Dress Like a Dalek; a Record Attempt
The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, England, is sponsoring a world-record breaking attempt to gather the most people dressed as Daleks, and is looking for participants...
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Tag Archives: UK
British Fantasy Award Nominees
The British Fantasy Society announced the nominees for the eight categories of British Fantasy Awards. The winners will be announced in late September. The nominees are...
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More Potter Numbers
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold more than 2.5 million copies in its first day in the UK, an increase of...
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Harry Potter sales: they’re not just for books and movies
The Nielsen Company has compiled a large report on the Harry Potter series's impact on the entertainment industry, breaking it down by category and country. We've excerpted the 11-page report here, and provide a link to the complete document...
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Jasper Kent sells debut novel to Transworld UK
New author Jasper Kent sold world rights to Twelve and an unwritten sequel to Simon Taylor at Transworld UK (Bantam Corgi). The novel is set during the Napoleonic wars and features supernatural elements...
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Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf to be CD release
Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf is Toby Hadoke's autobiographical piece that tracks his growth from fan geek to geeks success...
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Naomi Novik Wins Compton Crook Award
Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon won this year's Compton Crook Award for...
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Richardson sells Greywalker in three countries
Kat Richardson sold foreign rights to Greywalker to Heyne in Germany, Vremea in Romania, and Piatkus in the UK. Piatkus also bought rights to...
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Leander Deeny sells first children’s book to Quercus
New author Leander Deeny sold children's book Hazel's Nightmares to Suzy Jevney at Quercus Books. Agent Caroline Michel of the William Morris Agency made the deal, which is for a book that...
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Del Rey publishing Command and Conquer tie-in novel
Tying in to Electronic Arts's new computer game, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Del Rey will publish a novel by the same, by Keith R.A. DeCandido, on...
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Chabon’s Gentlemen of the Road Sells to Sceptre in the UK
Michael Chabon sold British rights to his forthcoming Gentlemen of the Road to Sceptre—which will publish the hardcover with illustrations throughout—in...
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“Daniel Fox” sells fantasy trilogy to Del Rey
Pseudonymous British novelist Daniel Fox sold world rights to a new fantasy trilogy to Del Rey. The first volume, to be called...
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Kevin J. Anderson sells new trilogy to Orbit
Kevin J. Anderson sold "The Terra Incognita" trilogy to Orbit. The first volume will appear after...
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Aspect is out; Orbit is in
Hachette Publishing is retiring Warner Aspect, along with the general Warner Publishing name. They're rebranding to position the line more closely with their British imprint, Orbit. And they've made a "flagship" purchase for the line...
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Harry Potter cover and more information
Scholastic (the US publisher) and Bloomsbury (the UK publisher) of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have released the cover art for the forthcoming final book in the series. There is also some new information on the story...
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