Teens (ages 13-19) are invited to write an essay of 500 words or less describing how they would end the Twilight Series. Submission deadline is July 23, 2008. All submissions must include: full name, age, and phone number.

The winner will be announced at the Breaking Dawn Launch Party upstairs in the Kids Bookstore, Saturday, August 2, 9:00-11:00 am.

Essays may be submitted via email. Call 955-1477 for more information.

The Sunburst Awards, a juried prize for Canadian literature of the fantastic, have announced their shortlist in both adult and young adult categories. The 2008 prize will be for books published in 2007, and includes some of Canadian genre publishing's top names.

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Valley Of Day Glo$23.95 add to cart

In the grand tradition of Vonnegut's absurdist fiction, Nick DiChario's second novel Valley of Day-Glo, a post apocalyptic satire, tells the story of young Indian brave named Broadway Danny Rose and his search for the mythic titular valley where "death becomes life".

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Harry Dresden, wizard for hire is back in Small Favor the tenth installment of the Dresden Files. Jim Butcher's trademark lightning pacing will keep you turning pages long into the night.

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Terry Brooks' long-running fantasy series is set to expand into new media. A multi-picture movie deal was announced recently, and then on March 25 Del Rey released the original graphic novel Dark Wraith of Shannara.

Over at the comic news website Newsarama, you will find interviews with Brooks, Robert Napton (who adapted Brooks' story), and artist Edwin David.

Black Hole$20.50 add to cart

David Fincher, acclaimed director of among other films, Fight Club and Zodiac has been attached to direct the live action movie based on Charles Burns' Harvey Award winning graphic novel Black Hole.

Originally serialized over ten years by Kitchen Sink Press and then Fantagraphics Books, Black Hole was finally collected in hardcover and now trade paperback by Pantheon Books.

Black Hole features a group of suburban Seattle teens in the 1970's who catch The Bug, an STD that causes physical mutations, some subtle, some grotesque. The alienated teens face prejudice and exile.

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East$9.95 add to cart

In East, where you are born determines your true nature. Rose seems destined for travel and adventure, much to her mother's dismay. As things get worse for her hard-working but poor family, a great white bear appears at their door and offers to fix their misfortune - as long as Rose spends the rest of her life living in his northern castle.

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A. Lee Martinez is at his best when he ignores the "rules". In combining a pulp science fiction setting with crime noir sensibility, he has crafted his strongest fiction since his blisteringly good debut Gil's All Fright Diner.

Gil's was such a strong debut that In the Company of Ogres and The Nameless Witch, both fine and entertaining stories in their own rights, suffered under the expectations, and desires of fans to see more of Duke and Earl,Gil's' werewolf & vampire leads.

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Clever, rebellious, the best archer in England, and... a girl? Robin McKinley's adaptation of Robin Hood presents a refreshingly reluctant hero who finds his opposite in the lovely Marian.

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