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...
Categories: buzz, Publishing News
Back in November, the lovely launched her book Two Foot Punch at our Grant Park location in Winnipeg. In the book, gymnastic and free-running skills can make the difference between life and death. The scheduled parkour demonstration for the event, unfortunately had to be cancelled. But now, you can see one online.
The Dangerous Ground Project put on by No More Landmines, UK is an awareness campaign designed to show that in many parts of the world, the ground is a dangerous place to walk. Traversing 50,000 m/sq through London's south bank, without touching the ground, this parkour demonstration is impressive.
Categories: Discussions, Authors, Winnipeg
Prolific author is back with the fourth tale in his Codex Alera series. Once again, shows his talent for blending genres, Captain's Fury will appeal to fans of military fantasy, as well as those who prefer their novels filled with political intrigue.
One can say many things about author , but top of the list has to be his ability to keep his reader's turning pages. Each chapter you finish forces you to read the next until you look up and realize it is after midnight, but maybe, just maybe you can squeeze those last seventy pages in before you pass out.
Categories: Reviews, SciFi & Fantasy
B.C. writer is well known for his historical adventures for teens, including And in the Morning and Where Soldiers Lie. In his latest novel for teens, The Alchemist's Dream, Wilson fleshes out the stories of explorers Henry Hudson, Sir Thomas Smythe and his central character, Robert Bylot, all of whom were instrumental in the search for the Northwest Passage.
The Bell children have been playing an extremely involved game of Knights of the Round Table since before their mother died. It's kept them close since but the eldest brother Sebastian, who fancies himself the titular perfect gentle knight Lancelot, begins to imerse himself in the fantasy in a way that the other children don't.
Told from the perspective of 11 year old Corrie, A Perfect Gentle Knight is more than a coming of age story- it's also a story of coping with death and an examination of teenage depression.
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