The Austen mash-ups continue

Quirk Books recently announced their 3rd Austen title, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, due to be released in late March 2010. This book is a departure from their two previous titles in that it is not technically a mash-up but rather a completely new title. This title is an Elizabeth Bennett [...]

Regency England like you’ve never seen it before: A book trailer for ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’

My second foray into video booktalks and trailers… Jane Austen’s classic text (well…85% classic text) with some added zombie mayhem – including a plague of undead terrorizing Hertfordshire, Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s ninjas terrorizing Elizabeth Bennett, and the Bennett sisters fighting back against all this with their finely honed combat skills. Pride and Prejudice and [...]

Site Updates and News…including Twilight and yes, even Zombies

Hi everyone and sorry for my lack of postings the past month. A blog is only as good as its updates, and in this regard I have been sorely lacking. But I am back from vacation and starting my third (and final!) semester at library school and I am back at blogging. A few site [...]

When Twilight girls attack

A spoof from Funny or Die that pokes fun at the Twilight teenage girl phenomenon — and their willingness to fight for Edward against Twilight villain James (played by actor Cam Gigandet).

Other Vamps on my Bookshelf (OR, what to read if Edward is not your soulmate)

The House of Night series , which is now 5 books long, follows the story of young vampire Zoey Redbird, an ordinary teenager in the first book, Marked, who suddenly finds herself going through growing pains beyond that of a normal teenager as she transforms into a vampire. The books are set in a alternate [...]

YA (and local) author Kelley Armstrong coming soon….

…to London, ON. She is doing a series of readings and book signings in early May for her YA ‘urban fantasy’ trilogy Darkest Powers – about a teenage necromancer and ghost whisperer who is coming to terms with her powers (when she first tells people that, like the movie, ‘I can see dead people’ she [...]

The Teenage Girl ‘Twilight’ Phenomenon and YA Publishing…

Space Channel in Canada just did a feature this weekend on the success of Twilight and asked the question, “why do teenage girls love to read fantasy and what does it mean for the book industry?” This clip also features an interview with Canadian author, Lesley Livingstone, whose first book, Wondrous Strange, is drawing Twilight [...]

For all the Twilight fans…

Author Stephanie Meyer has a link on her website to a partial first draft (264 pages) of her new novel, Midnight Sun — which is the telling of the Twilight story from Edward’s perspective. This has been up since August but I just found out and for those in Twilight withdrawal I thought it might [...]