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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Catherine Webb and the adventures of Horatio Lyle: an interview
Catherine Webb’s Horatio Lyle (Amazon) novels are a great mix of genres, mixing crime and fantasy. She published her first book at the age of 14 but has changed direction slightly with this new series. Why did you choose a … Continue reading
Cybil awards announced
The Cybil awards for children’s literature have been announced which are collated and voted on by the children’s lit blogosphere. In the genre section The True Meaning of Smekday (Amazon) by Adam Rex and Book of a Thousand Days (Amazon) … Continue reading
Transcript 29: Children’s Literature edition now online
Transcript, the European internet review of fiction, has a special children’s literature edition which has just been posted. There’s a Maltese story about meta-narrative and Slovenian tale about a Carrot Elf. The editorial is thought provoking if brief.
Wind still blows through the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is 100 years old this year and Kenneth Grahame still has something to say. The Telegraph ran a story on the novelist and the book’s creation (though it appears to be a little of a … Continue reading
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Eoin Colfer on BBC Radio Four
Eoin Colfer was interviewed on BBC Radio’s Saturday live show. An MP3 (warning: circa 80 mb) is available on the boxstr site.
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Maureen Johnson wants more zombies…
Scott Westerfeld has a link to a cool competiton on Maureen Johnson’s site. Her concept is that any book is better with a zombie. You can enter and get more info on the InsideaDog website. Rules: 1) Keep it to … Continue reading
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Tangled Landscapes: Steve Augarde talks about the Various
Steve Augarde has recently published Winter Wood (Amazon) which completes his wonderful pastoral trilogy set in England. He is also known as children’s illustrator, paper engineer and a semi-pro Jazz musician. He was kind enough to chat to me about … Continue reading
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Tolkien Estate suing New Line for share of Lord of the Rings profits
According to the Times, the Estate and heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien are suing New Line for their share of the profits of the trilogy. The rights granted in 1969 granted them a 7.5% share of the gross profits for both … Continue reading
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Talking Castor and Crossing Midnight: Mike Carey interviewed
Mike Carey is a comics and book writer who has also dabbled in screenplays. I caught up with him at Fantasycon and we talked about his Felix Castor novels (Felix Castor volumes) and his comics, Lucifer(Lucifer volumes) and Crossing Midnight … Continue reading
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Scott Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier interviewed for CultPop
Scott Westerfeld and his wife, Justine Larbalestier, were interviewed for the Cult Pop show (he’s number 13 on the list) and discussed the emergence of Young Adult sf. The video is available through the site (though it appears you will … Continue reading
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