Breaking Dawn, the highly anticipated fourth volume of the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, will be released at 00:01 am on Saturday, August 2nd, 2008. In celebration, McNally Robinson Grant Park will open its doors from midnight to 1:00 am so that fans can get their hands on a copy.

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You might be noticing that things are looking a tiny bit different around the site today. We've made some changes to the layout, and we've added a couple of new features.

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Wrestling star (and local Winnipeg boy) Chris Jericho will be at our Grant Park location in Winnipeg on Thursday, November 15. He'll be reading, signing and answering questions about his new book A Lion’s Tale: Around the World in Spandex.

You might think that this is another one of those big name entertainment confessional type books. I did- but then I saw this interview on bookvideos.tv. Jericho (who studied journalism early on) is delightful as he compares wrestling entertainment to Shakepeare and his autobiography to War and Peace and The Catcher in the Rye. The slight twinkle in his eye as he does so lets us all in on what he's up to- and that he's got a sense of humour every Winnipegger will recognize as home-grown.

Too bad the cover-art doesn't get this across.

You can watch a YouTube version after the jump.

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Attention Comic and Science Fiction fans. We'll be attending the 2007 Manitoba Comic Convention. Will you?

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Kai Chochinov writes:

The Silverwing books are truly unique pieces of literature. Kenneth Oppel has taken an entire cast of non-human characters, and made them human enough for all readers to understand and feel compassionate towards. Yet, at the same time he has not made them too human, so that the reader forgets that they are in fact bats. So, while reading these books I always felt the happiness, sadness and fear of its main characters, all of which are human emotions. While, at the same time I was concerned about such things as his flying ability, and whether the bugs he could see with his echo-vision would be enough to sustain him for the coming portion of his journey, all of which are bat characteristics. So, it was this fine balance of ‘human, but not too human’ that so many animal based children’s stories lack that has made the Silverwing Trilogy one of my favourite series of books.

Kayla Peters writes:

Dear Kenneth,
My name is Kayla Peters and I want to tell you what I love about the Silverwing trilogy. It is a very interesting trilogy and I especially liked the way that you worded the Silverwing book. One of my favourite things about authors is when they word a book so intensely that they make you feel as if you were the main character. You did exactly that. You are an amazing author. Silverwing was an outstanding book, especially when the annoying owls set their beloved home on fire. It was intriguing when the elder took Silverwing to the echoing walls. When you feel and hear all those years of stories, it makes you wonder just how long it takes to write such a moving book. Well, that’s why I love your wonderful trilogy and I would really like to read Darkwing. I’m sure it’s one of your best.