu is starting a free, monthly comics workshop: "come and bring a sketchbook," they say...
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Challenging Destiny #25 now available; last for a while
Editor David M. Switzer, in his editorial, announces that the magazine is going on hiatus. Issue #25 has content by Suzette Haden Elgin, A.R. Morlan, an interview with Spider Robinson...
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2007 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2007 Philip K. Dick Award, for best science fiction novel published in paperback original in the US, have been announced...
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