Horror fantasy sf: the latest news
11 Mar 2011
Novelist says the broadcaster ignored sci-fi, fantasy and horror during its coverage of World Book Night
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24 Nov 2010
Advertising executive says tale of giant killer wasps was a "joy" to write
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15 Oct 2010
Novel expected to fetch several thousand dollars at auction
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12 Oct 2010
Babs Odugbesan approached to turn horror novel Give Me Yesterday into a play
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09 Sep 2010
The BBC, not Daleks, exterminated many classic adventures in the 1970s
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07 Sep 2010
The City and the City and The Windup Girl scoop top prize
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31 Aug 2010
Five authors shortlisted for best novel prize
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25 Aug 2010
Paranormal expert says new book will convince the sceptics.
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23 Aug 2010
Star Wars legend Dave Prowse helps mum-of-two's debut novel
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22 Jul 2010
Fantasy author Melissa Marr will be writing a new trilogy.
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22 Jul 2010
Books for children written by German authors are popular across the globe.
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06 Jul 2010
Twilight fans tend to prefer Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels to the adapted films starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
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03 Jun 2010
China Mieville reveals the inspiration behind his latest title - Kraken.
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25 May 2010
Today (May 25th) marks Towel Day, when fans of Douglas Adams show their respect to the dead author.
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21 May 2010
The Girl with the Glass Feet by Ali Shaw is one of three debut novels to be shortlisted for the award.
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19 May 2010
Paolo Bacigalupi has won a science fiction award for his debut novel.
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18 May 2010
The genius behind the True Blood series, Charlaine Harris, reveals her passion for putting pen to paper.
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13 May 2010
Bram Stoker's Dracula was a source of inspiration for one budding writer.
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06 May 2010
Author Terry Pratchett lays into the BBC series Doctor Who.
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14 Apr 2010
Here, There be Dragons, the first book in The Chronicles of Imaginarium Geographica, could soon be hitting cinema screens.
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This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month
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15 Seconds
Andrew Gross
May 2012 Book of the Month.
If you love fast-paced, topical thrillers that you simply can't put down, then Andrew Gross and especially 15 Seconds is a great place to go. Pulled over...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Killing Hour
Andrew Gross
The jaw-dropping unputdownable new novel from the guy who co-authored five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard. Now a bestselling novelist in his own right with hit thrillers The Blue Zone and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/04/2011
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Reckless
Andrew Gross
Hauck has left law enforcement for a job with a big-time private security firm. But he quickly learns that life in the private sector can be every bit as dangerous as wearing a badge - if not more so...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
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Don't Look Twice
Andrew Gross
A revenge killing. A dead public attorney. And a family caught in the cross-fire. For local detective Ty Hauck, life is good. A waterfront house, a new girlfriend and, after uncovering a Wall Street scandal, he's even a local hero....
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/05/2009
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This month's 'featured books'
Debuts of the Month
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The Perfect Location
Kate Forster
Rose Nightingale is an Australian actress still recovering from a bad marriage. Sapphira De Mont is the world's most beautiful movie star, but hides a secret addiction and a broken heart. Calypso Gable is a young star on the rise...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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The Hypnotist
Lars Kepler
When a whole family is murdered in Stockholm, Inspector Joona Linna is brought in to investigate the murky case and soon uncovers an unsettling connection to disgraced hypnotist and medic Erik Maria Bark. With uber-villains in the Thomas Harris mould...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/04/2012
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Please Don't Stop the Music
Jane Lovering
Winner of the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2012 and the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel Award 2012.
Sarah Broadhurst's comment...
'“My congratulations to Jane Lovering for winning the Romantic Novel of the Year with Please Don’t Stop the Music (Choc...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2011
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The Last Summer
Judith Kinghorn
May 2012 MEGA Debut of the Month.
An enchanting, sweeping debut of big storytelling, of social and political change spanning the First World War and beyond, perfect for reading groups and fans of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
eBooks
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Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
May 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.
With her dazzling, utterly absorbing style of writing Bring Up the Bodies focuses on the downfall and destruction of the charismatic Anne Boleyn. This is the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
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The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty
May 2012 Book of the Month.
I am reminded of the 20s musical number "Anything Goes" here, for in "The Chaperone" it certainly does. This is 20s New York, the girl being chaperoned...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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The Watchtower
Lee Carroll
Will Hughes, the alluring four-hundred-year-old vampire who tasted her blood and saved her life, could help, but he's disappeared. Garet believes he's in France, searching for the Summer Country, the legendary land of the Fey where he might be freed...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Icebreaker
John Gardner
Bond reluctantly finds himself recruited into a dangerous mission involving an equally dangerous and treacherous alliance of agents from the CIA, the KGB and Israel's Mossad...
James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3. Icebreaker
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month
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The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty
May 2012 Book of the Month.
I am reminded of the 20s musical number "Anything Goes" here, for in "The Chaperone" it certainly does. This is 20s New York, the girl being chaperoned...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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I Left My Tent in San Francisco
Emma Kennedy
May 2012 Travel Book of the Month.
Startlingly honest and ridiculously funny, I Left My Tent in San Francisco is the miraculous story of how the hapless pair made it back alive to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Passion
Lauren Kate
May 2012 New Gen Book of the Month.
Before Luce and Daniel met at Sword & Cross, before they fought the Immortals, they had already lived many lives. And so Luce, desperate to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
The School of Life
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How to Change the World
John-Paul Flintoff, School of Life
On our own, can we make a difference? Of all six books, this was the one I was drawn to most, the examples of change, one person at a time, are inspiring and thought-provoking. John-Paul Flintoff also looks at the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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How to Think More About Sex
Alain de Botton, School of Life
The title may seem strange in our sex obsessed age but Alain de Botton is arguing that we don’t think too much about sex, we’re merely thinking about it in the wrong way. The author offers insights and ways to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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How to Thrive in the Digital Age
Tom Chatfield, School of Life
What is the new digital technology doing to us and the people around us? Is it good for us or can it have negative effects, leaving us cocooned in our own little worlds, no longer engaging with each other in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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How to Stay Sane
Philippa Perry, School of Life
Mental health is every bit as important as physical health and Philippa Perry explains the brain, how we organise our minds and the ways we can improve our mental agility and creativity but also help to deal with stress and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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