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Stephen King pens The Shining sequel
After much speculation, Stephen King has announced on his website that he is working on Dr Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. He read an excerpt from Dr Sleep at a recent personal appearance.
View ArticleAnd the winners are … BFA winners announced!
At a glittering ceremony in Brighton on 2 October 2011 the following were announced as winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2011: KARL EDWARD WAGNER SPECIAL AWARD: Terry Pratchett BEST NOVEL: Demon...
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Recent PS Publishing titles and the new Stephen King
PS Publishing reports that the special limited edition numbered/slipcased copies of Stephen King’s 11.22.63 are almost sold out. This special edition contains facsimile signature plus a DVD written,...
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IDW announces comic adaptation of King/Hill collaboration
“IDW Publishing is proud to announce Road Rage, a new partnership with best-selling authors Stephen King and Joe Hill, to produce a comic book adaptation of their co-written adventure tale, Throttle....
View Article2012 World Book Night giveaways announced
The list of books to be given away during the 2012 World Book Night has been announced, with the inclusion of some genre books. Alongside classics both old (eg. Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of Two...
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Granta magazine’s celebration of horror
Granta, the magazine of new writing, is hosting a series of events to launch its new issue, a horror special: “In Granta 117: Horror, thirteen new works of reportage, fiction, memoir and poetry, as...
View ArticleCourse on The Cinema of Stephen King
Writing East Midlands is promoting a five week course on The Cinema of Stephen King at Broadway, Nottingham, starting on Monday 14 November 2011. The course takes place on consecutive Monday evenings...
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Alien Contact from Night Shade Books
Night Shade Books have released Alien Contact, an anthology of alien-inspired stories edited by Marty Halpern: “We are not alone! From War of the Worlds to Invasion of the Body Snatchers… From ET to...
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World FantasyCon 2013 announces first Author Guests of Honour
In keeping with its primary theme of “The Next Generation”, World FantasyCon has announced living legend Richard Matheson and his son Richard Christian Matheson as its first author Guests of Honour to...
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The Century’s Best Horror Fiction coming soon from Cemetery Dance
‘The Century’s Best Horror Fiction in two hardcover volumes, edited by John Pelan. Featuring Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Shirley Jackson, Robert Bloch, Charles Beaumont, Jack Ketchum,...
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Zombies from Corvus Books
Corvus Books have published an anthology, Zombies, originally published in the US as Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. “Horrifying ghouls, decaying corpses, body snatchers,...
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Preliminary Ballot announced for Stokers
The Horror Writers Association has announced the longlisted works for its Preliminary Ballot for the 2011 Bram Stoker Award. Authors with longlisted work include Stephen King, Joe Hill, Reggie Oliver,...
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PS Publishing to offer Centipede Press titles
PS Publishing have teamed up with Centipede Press to make available selected Centipede books at a fraction of their original published price. Plus, postage and packing charges will, of course, be lower...
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11.22.63 by Stephen King. Book Review
11.22.63 by Stephen King Hodder & Stoughton, p/b, £7.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan History is littered with occasions that, with hindsight, people think changed the future: incidents that if...
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Ebook novella collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill due soon
In the Tall Grass is an ebook collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill which will be published in October 2012 by Scribner (an imprint of Simon & Schuster). About the Book: “In the Tall...
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Green Mile “gentle giant” actor Michael Clarke Duncan dies aged 54
The BBC reports that Michael Clarke Duncan, best known for his role as convicted murderer John Coffey in the film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Green Mile, has died at the age of 54 after suffering...
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Stephen King’s The Shining sequel – release date announced
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Stephen King‘s novel Doctor Sleep, a sequel to The Shining, will be released on 24 September 2013. The news was released on King’s website earlier. Read the...
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Popcorn Give-away for Stephen King Fans
Best-selling author Stephen King returns June 7th with JOYLAND, a breathtaking mystery novel set in an amusement park in the 1970s, published by the award-winning Hard Case Crime imprint of Titan...
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Doctor Sleep. Book Review
DOCTOR SLEEP by Stephen King Hodder & Stoughton, h/b, 485 pp, £19.99 Reviewed by Rebekah Lunt Thirty years after ‘The Shining’, Stephen King has done us the great service of writing a follow up to...
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Sleeping Beauties. Book Review
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King & Owen King Hodder & Stoughton, h/b, 736pp, £20 Reviewed by Charlotte Bond When my review copy of Sleeping Beauties turned up, I realised just what an epic...
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