Finally! Marcus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief is going to the movies, starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson. The Book Thief is one of the most beloved novels published recently. Set in Germany during World War Two the story follows Death itself and the special interest it takes in young Liesel Meminger. Death narrates the [...]
When a television show or a film has a large and dedicated following, the opportunities for making money off the merchandising increase. No longer will stickers, figurines and other simple tokens of loyalty suffice for a savvy audience; in fact, the wackier the better. Which brings me to a recently emerging pattern: cookbooks based on popular [...]
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After much speculation Peter Jackson has confirmed that his film adaptation of The Hobbit will now span three films, instead of the originally planned two. In a statement Jackson announced: ”We recognised that the richness of the story of The Hobbit, as well as some of the related material in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, gave rise [...]
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With the release of the eighth and final book in the Artemis Fowl series, Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian, we say goodbye to one of the most entertaining sagas for kids and grown ups in recent memory. Following the devious but lonely child prodigy Artemis and his leprechaun frenemy Holly Short, the two battle to maintain peace and [...]
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Summer, we hardly knew ye… Welcome to March and the first days of Autumn. If you’re already yearning for the Summer months again, I can’t bring it back for you (who do you think I am anyway? Thor?) though I’ll comfort you as best I can with a round up of the biggest books for [...]
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Donna Hay is one of Australia’s favourite food writers. With a long line of bestselling cookbooks, the Donna Hay Magazine and a host of television appearances, it was only a matter of time until the empire spread to include a show of her own. It’s called Fast, Fresh, Simple and it premieres tomorrow, 15th of [...]
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Valentine’s Day is fast approaching! To celebrate the pink decorations, second-rate flowers and declarations of love that are February 14th, The Nile has five tales of classic romance to give away to one lucky winner. These editions are part of the wonderful new range of Vintage Classics available from Random House, with beautifully reworked covers. [...]
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I know it’s hard to believe, but it won’t be long until we wake up to that magical day of champagne, far too much food and far too much family. Not to leave out gift exchanging of course, a pastime I will never be sick of. This year my goal is to buy my loved [...]
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We’ve heard about the end of literature countless times. New mediums of entertainment come along, a warning bell is rung somewhere and everybody throws up their skirts and runs around yelling ‘the book is dead!’ Recently, talk about the Armageddon on literature has gotten a little more specific. An article in the New Yorker has [...]
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Thank God it’s FryDay! • An Oxford professor has anaylsed some 1100 pages of Jane Austen’s manuscripts and come to the conclusion that she could neither spell nor string together a sentence properly. Understandably, some people are a bit miffed by this observation – myself included. It’s absurd to judge the merit of an author [...]
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