3 Months 200 Entries 20 Shortlisted 1900 votes 2 winners What a competition! The public votes have been counted and verified for the People's Choice Award Winner, Simon & Schuster UK have sent word of their Books and the City Award Winner and we can finally reveal the results! *** Voted for by the public and winning: A full manuscript critique with Avon Commissioning … [Read more...] about Novelicious Undiscovered 2012 – The Results
2012
April’s Literary Adaptations
By Amanda Keats It's a mixed bag at the cinema this month. The adaptations are a little tenuous to say the least - with films taken from games and comic books! But though the original texts may not all be novels, they are still great stories. Whether the films will be the same remains to be seen... 2 AprilMirror MirrorThis comedic take on Snow White stars Julia Roberts … [Read more...] about April’s Literary Adaptations
March’s Literary Adaptations
By Amanda Keats March for me is all about one adaptation - The Hunger Games. The first book in the fantastic young adult trilogy, written by Suzanne Collins, hits cinemas on the 23rd starring Jennifer Lawrence as heroine Katniss Everdeen and with a supporting cast including Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland and Josh … [Read more...] about March’s Literary Adaptations
Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards 2012 Shortlist Revealed
The Romantic Novelists' Association have announced which authors are shortlisted for this year's awards in March.. Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees! (If Pippa Wright doesn't win for Romantic Comedy, I'll eat an Advance Review Copy) Here are the nominations in full... Contemporary Romantic Novel It Started with a Kiss … [Read more...] about Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards 2012 Shortlist Revealed
2012 Booker Judging Panel to include Downton’s Cousin Matthew
Dan Stevens, the dashing star of ITV'S most amazing costume drama, Downton Abbey, has beenannounced as a judge on next year's Booker Prize panel. Along with biographer, Amanda Foreman (who wrote the book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire,which was adapted into Oscar-winning film The Duchess, starring Keira Knightley), academic types, Bharat Tandon and Dinah Birch, and … [Read more...] about 2012 Booker Judging Panel to include Downton’s Cousin Matthew