Tuesday, January 31, 2006

What Children Should Read

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There's a story in today's The Herald which reports that J K Rowling, Philip Pullman, Ben Okri and Andrew Motion, amongst others, h...
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Sunday, January 29, 2006

The White Darkness - Geraldine McCaughrean

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Before I review this book, I'm going to briefly talk about Buffy for a moment (as a spoiler space for at least one of my readers whom I ...
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Saturday, January 28, 2006

Robin Hobb

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It's been a while since I reviewed any actual books here because I've been working my way through three Robin Hobb trilogies: the Fa...
Friday, January 27, 2006

Birthday boys

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January 27 is the birthday of two famous men. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756. A child prodigy, h...
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Thursday, January 26, 2006

Book Meme

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Bold the books you have read. Italicise the books you might read. Cross out the books you probably won't read. Underline the books you h...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Essay

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I have received permission from the editor of Vector to reproduce my essay "The Picaresque in The Tales of Einarinn" and I've...
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Monday, January 23, 2006

Library Cuts

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Sometimes, this country really drives me crazy - and today is one of those days thanks to a story in today's Daily Telegraph which exp...
Sunday, January 22, 2006

Terry Pratchett Encyclopaedia

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Andrew Butler is editing a volume entitled A Fan's Companion to Terry Pratchett for publication in 2007 by Greenwood Press. This book w...
Saturday, January 21, 2006

Robin Hobb converts reluctant readers

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There's an interesting article in today's Guardian, in which Francesca Simon (of Horrid Henry fame) discusses finally allowing her...
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Friday, January 20, 2006

Peter Pan Sequel

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Oxford University Press has announced that Geraldine McCaughrean's sequel to Peter Pan will be called Peter Pan in Scarlet and that it ...
Thursday, January 19, 2006

Two New Peter Pan Stories

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According to an article in today's Independent , there are going to be two new books about J M Barrie's Peter Pan . One is the offi...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

The Short Story

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Catherine Gander, in an article in the Guardian , suggests that Britain does not give enough honour to the short story format, unlike our f...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006

The future of books

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This weekend there was an article in the Guardian about the future of electronic books. Robert McCrum observes that "the world of publ...
Sunday, January 15, 2006

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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I should probably put a spoiler warning on this for anyone who's not a Buffy fan but might be considering watching the series. So far I...
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Saturday, January 14, 2006

Giants of the Frost - Kim Wilkins

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I promised a review of Kim Wilkins' Giants of the Frost at the start of the year. But first, a quick word to say that at 4 pm (GMT), I ...
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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Finnish Fantasy and Mozart

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A review of The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy , edited by Johanna Sinisalo from The Independent caught my eye. The reviewer notes that th...
Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Rowling; Pratchett; Pullman

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I have various items of children's literature news to share today - mostly it's about books being made into films (now there's a...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Women in SF&F Encyclopaedia

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Yesterday I received an invitation to contribute to a new 2 volume illustrated encyclopaedia about Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy whi...
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Saturday, January 07, 2006

Forthcoming in 2006

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I lift my head above the parapet built of Tolkien books and my notes to apologise for my absence and to say that I've so far written (an...
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Sunday, January 01, 2006

Firefly Fans

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This is a bit of fun for you Firefly fans out there - a personality quiz to see which Firefly crew member you are most like. Apparently I...
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