Topic: Books | June 15th, 2007 | Comments (0)

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Harry Potter 1st Edition up for grabs

A JK Rowling’s Harry Potter first edition go’s up for auction at Bonhams auction house in London later this month and is expected to bring in between $10,000 and $20,000. Bonhams have said the (read more…)

Topic: Books | June 7th, 2007 | Comments (0)

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Finalists named in Quill Awards

The Quill Awards, which celebrate the best books of the year, and has eighteen categories have announced this year’s finalists. The Quill Awards are considered the “Oscars” of the publishing world with the (read more…)

Topic: Books | June 5th, 2007 | Comments (0)

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Shark Bait: James Bond comic strip collection for Pre-order

James Bond now has a new collection of comic strips, which are being released from Titan books in the US. This new Shark Bait collection is set for a February 2008 release date. While there are (read more…)

Topic: Books | June 1st, 2007 | Comments (0)

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Harry Potter author’s midnight signing

Wizard writer JK Rowling is to mark the publication of her latest novel, Harry Potter And The deadly Hallows. The midnight book signing is to be held at the Natural History Museum in London on (read more…)

Topic: Books | May 24th, 2007 | Comments (2)

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Hasselhoff to pen life story

Disgraced actor David Hasselhoff is to write his life story it has been claimed. The star of Baywatch and Knight Rider was recently in the news, when a video showing him drunk and rolling around on the (read more…)

Topic: Books | May 11th, 2007 | Comments (0)

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Nova Swing wins Arthur C Clark Award

Nova Swing a novel by M. John Harrison has won the Arthur C Clark Award that recognises distinguished science fiction published in the UK. The yearly award presented by the Sernedip Foundation is (read more…)

Topic: Books | May 4th, 2007 | Comments (0)

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Author Jose Eduardo Agualusa wins Fiction prize

Author and Angolan journalist Jose Eduardo Agualusa has won this year’s Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for his novel The Book of Chameleons, and shares the £10,000 prize with (read more…)

Topic: Books | May 2nd, 2007 | Comments (0)

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Debut Mental health novel up for Orange prize

Poppy Shakespeare, the debut novel of new author Clare Allen has been nominated for the Orange prize for new writers. Clare, who spent a decade in the mental health system, based the (read more…)

Topic: Books | April 25th, 2007 | Comments (0)

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Connery and Rowling back bid for Murray archive

A campaign for The John Murray archive is being supported by a host of celebrities to raise £5,000,000 so the archive can be saved. Amongst the celebrity names are Sir Sean Connery and (read more…)

Topic: Books | April 25th, 2007 | Comments (0)

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2007 Locus finalists are announced

Locus magazine’s annual reader’s poll winners will be announced during the Science Fiction museum’s Hall of Fame weekend in Seattle, June 16/18 th. (read more…)

Topic: Books | April 24th, 2007 | Comments (1)

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Nominees for Sidewise awards announced

This year’s Sidewise Awards, given annually for works of alternate history, have announced their nominees. The Sidewise Awards are named in honour of the 1934 short story Sidewise in Time by (read more…)

Topic: Books | April 23rd, 2007 | Comments (0)

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Poor Sales closes Pop Mag

The new teen music magazine Pulp has failed to make the grade after sales of the first issue only managed to achieve 9,000. The magazine, connected with TVs Popworld programme (read more…)

Topic: Books | April 20th, 2007 | Comments (0)

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US author Cormac McCarthy wins Pulitzer

This year’s prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded to American novelist Cormac McCarthy for his 10th novel, The Road. 73 year old McCarthy wins £5000 for the book that follows the (read more…)

Topic: Books | April 19th, 2007 | Comments (0)

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Fans Queue for Tolkien Book

A new book from the author of “Lord of the Rings” has gone on sale in London and New York. JRR Tolkien died 34 years ago. The book was completed by his (read more…)

Topic: Books | April 18th, 2007 | Comments (0)

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