New Books For Approaching Holiday Season
Written by Ella Thomson on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012Well, with Halloween tonight, we have under two months till December 25th, which means lots of new books starting to come out! There’s pretty much something for everyone this week – mysteries, young adult, fantasy, sci-fi, suspense, Christmas… so you might want to have a quick browse and see if there’s anything that catches your interest, either for yourself or for a gift. (more…)
Order of Michael Koryta Books
Michael Koryta is an American novelist of crime fiction and supernatural thrillers. When he was eight years old, Michaels was already contacting his favourite authors. When he was in high school, he decided he wanted to write crime fiction and interned with a private investigator. His last name is pronounced “ko-ree-ta.” (more…)
New Harry Hole Novel Coming Fall 2013
Written by Ella Thomson on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012Random House Group UK has announced the publication of a new novel featuring Harry Hole by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo.
The novel will be titled Police and will be published by the Harvill Secker imprint in Autumn 2013. The book will pick up where the previous book, Phantom left off. (more…)
Order of Christian Gillette Books
Christian Gillette is the protagonist in a series of financial thriller/suspense novels by American novelist Stephen W. Frey. Gillette is a 36 year-old superstar who works at Everest Capital, a private equity firm. When the founder suddenly dies, Christian is chosen to takeover his high-risk position. (more…)
Order of Stephen Frey Books
Stephen Frey is an American author of thriller and suspense novels. The common theme of many of his novels is that they take place in the financial world, although he has also written spy novels. Besides his writing, Stephen works as a managing director at a private equity firm in Florida. (more…)
Penguin and Random House To Merge
Written by Ella Thomson on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012A humungous deal that will merge Patricia Cornwell and Nora Roberts publisher Penguin and E.L. James and George R.R. Martin publisher Random House. The new publishing giant would publish a quarter of all books in the United States.
If approved by regulators, the merger would combined British-owned Pearson and German-owned Bertelsmann – the parent companies of the publishing houses. (more…)
“Twilight” Actor Wants to Write Erotica
Written by Ella Thomson on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012Rumours of Robert Pattinson starring in Fifty Shades, but the Twilight actor has now expressed interest in trying his hand at writing erotica. (more…)
Movie Tie-In Edition of “One Shot” Coming in November
Written by Ella Thomson on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012The Bantam Dell Publishing Group will be publishing a new cover for One Shot by Lee Child. The re-issue is a movie tie-in edition featuring everyone’s ideal Jack Reacher, Tom Cruise. (more…)
Peter Jackson: “Stephen Colbert is the Biggest Tolkien Geek”
Written by Ella Thomson on Wednesday, October 31st, 2012The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert has made no secret about the fact that he is a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien. He’s even shown off his precious Aragorn’s sword on his show.
“I have never met a bigger Tolkien geek in my life,” Hobbit director Peter Jackson told Entertainment Weekly. “Philippa Boyens is our resident Tolkien expert, and when Stephen came down to visit the set, we put him head to head with Philippa on a Tolkien quiz — and Stephen triumphed. (more…)
Order of Sandman Books
The Sandman is a dark fantasy comic book series written by British writer Neil Gaiman. It was published by DC Comics, under its Vertigo imprint. The series follows Dream of the Endless, who rules the world of dreams. The series is widely considered to be the best ever published by Vertigo. The series would spin-off into several other series, including series featuring Death, Lucifer and many more. (more…)