“Elves and fairies are magical beings – and so is she… Sometimes (entire) afternoons would pass in a blizzard of tennis balls…” • Comic: What’s up with Dr. Watson? • Vampires Suck. • Quiz: “It’s no secret that many of the world’s most famous authors were drinkers with a writing problem.” Which begs the question: [...]
Last night, I was lucky enough to score a seat at the premiere of the greatest rockumentary since This is Spinal Tap. I would say more about it, but I don’t want to give anything away. Go see it (or read it) for yourself! Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Film Tie-in) Lips & Rob Reiner [...]
The Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway Pages: 127 Published: 1952 Hemingway has always been something of an enigma to me. Respected author, war hero, paragon of masculinity – his work should be pure, unadulterated awesome. But while I have attempted to read a bit of Hemingway in the past, I don’t think I’ve [...]
Last Friday’s Link Roundup included an EW interview with Neil Gaiman, in which the renowned writer was asked a series of questions concerning vampires. In true Gaiman style, he responded with some remarks which a few might consider a tad controversial. When asked whether vampires had reached their saturation point, Gaiman stated that “it definitely [...]
Trailer for Thomas Pynchon’s latest. BONUS: Yep, that’s Pynchon narrating. • Poet sues Oprah for a trillion dollars. • Must pop words. It’s just that simple. (via BookSlut) • Fahrenheit 451 comic is a lesson in irony. • Dan Brown giveth. And Dan Brown taketh away. • Twitter Picks: What do you have in common [...]
Morris Gleitzman recently took some time out of his busy schedule to have a chat with Swimming in the Nile about books, life and his latest title, Grace… Jordan: Writing has undoubtedly been your life’s work. For several years, you worked as a scriptwriter for the ABC. You even wrote for The Norman Gunston Show [...]
Books Alive is back! The annual, Australia-wide campaign is due to launch on August 26. And this year is shaping up to be it’s biggest yet! Every year, the Books Alive committee nominate fifty of their favourite titles. Historically, anyone who purchases one or more of these books receives a free copy of a specified [...]
The second trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are. *sniff* I’m not crying… it’s just been raining… on my face…*sniff* • Several artists talk about the politics of book design and the fate of their favourite rejected covers. • Speaking of cover art, the huge kerfuffle over the recent Justine Larbalestier [...]
…And congratulations to Neil Gaiman, who was awarded this year’s major prize (an awesome statue) for The Graveyard Book. Loosely based on Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, this novel tells the tale of an orphaned child raised by spirits and other unearthly creatures. It may be an unsurprising result, but if anyone does deserve to win, [...]