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2009 Newbery and Caldecott winners
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This year's Newbery and Caldecott medals, for excellence in children's books, have been given out. Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book won the Newbery...

Ace's version of Lee & Miller's Liaden Universe to end; Saltation declared complete
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Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's Liaden Universe, which was being reprinted by Ace Books, has been halted after two books. Their Saltation, on the other hand, is now complete, and expected...

Horror Story and Other Horror Stories is Robert Boyczuk's first collection
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Canadian author Robert Boyczuk's first collection—with the seemingly self-referential title Horror Story and Other Horror Stories—has just been published by ChiZine Publications...

Steven Vander Ark's The Lexicon published larger than planned
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After losing their suit to publish the Harry Potter Lexicon, author Steve Vander Ark and publisher RDR Books have modified the work and released it as The Lexicon, with a much larger first printing...

Two chances to appear in the final "Wheel of Time" novel
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Brandon Sanderson is offering readers several chances to appear in the final "Wheel of Time" book. The opportunities are fund-raisers for Heifer International...

Ellen Datlow seeking recommendations of sf/f/h cat stories
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Editor Ellen Datlow is soliciting suggestions for a reprint anthology of sf/f/h cat stories from the past twenty years...

Ellen Datlow reading for Best Horror of the Year
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After the recently announced death of the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology series, founder Ellen Datlow announces she's reading for a new Best Horror of the Year anthology, to be published by Night Shade Books...

Special reading from Datlow's Poe anthology at Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
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The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site will be the location of a reading from Ellen Datlow's Pope: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe on 21 February...

The death of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
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Editors Ellen Datlow and Gavin J. Grant & Kelly Link announce the death of the annual anthology series after 21 issues, but Datlow offers hope for a continuation of the horror half of the books...

Battlestar Galactica as philosophical study: new book from Wiley-Blackwell
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Jason Eberl has edited Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Knowledge Here Begins Out There, which Wiley-Blackwell is publishing now, just in time for the final season...

Stone Arch's "Find a Hero!" contest heralds launch of DC Chapter Books
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Stone Arch is publishing a line of chapter books based on DC Comics superheros, and with the launch of the series, they're running a contest open to third through sixth graders...

New unpublished Tolkien book coming in May
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J.R.R. Tolkien's unpublished The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrùn will be edited by Christopher Tolkien...

Orbit offering ebooks for a dollar each
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Orbit Books is pushing its ebook program by offering specific titles for one dollar each, one per month, starting with...

ChiZine publishing limited edition Tidhar/Yaniv novel
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ChiZine Publications third book is a limited edition novel by Israeli authors Lavie Tidhar and Nir Yaniv...

Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood around the world
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Charlaine Harris's "Sookie Stackhouse" series is big news nearly everywhere, with translations into two dozen languages, and the HBO series True Blood, based on her novels, is or will be airing on at least four continents...

Apex publishing R. Thomas Riley horror collection
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R. Thomas Riley's horror collection The Monster Within Idea will contain nineteen stories, and is available for pre-order...

Vander Ark/RDR drop appeal of Harry Potter Lexicon decision in favor of new book
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Web site editor Steven Vander Ark and RDR Publishing have dropped their appeal of the copyright infringement suit brought by J.K. Rowling over the Harry Potter Lexicon. Instead, they'll publish The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials...

Apex taking pre-orders for Harvey and Jessup novellas
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Apex Book Company's stand-alone novella program announces its third and fourth titles, both publishing in early April: works by Sara M. Harvey and Paul Jessup...

PS Publishing taking pre-orders for Tim Powers: Secret Histories with some remarkable additions
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PS Publishing is now taking pre-orders for the complete, illustrated reference to the entire Tim Powers oeuvre, and including some remarkable additions, including a fascimile handwritten manuscript...

Bud Sparhawk's first novel: only 30 years in the making
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After publishing stories in Analog starting in the 1970s, and then starting again in the 1990s, Bud Sparhawk's first novel, Vixen, is due out this month...

Sword and Sorceress is back
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Norilana publishes the latest installment of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress anthology series, with stories by Mercedes Lackey, Michael Payne, Dave Smeds...

24-year-old marks 10 years in publishing with 10th novel
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Amelia Atwater-Rhodes debuted ten years ago at the age of fifteen with In the Forests of the Night. Her tenth novel will be released...

Couch launch and photo contest
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Small Beer Press is publishing Benjamin Parzybok's first novel, Couch, and running a photo contest to win several of their publications...

New Ender's Game sequel coming this month
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Orson Scott Card's much lauded and awarded Ender's Game series will see its newest entry this month, with the publication of Ender in Exile...

Orbit giving away chain mail T-shirt to promote K.J. Parker's The Company
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After writing trilogies, K.J. Parker's first stand-alone novel, The Company, is coming soon. And to promote the book, publisher Orbit is giving away a chain mail T-shirt...
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Mansfield Park and Mummies
by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian
Unlike the other monster mash-ups, this witty, scintillating, insane and surprisingly romantic Jane Austen parody is written by a Lady.
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