Archive for the 'books' Category

Neil Gaiman: Newbery award and movie news

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Bestselling fantasy author and comics writer Neil Gaiman has won the prestigious Newbery award for his recent children’s dark fantasy novel The Graveyard Book. The book, about a little boy raised by a witch, a werewolf and a vampire, originally started out as one of his first writing projects many years ago, but was only [...]

TEN OF THE BEST FOR 2008 CHRISTMAS GIFTS: THE DEFINITIVE GRAPHIC NOVELS

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

With a surge in the popularity of comics and graphic novels thanks to films such as The Dark Knight, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and the forthcoming WATCHMEN adaptation, many people are turning to the pointed page in search of the perfect Christmas gift. Here’s a run-down of ten of the greatest graphic novels of [...]

TWILIGHT: THE PHENOMENON IS COMING

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

So then, what’s all this fuss about Twilight? I am unfamiliar with the books, but the movie looks promising, and seems set to be a massive hit all over the world. A tale of vampire romance, the series was a cult phenomenon on bookshelves which became a global bestseller. Keep ‘em peeled for news on [...]

DRACULA 2: GENUINE SEQUEL TO BRAM STOKER CLASSIC ANNOUNCED

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

In an eruption of What-The-? comes news that an officially sanctioned sequel to Bram Stoker’s seminal novel DRACULA is to be published, and the movie will go into production before the first copy of the book hits the shelves. As far as needless sequels go, this really does take the biscuit, and will probably get [...]