by Kay | Apr 19, 2013 | News |
Book Notes is a regular feature at Dead Book Darling highlighting bookish news, curiosities and gossip spotted across the blogosphere. May the drama be with you…
Upcoming Author Events – UK/Ireland
Spring seems to have brought with it a whole host of authors here for their tours. Of the many that are making the rounds, I thought I’d highlight the brilliant Michael Grant and Rachel Caine!
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Michael Grant
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Rachel Caine
Michael Grant is the author of the Gone series and co-creator of the Animorphs and Everworld series. Those latter two series absolutely ruled my childhood/early teens – I even wrote a long love-letter-esque post to the Everworld series on the blog. When I heard he would be in the UK I could not contain my excitement!! He will be here next week – take a look at his schedule and see if you can make any of the events!
- Wednesday 24 April 6.30pm – Waterstones Piccadilly: In conversation with journalist Lucy Mangan
- Saturday 27 April 4pm- 5pm – Signing at Muswell Hill bookshop [I am going to try to make this one! Send me a tweet if you’ll be there!]
- Monday 29 April 6.30 to 7.30pm – Talk at Waterstones Plymouth
- Thursday 2 May 6pm – Talk and Q & A at Eason O’Connell, Dublin
- Friday 3 May 4pm – Public signing at Eason Dundrum, Dublin
Rachel Caine (who I’m a huge fan of, in case the zillion reviews of her books I’ve posted hasn’t given me away) will also be coming! She’s got a lot of events scheduled, but the one I really want to highlight is the Foyles event – which OMG AMAZING. Why? Well, she’ll be in conversation with Sarah Rees Brennan, that’s why! It breaks my blooming heart that I won’t be able to make it, but I strongly urge you all to go!
Tuesday 14 May 2013 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Venue: the Gallery at Foyles, 113 – 119 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0JG
The adventures of Claire Danvers, a teenage girl who finds herself fighting for her life in the vampire-infested town of Morganville, Texas, are known and loved by young readers around the world. In fact, the first of Rachel Caine’s Morganville novels was recently voted number one in a national poll of children’s favourite books. Fresh from publishing Fall of Night, the 14th (and, we’re sad to say, penultimate) in the series, the teen horror sensation joins us for a special London event, to give her fans a glimpse behind the scenes of these wildly popular novels.
Rachel will be in conversation with Sarah Rees Brennan, author of the bestselling Demon’s Lexicon trilogy.
Tickets: £3, redeemable against cover price of Fall of Night on the evening.
Here’s the full list of her UK Tour events (you’ll find additional info about the signings here):
- May 10: Waterstones Bristol Gallery
- May 11: Waterstones Southampton West Quay
- May 11: Waterstones Bournemouth Arcade
- May 12 : WH Smith Exeter
- May 14: Foyle’s Charing Cross Road (London)
- May 15: Talk, Q&A and Signing at Waterstones Leeds
- May 17: Talk, Q&A and signing at Waterstones Nottingham
- May 18: WH Smith Darlington
- May 18: WH Smith Stockton-on-Tees
- May 19: Waterstones Finchley Road O2 Centre (London)
by Kay | Jan 24, 2013 | News |
Book Notes is a regular feature at Dead Book Darling highlighting bookish news, curiosities and gossip spotted across the blogosphere. May the drama be with you…
It’s a conspiracy of authors
The London HQ of Forbidden Planet has a tonne of brilliant author parties/signings coming up this February – seriously, I’m drooling here.
On Friday 9th February the events kicks off with the launch party and signing for Laura Lam’s debut novel Pantomine. (I am so in love with this cover, it’s not even funny.) Then, the very next day, two more debut authors, Liesel Schwarz and E. J. Swiftwill, be having their first Forbidden Planet signings (it’s “A Conspiracy of Authors“, y’all).
Author Christopher Brookmyre will be signing his book Bedlam on Tuesday 19th February. While this book doesn’t seem like my cup of tea, it should be perfect for Tron fans out there.
The month concludes on Tuesday 26th February, with Peter V. Brett reading from and signing copies of The Daylight War – his newest book in his Demon Cycle series.
Pretty brilliant, huh?
Lauren Oliver Event
The lovely Lauren Oliver will be coming to the UK to promote the final book in her Delirium trilogy, Requiem. She’ll be doing a special event at Waterstones Piccadilly in London on Tuesday 19th March. Tickets are £3 – but trust me, having met Lauren a couple of years ago, I can tell you that she’s worth 100 times that! You should reserve your place ASAP – just click here to learn how.
by Kay | Oct 2, 2012 | News |
Book Notes is a regular feature at Dead Book Darling highlighting bookish news, curiosities and gossip spotted across the blogosphere. May the drama be with you…
Live Webcast with J.K. Rowling
Bloomsbury have just informed me that the wonderful J.K. Rowling will be taking part in a webcast on Thursday 11th October at 5 pm (UK time)! No, she won’t be talking about her new adult book, but rather Harry Potter, Pottermore and all things Hogwarts (which, frankly, is what we all want)!
This is the first interview JKR has done about Harry Potter in quite a few years – so if you’ve been dying for just a wee bit more Potter, this is your chance!
The webcast will be streamed live via the Bloomsbury website and will be available to view after the event. To catch the event, visit the Bloomsbury HP website where there is currently a countdown to the event. (There’s also a “Sign Up” thingy… not sure why that’s there… maybe to send out email reminders?)
by Kay | Oct 1, 2012 | News |
Book Notes is a regular feature at Dead Book Darling highlighting bookish news, curiosities and gossip spotted across the blogosphere. May the drama be with you…
That new J.K. Rowling book
The Casual Vacancy has been described as crass and cheerless, but written by a skilled hand. But after reading the New York Times’ fantastically well-done review of the book – Darkness and Death, No Magic to Help – I know I am going to be avoiding it. And not because I don’t adore J.K. Rowling… but because I am just not that into depressing, dark and overly-realistic books. Call it a character fall, but just don’t make me read it.
Other than the NYT Review, there has been some rather good coverage of the book in the pro-world. Check out The Guardian’s reservedly critical review and EW’s Shelf Life’s J.K. Rowling’s ‘The Casual Vacancy’: 10 NSFW lines you would NEVER see in a Harry Potter book.
Badreads
A lot of bloggers have been addressing the Goodreads problem lately, and frankly, it’s about time. Yes, I do use Goodreads and I use it quite a bit – but I have always had trouble with the site. It has always seemed too… commercial. And frankly, that whole GR bullies B.S. earlier this year still has me rather unsettled.
Sarah, over at Clear Eyes, Full Shelves, has written a nice piece about the reader disconnect going on at Goodreads: Has Goodreads Forgotten Readers? VacuousMinx also wrote a step-by-step post on how Goodreads is catering to authors rather than readers. Both really good posts to check out, even if you plan to remain a Goodreads die-hard!
The Tetris Bookcase
I found out about these rather brilliant bookcases while watching one of Priscilla (from
The Readables – brilliant channel, check her out if you haven’t already). If you are anything like me, every time you get a new bookcase it fills up within a week… and then it’s back to IKEA. Well, this bookcase
grows with your collection. Take a look – it’s awesome (albeit prohibitively expensive).
by Kay | Apr 27, 2012 | Cover Alert, News |
The cover to final book in the Sirantha Jax series by Ann Aguirre has been released! My opinion? FABULOUS. Seriously, the covers of this series are some of my all-time favourites… and Endgame is no exception. Like the books that came before it, it shows Jax (with her latest hair-do) looking kick-ass in a location that is actually related to the book. See, publishers? It is possible to have a cover that relates back to the book and is aesthetically pleasing!
Anyhow, take a look!
Endgame (Sirantha Jax #6) by Ann Aguirre
Sirantha Jax has the J-gene, which permits her to “jump” faster-than-light ships through grimspace. She loves nothing more than that rush, but the star roads have to wait…
Her final mission takes her to La’heng, a planet subjugated during first contact. Since then, the La’hengrin homeworld has been occupied by foreign conquerors.
All that’s about to change.
Now, as part of a grass-roots resistance, Jax means to liberate the La’hengrin. Political intrigue and guerrilla warfare are new to her; this will be the most dangerous game she’s ever played—spies and conspiracies, a war of weapons and hearts, and everyone might not make it out alive…
by Kay | Jan 13, 2012 | Cover Alert, News |
I just got an email from the lovely team over at Hodder revealing the gorgeous UK cover of Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver. Take a look!
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Goodreads / Out on March 1st, 2012 in the UK
Love, the deadliest of all deadly things.
It kills you when you have it.
And when you don’t.
Pandemonium is a poignant, explosive, recklessly romantic and utterly heartbreaking novel. Like Delirium, the first in the compelling trilogy, it will take you to the very edge. That’s all you need to know. We’ll let Lena do the rest of the talking…
Isn’t it just stunning? I absolutely cannot wait to have it in my ickle hands. While I was originally skeptical about the changes to the cover style that both the US and UK publishers made, this cover has officially won me over! Love it.
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