Martha Brooks Wins Vicky Metcalf Award
by Lynn Popham - Thursday Apr 03 2008 11:19 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Awards, Authors, Winnipeg, Publishing News

Winnipeg writer Martha Brooks has won the Vicky Metcalf Award. The $15,000 national literary award honours Martha's entire body of work. The award was presented on Tuesday night in Toronto.

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X men Get Manga Treatment
by Chadwick Ginther - Wednesday Dec 12 2007 10:47 am permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy, Publishing News

Marvel Comics in partnership with Del Rey Books, will be releasing original English language Manga titles featuring Wolverine and the X-Men.

The books are expected to have a 2009 release, and will not be a part of the regular X-Men continuity. According to the press release, the stories will have familiar elements, but will take the characters in radical new directions.

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Harry Potter: Just When You Thought it Was Over...
by Sarah Gritzfeldt - Saturday Dec 01 2007 5:24 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, Publishing News

Ever since the release of The Deathly Hallows Harry Potter fans have been wondering if J.K. Rowling would ever write another book. The good news is: she has! The bad news is that if you don't know her personally, you probably won't get to read it...

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Exciting News!
by Matt MacHutchon - Saturday Nov 10 2007 4:00 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, Publishing News

Release date announced for Book 3 in the Inheritance series!

I am sure that all of you are as excited about this as I am. For the past two years we have been answering the question "When will the 3rd Eragon book come out?"

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Good News for Stephenie Meyer Fans
by Sarah Gritzfeldt - Saturday Nov 03 2007 8:09 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, movies, Publishing News


For those of you in Eclipse withdrawal - here's something to look forward to: two more books and a movie!

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Dresden Files Comic Announced
by Chadwick Ginther - Thursday Oct 04 2007 6:51 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy, Publishing News

In his continuing quest to bring his creation Harry Dresden to every possible medium, author Jim Butcher has signed a deal with Dabel Brothers Productions to create a comic book based on his popular Dresden Files series.

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It is Banned Books Week in the United States
by Holly McNally - Saturday Sep 29 2007 3:37 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: Discussions, Publishing News, Book Lists

Penguins, Toni Morrison and Harry Potter most challenged books of 2006

Topping the list was And Tango Makes Three, a tale of two male penguins parenting an egg from a mixed-sex penguin. Toni Morrison's novels Beloved and The Bluest Eye also made the list, but the most challenged books of the 21st century remain J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels


Horror in Winnipeg
by Chadwick Ginther - Thursday Sep 20 2007 7:18 pm permalink Post a comment
Posted in: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy, Winnipeg, Publishing News

The good news for Canadian speculative fiction fans just keeps coming. It was previously announced that the 2009 World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention would be held in Montreal, and now Winnipeg will host the World Horror Convention that same year.




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