Friday, March 30, 2007

Poetry Friday 43

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I don't know about anyone else, but I pick up Poetry Friday "cues" all over the place. Last weekend I was reading an article ...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Terry Pratchett news

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From the Discworld Monthly email newsletter: There is a new petition up on the UK Government's official Number 10 website to suggest tha...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - cover art revealed

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The Times has today revealed the cover art for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - children's edition and Harry Potter and the Deat...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Book News: Tolkien, Harry Potter

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An unfinished book by J R R Tolkien will be published on April 17 after being completed by the late author's son. Christopher Tolkien ha...
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Doctor Who Quote of the Week

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Rose : So when it says guests, does that mean people? The Doctor : Depends what you mean by people. Rose : I mean people. What do you mean? ...
Monday, March 26, 2007

The Price of Paradise - Colin Brake

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Colin Brake's The Price of Paradise is the last of the New Doctor Who Adventures novels to feature Rose (played by Billie Piper) as the...
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Book Discussion Group - Reminder

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Just a quick reminder that the Book Discussion Group will begin discussing Terry Pratchett's A Hat Full of Sky next week (Tuesday April...
Sunday, March 25, 2007

The Obsidian Dagger - Catherine Webb

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Catherine Webb's The Obsidian Dagger: Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle is the sequel to The Extraordinary and...
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Saturday, March 24, 2007

Five Non KidsLit Blogs I Read

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Liz, over at A Chair, A Fireplace and a Tea Cozy tagged me to participate in this one - and I panicked a little because I wasn't sure t...
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Friday, March 23, 2007

Short Story Conference: Edge Hill University

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I saw this press release today and thought "I'd love to go!": Edge Hill University will be hosting "The Story Shall Be Ch...

Poetry Friday 42

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Last Saturday, I mentioned watching the David Tennant/Catherine Tate sketch from the Comic Relief TV marathon - it featured Catherine Tate...
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Thursday, March 22, 2007

The Art of Destruction - Stephen Cole

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Stephen Cole's The Art of Destruction is the fifth of the New Doctor Who Adventures to feature the Doctor and Rose as played by David T...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Book Giveaway - All books are taken

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Those of you involved in the Scholar's Blog Book Discussion Group will know I was contemplating including Charles Butlter's book, Th...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

News items

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Unfortunately owing to timing issues and being out all day Saturday, I found out too late that Midwestern Lodestar was hosting the 12th Carn...
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Count Karlstein - Philip Pullman

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Philip Pullman's Count Karlstein won the Whitbread Award and is based on a play he wrote (when he was a middle-school teacher) for his ...
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Doctor Who Quote of the Week

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(Taking Rose's cell phone) The Doctor : Tell you what, with a little bit of jiggery-pokery... Rose : Is that a technical term, jiggery-p...
Monday, March 19, 2007

The Firework Maker's Daughter - Philip Pullman

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In Philip Pullman's fable, The Firework Maker's Daughter Lila was, as a baby, "a cross little thing, always crying and refusin...
Saturday, March 17, 2007

Write Fantastic Event - Update

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Despite the fact I feel like I could fall asleep at my keyboard, I thought I'd do my write up on the "Write Fantastic" book si...

Write Fantastic Event

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As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, today is the Write Fantastic event at Bristol's Forbidden Planet. So I'll be off to Bristol ...
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Friday, March 16, 2007

Poetry Friday 41

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In honour of St Patrick's Day tomorrow, I thought I'd share with you some of my favourite poetry by Irish poets. First two poems fro...
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