Monthly Archives: February 2008
Neil Gaiman books the Graveyard
Neil Gaiman has just announced that he’s finished the Graveyard Book (Amazon). As per usual, it challenges any preconceptions about children’s literature as did Coraline, Wolves in the Wall and Mirrormask. I cannot wait until October when it arrives.
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Neil Gaiman’s Coraline sneak peak trailer
OMG, Neil Gaiman’s got a sneaky trailer of the Henry Selick’s animation of Coraline. It looks absolutely fab (its short though) and reminds me a little of Tim Burton’s animation style or Jan Svankmajer. Coraline is one of my all … Continue reading
Digital Children’s books online
The Horn Book blog has a piece on the International Digital Children’s Library, a non profit organization who have digitized various gems so that they can be viewed by a wider audience. Whilst it is open access, you can’t fully … Continue reading
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The BBC gets Mervyn Peake
The BBC show on Mervyn Peake has just been out forward to March 5th according the Sebastian Peake’s blog.
Fan Husbandry
Should creators necessarily listen to fans and adjust creations according to comments? io9 (via Holly Black) has a piece on the art of fan husbandry in response to Russell Davies comments that he doesn’t want to listen to fans so … Continue reading
C.S. Lewis more popular than J.K. Rowling in Booktrust poll
Booktrust, the charity set up to encourage reading, commissioned a poll of the best children’s books for the government backed Bookstart, according to the Times. C.S Lewis’s Narnia tops the polls with the ubiquitous J.K. Rowling coming in at number … Continue reading
David Fickling launches new weekly comic
David Fickling, the excellent publisher of children’s books, is launching a new comic according to the Independent. Philip Pullman will be writing a strip called “The Adventures of John Blake”. Not sure who else is joining in yet. You can … Continue reading
Books as product placement
The Horn Book blog has a story on the use of product placement in books. Susan Katz, the publisher of Harper Collins children’s books comments in the New York Times: “If you look at Web sites, general media or television, … Continue reading
Holly Black launches film thread
Holly Black has set up a thread on her Livejournal for the Spiderwick Chronicles film.
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Steve Augarde talks comics
Steve Augarde’s latest piece in his running series of “Things once common, now extinct” covers comics and his reading of every comic that came into the house including his sister’s. Its a good reminder of all those times spent reading … Continue reading
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