Fantasy
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The two authors have long written in step, and the His Dark Materials promised ‘equel’ will hopefully use similar tricks to Harry Potter’s author in extending Lyra’s story
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Author’s new novel series is set in London and Oxford and overlaps with hugely popular His Dark Materials
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The fantasy polymath reimagines Asgard, complete with giant cats, collapsible ships and gossipy squirrels
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A self-doubting teacher becomes a fantasy hero in a seductively spiralling story from the author of Letter to the King
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Tech giant Apple and Game of Thrones author George RR Martin have made the surprise announcement of interactive, ‘enhanced digital editions’ of Martin’s Game of Thrones Books
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A Game of Thrones: Enhanced Edition, available through Apple from Thursday, promises ‘a world of additional content’ including sigils, family trees and glossaries
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The author of The Railway Children and Five Children and It was familiar with the darker aspects of life, which she explored in some decidedly adult stories
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The British Library has excavated a collection of classic mummy stories, all highly readable
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Written to create a female hero, this book about hidden magic in the everyday eschews fairy-tale bliss to close with an inconclusive yet brilliant assertion that monsters must be faced together
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The rightwing lobby are gunning for books to win the sci-fi awards that match their ideological project. They really don’t care about writing well
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As the Discworld Colouring Book is published, Paul Kidby, who illustrated the hugely popular novels for more than 20 years, recalls how attending a book signing changed his life
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Reports that Huddersfield shop has banned fans of the boy wizard from buying ‘real and spiritual’ tools lead author into Twitter squall
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The scavenger hunt participants have successfully persuaded Nasa to name a mountain on Mars after the game. Is there anything it can’t achieve?
Neil Gaiman announces Neverwhere sequel, The Seven Sisters