Two-Book Teen Ghost Deal with S&S for Curtis Jobling
Bob the Builder creator Curtis Jobling sold two teenage ghost novels to Simon & Schuster Children's. The first, Haunt, will appear next year...
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Richard Davis’ stories finally collected in book from Shadow Publishing
British small-press publisher Shadow Publishing announces the publication of The Female of the Species & Other Terror Tales by Richard Davis (1935-2005)...
Read more [...] Third two-book deal for Puffin fantasy novelist Curtis Jobling
Curtis Jobling sells two more Wereworld novels to Puffin, via agent John Jarrold...
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Nominees announced for Vampire Novel of the Century Award
The Horror Writers Association has announced six classics of the vampire novel genre as its nominees for the Bram Sstoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award...
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Two lost Doctor Who episodes recovered
Two of the 100 missing episodes of early Doctor Who have been discovered in a private collection. The episodes feature the first two Doctors...
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Director David Yates working with BBC to develop Doctor Who movie
Director David Yates and BBC Worldwide Productions are looking for writers to bring Doctor Who from the small screen to the big one...
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Penguin acquires US rights to Curtis Jobling’s third and fourth Wereworld books
Penguin bought US rights to the third and fourth Wereworld books by Curtis Jobling...
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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...
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Water, Water, Everywhere, But…—Doctor Who’s “The Waters of Mars
The Doctor is going through some major character shifts, and quite possibly for the better, as he appears to be setting himself (and his audience) up for something big... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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A review of Merlin’s “Le Morte d’Arthur”
A satisfying, but only acceptable, conclusion to the first series (or season) reveals some secrets... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Another Day of the Triffids…
Quick link: Andrew Porter points at us this BBC news article about a forthcoming BBC adaptation of The Day of the Triffids, which starts by asking "why are we still prepared to believe in a post-apocalyptic world roamed by flesh-eating semi-sentient plants? And do we have a love affair with fictionalised destruction?"
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BBC One’s new Merlin may be a little too new
The modern take on the Arthurian legend looks good, but may be a little too modern to keep the appeal... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Terry Pratchett makes sizable donation to find a cure for Alzheimer’s
In a wonderfully Pratchett-esque talk, Terry Pratchett will today announce a $1 million donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust to help find a cure to the disease he is fighting...
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Iain M. Banks’s “The State of the Art” to be BBC radio play
Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell is adapting Iain M. Banks's novella "The State of the Art" to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4...
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Producer Verity Lambert Dies
Television and film producer Verity Lambert (1935-2007) was the first producer of Doctor Who, and in later years...
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