by Ryan McBride - Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 at 1:13pm
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A master storyteller, has won countless awards for his novels, poetry, screenplays, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and theatrical dramas. His books include American Gods, Coraline, and Odd and the Frost Giants.
Categories: buzz, Authors, SciFi & Fantasy, Store News, Winnipeg, Event News, Horrorby Chadwick Ginther - Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 10:03am
's The Graveyard Book was recently awarded an Audie Award for not only Children's Title Ages 8-12 but also was named Audiobook of the Year. This award no doubt holds special significance to the author as The Graveyard Book was read by Gaiman himself.
Also honoured was Canadian science fiction giant , whose excellent novel Calculating God (read by Jonathan Davis) won Science Fiction/Fantasy Audio Book of the Year.
A full list of winners in all categories may be found here.
Categories: Awards, Authors, SciFi & Fantasyby Chadwick Ginther - Monday, Jun 08, 2009 at 6:57pm
Nominees for the British Fantasy Society's 2009 British Fantasy Awards have been released. Good luck to all the contenders in competition with 's excellent young adult novel, The Graveyard Book, which has been gobbling up awards and nominations for young and old categories alike.
The Nominees for Best Novel (The August Derleth Fantasy Award):
- Thieving Fear by
- Midnight Man by
- The Victoria Vanishes by
- The Graveyard Book by
- Memoirs of a Master Forger by and
- Rain Dogs by
The winners will be announced at the British Fantasy Convention, to be held September 18-20 in Nottingham, U.K.
A complete list of nominees in all categories may be found here.
Categories: Awards, SciFi & Fantasyby Chadwick Ginther - Monday, Apr 06, 2009 at 8:18pm
Sir , author of the bestselling Discworld series, was on hand in Wincanton, Somerset to unveil the street names inspired by his novels. Wincanton's link to Pratchett's fictional universe began in 2002 when the town was officially twinned with Ankh-Morpork, a Discworld city. Residents were asked to vote for their favourite road names from a list of fourteen provided by the author. Pratchett quipped: "Personally, I'd pay good money to live somewhere called Treacle Mine Road."
Categories: Authors, Fun, SciFi & Fantasyby Wendy Warkentin - Wednesday, Aug 06, 2008 at 6:51pm
Imagine this new graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline to be your own private movie; no one will be around to shush you when you shriek unexpectedly.
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