Monthly Archives: March 2008
Pastoral ways of life
The Independent has an article bemoaning the decline of the rural way of life and countryside (which has been going on for a couple of hundred years really) and it reminds me of a theme in Tolkien and the new … Continue reading
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Reading hard books
Roger Sutton over on the Horn Book blog has recently read George Eliot’s Middlemarch (which I confess to reading and disliking intensely). He makes a point which Scott Westerfeld made to me about using language for children in an as … Continue reading
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Goosebumps down my spine
The New York Times reports that R.L. Stine is to return to the Goosebumps series for the first time in eight years. The stories will be linked by a sub plot concerning a horror theme park and will be linked … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman gets two Graveyards
Bloomsbury appear to be doing a wonderful thing, according to Neil Gaiman‘s blog. Aware that there are two audiences, Bloomsbury will have Dave McKean illustrate the adult version and the awesome Chris Riddell, the children’s one. Must reserve space on … Continue reading
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Gormenghast’s Titus to Groan on CD
News from Sebastian Peake that the Titus trilogy is to be released on CD later this year. Titus Grown will appear towards the end of the year with the other novels coming at three month intervals.
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A singular artist: Sebastian Peake interviewed about Mervyn
This year is the fifitieth anniversary of the death of Mervyn Peake, author, poet, dramatist and wonderful illustrator. His son, Sebastian, is talking about him at the Oxford Literary Festival on April 3rd at 7.30 in Christchurch College and kindly … Continue reading
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Kaleb Nation interviews Scott Westerfeld
Interesting interview with Scott Westerfeld over on the Kaleb Nation blog, mainly about writing.
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Holly Black is Pulsing
Simon and Schuster’s Pulse imprint are having a blogfest with some of their authors from 14th to 23rd March. Holly Black is one of the authors.
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Harry Potter Lexicon court date
RDR, Warner and JK Rowling head to court on March 24th to try and settle the HP Lexicon issue, according to the Guardian. Fingers crossed for RDR but methinks there is an awful lot of miscommunication and spin. As John … Continue reading
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Wired on the life and legacy of Gary Gygax and D&D
Daivd Kusner, a Wired contributing editor, has this great article on Gygax’s life, D&D and the world of table top gaming (one I left years ago!). I was intrigued by his comments on Lord of the Rings and the influence … Continue reading
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