I can’t tell you how much I love Kate DiCamillo and her work (The Tale of Despereaux, Bink & Gollie) - she’s even won an award or three (Newbery Medal-winner!)
And Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures does not disappoint!
I set out to tell the story of a vacuum cleaner and a squirrel. I ended up writing a book about superheroes, cynics, poetry, love, giant donuts, little shepherdess lamps, and how we are all working to find our way home. Seal blubber!
EW have an exclusive on the book trailer - go on - go check it out!
After years of questions - false hopes and rumours about what was happening - there is some real news about the Artemis Fowl film adaptation.
Producer Harvey Weinstein and Disney are coming together to work up a live-action film version of the bestselling series - using the story from the first two books in the series. And it gets better…
The script is being written by Michael Goldenberg, (of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix fame) and Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal are both named as executive producers.
I feel as though everything is coming full circle considering Bob De Niro and Jane Rosenthal brought me this book while I was still at Miramax and within hours I told them I wanted the rights to the film. This is a special project for me because my children absolutely love this book. This story is for everyone and there is no one better than Disney to make a film that will excite people young and old. (Harvey Weinstein, quoted in Disney PR)
It’s still early days… BUT Artemis hitting screens is looking better than ever!
Some great suggestions from twitter when it comes to casting… Jason Statham as Butler, Saoirse Ronan as Opal and maybe Jack Gleeson as Artemis Himself. Or Robert Sheehan?
As the UK sees a comics for kids revival through The Phoenix and new releases, like Gary Northfield’s Teentinysaurs and Viv Schwarz’s A Place to Call Home, the US is seeking something very similar. (Not to mention that Viz are back in the game, WoW are looking at it too and there’s always Papercutz)
Fear not - Aw Yeah are having some great fun… and now Joey Esposito and Ben Bailey have cooked up a new idea for a kids comic, published by MonkeyBrains. Meet Captain Ultimate!
Head to Bleeding Cool to check out their full review.
Want to win some tickets to the Irish premiere of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters in Dublin? (Think of the bragging rights!)
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All you have to is answer one EASY PEASY question: Who wrote the Percy Jackson series of books?
Stories come with their own geography - some have such a sense of place the stories in them seem inseparable from their settings.
Check out Placing Literature - a new tool that allows anyone to map out the places in their favourite books - a handy guide for visitors and bibliophiles alike.
