News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
It's all happening on the Supernatural TV show at the moment with Season
Six drawing to an exciting close and the news breaking this week that the show's seventh
season has definitely been picked up by the CW network. But as the series goes into its
usual summer break, we'll all be looking around for somewhere to get our Supernatural
fix during the long lazy evenings. So why not try listening to music from
Supernatural convention veteran Jason Manns or delve behind the scenes
in Nicholas Knight's Official Companion books?
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
As promised last month, this is the second and final part of the looking back/looking forward
articles. This time, two of the busiest men in genre -- PS Publishing's Pete Crowther
and the ubiquitous Steve Jones -- share their recent releases in 2010 and their future
plans for 2011. Hold onto your hats, there's going to be a lot going on...
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
At this time of year, we often find ourselves looking back at the year that was and looking
forward with hope and high expectations for the year to come. Authors and publishers are no
different to the rest of us so here is part one of a whole range of talented
people -- including Peter Hamilton, Mark Chadbourn, Jasper Kent, Ramsey Campbell,
Tim Lebbon, Juliet McKenna and James Barclay -- talking about what's out and what's coming in 2011.
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
Tom Lloyd gets devious talking about his latest Twilight Reign novel,
The Ragged Man; and David Wellington updates some traditional myths in his new
werewolf novel, Cursed.
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
Tim Lebbon explains how writing can disturb your sleep as well as your wife, and
Stephen James Walker's End of Ten delves deep into the real-life story
behind the scenes as David Tennant bows out of Doctor Who.
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
Sometimes a cup of coffee can change your life. For actor and general entrepreneur Todd Stashwick
(Supernatural, Heroes) and comic writer/artist Dennis Calero (Heroes,
Wolverine) a simple caffeine break together resulted in the launch of a brand new web comic
called Devil Inside.
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News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
It's sex, stories and rock and roll for author Kevin J. Anderson, ProgRock
Records boss Shawn Gordon and all round talented musician, composer and producer
Henning Pauly as they talk about the making of the Terra Incognita:
The Line In The Sand rock CD and its intimate connections with Anderson's
new novel The Map Of All Things.
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
Mark Chadbourn talks about his new Fantasy series, The Sword of Albion which takes us into the treacherous
world of spies in Elizabethan England; and debut novelist Sarah Pinborough gives us the inside skinny about desolate
futures, self destruction and getting new novel A Matter of Blood published.
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
Guy Gavriel Kay mixes fantasy and Tang Dynasty history to create a heady cocktail of war
and strife in the 8th Century; while John Meaney blends science fiction and history
into long a refreshing tale of spies and deep-seated desires for power...
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
A distinctly dark flavour to this month's column with Jasper Kent talking about
his Russian vampires in Twelve and Thirteen Years Later, and Conrad Williams
inhabiting the twilight land between your last breath and your arrival on the
other side in Decay Inevitable.
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
Patricia Briggs talks about coyotes, alpha werewolves and telling whoppers in
her latest Mercy Thompson story, Silver Borne; and get ready for flesh-rending gore
as editor Christopher Golden and authors Tad Williams and Tim Lebbon take on the
scariest monster on the block in Zombie: An Anthology of the Undead.
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
Discovering new authors is one of the pleasures of reading. This month,
Mike Shevdon and Jeremy de Quidt talk about their debut
novels. Mike Shevdon's Sixty-One Nails takes us on a haunting journey as
a man's life is torn apart and rebuilt in unexpected ways; and Jeremy de
Quidt's The Toymaker takes our children on a snowy and dangerous adventure.
News Spotlight -- Genre Books and Media
a column by Sandy Auden
Actor Rob Benedict is a familiar face to fans of the Supernatural TV series -- he plays
Chuck Shurley, the writer and prophet who just happens to be protected by archangels. But Benedict also
has another creative role as the lyricist, lead singer and rhythm guitar player in his band
Louden Swain. With their new CD -- A Brand New Hurt -- out now, Benedict took the time to
tell us how the band was formed and give us an insight into the tracks on the new album.
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