weekly book news roundup

News Roundup #10

In the rush of Christmas and the New Year (Happy New Year everyone!) I’ve had little time to compile a news round-up. But not to worry: today’s post is huuuuuge. So please enjoy and comment with what you think/are looking forward to! First off, something that Moira Young posted on her Facebook regarding the sequel … Continue reading

Best of 2011

“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things” It is that time of the year again when we look back at all the books that have been released in the last 12 months and pick our best reads. For me, 2011 has been a busy year, filled with fantastic novels: I’ve … Continue reading

Philip Reeve

Philip Reeve and Steampunk Event

There are many of you who are perhaps unaware of my addiction to Philip Reeve’s awesome novels, which include the superb Mortal Engines quartet, fantastic Fever Crumb series and the delightful Here Lies Arthur. So when the chance to arose to actually meet and talk (and get my books signed) by Philip, I was uver-thrilled. … Continue reading

weekly book news roundup

News Roundup #9

The time has come again for the latest whenever-I-feel-like-it irregular posting of News Roundup where we summarise the latest YA book news (minus the paranormal romance!) This time round we have a couple of extracts from some of next year’s big as well as some cover reveals and film adaptation news! First off, you can … Continue reading

A Sneak Peak of Michael Grant’s latest project: BZRK

Michael Grant is the author of the acclaimed Gone series, and next year he’s launching a new trilogy with BZRK. I was able to read BZRK a month ago, and it was amazing. My review won’t come until publication, but until then, you can watch me talk about it and read a short extract in … Continue reading