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Book Review – The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley

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Michelle Herbert reviews The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley… The Loney is an intriguing novel that drifts back and forth in time focusing on our narrator’s childhood, which he recalls after seeing a news story about Coldbarrow, a place on the coast of England. The story is very atmospheric and drags you in from the […]

New J.R.R. Tolkien Middle-earth tale The Story of Kullervo to be published this August

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The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien has announced that the unreleased Middle-earth tale The Story of Kullervo is set for publication this August. Check out the cover art, followed by the official description: Kullervo son of Kalervo is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters. ‘Hapless Kullervo’, as Tolkien called him, is […]

Titan announces The Autobiography of James T. Kirk for September

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Following its unveiling at the San Diego Comic-Con where William Shatner read excerpts from the book, Titan has announced that Family Guy and Futurama writer David Goodman’s The Autobiography of James T. Kirk is set for release this September. Chronicling the greatest Starfleet captain’s life (2233–2393) in his own words, from his youth spent on […]

Nicolas Winding Refn announces debut book release The Act of Seeing

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Acclaimed Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Drive) has announced the release of his debut book The Act of Seeing. Coauthored by FrighFest curator and renowned horror expert Alan Jones and trawls through Refn’s unique collection of rare American film posters as it explores his which shows us Refn’s earliest visual connection with movies, stemming […]

Little Golden Books revisiting the Star Wars saga

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Entertainment Weekly has revealed that Random House’s Little Golden Books is set to revisit the Star Wars saga in the kid-friendly format, with July set to see the release of The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.   “The […]

Book Review – Unusual Concentrations by SJ Spurrier

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Michelle Herbert reviews Unusual Concentrations by SJ Spurrier… Unusual Concentrations is a book about one very particular character named Jay Berry. Jay is one of those unfortunate souls that has never managed to be sociable, at times he is almost unlikable, but he can also seem to be a hard done by character. As his […]

Book Review – The Unnoticeables by Robert Brockway

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Michelle Herbert reviews The Unnoticeables by Robert Brockway… The Unnoticeables is a story told from three different perspectives that all link together to make an action packed whole. This delves from the grime of New York in the 70’s where Punk was reigning supreme to the sanitised world of L.A. in 2013. What follows has […]

J.K. Rowling: “Never say never” on eighth Harry Potter book

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With J.K. Rowling currently busy on the screenplay for Warner Bros.’ upcoming Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the author appeared on Today, where she was asked by host Matt Lauer whether there’s any chance of an eighth book in the main Harry Potter series. “I have always said never say […]