The Independent’s books page has news of Random House finding an early copy of one of AA Milne’s detective stories written before Winnie the Pooh. The House has secret passages and is set in Hundred Acre wood. Winnie will never be the same again I fear. The reprint arrives in late autumn.
Cory Doctorow over on BoingBoing posts an interesting article on the placing of his book in the YA section of book stores which appears to have confused some people and Scott Westerfeld picks this up on his blog asking “There’s an interesting wave of discussions going on right now about YA sections of bookstores. Do [...]
A couple of weeks ago, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell sat down and chatted about the Edge Chronicles and the excellent Barnaby Grimes series.
Paul : I started it (Lord of the Rings) too late. I’m not a real fantasy afficionado really which is probably why the Edge is odd.
Chris: We’ve talked about this a [...]