May 2011
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Original Sin on Goodreads →
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About Original Sin: Luc Cain was born and raised in Hell, but he isn’t feeling as demonic as usual lately—thanks to Frannie…
Book Trailer: The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton →
London, December 1871
Orphaned and picking pockets in London’s Charing Cross station to support not only herself, but her ‘family’ of orphans, sixteen year-old Tiki steals the Queen’s ring…
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WatchLondon, December 1871
Orphaned and picking pockets in London’s Charing Cross station to support not only herself, but her ‘family’ of orphans, sixteen year-old Tiki steals the Queen’s ring and thinks she’s solved their problems. That is, until Rieker, a pickpocket from the North End, suspects her in the theft and tells her that the ring is really a reservoir that holds a truce between the...
September 2010
7 posts
Seven Seas New Release: Venus Versus Virus Omnibus... →
Venus Versus Virus Omnibus Vol 1 story and art by Atsushi Suzumi
Sumire Takahana is a seemingly normal school girl cursed with the ability to see malevolent ghosts known as “Viruses.”…
Seven Seas New Release: Strawberry Panic Omnibus →
Strawberry Panic Omnibus story by Sakuro Kimino, art by Namuchi Takumi
For new transfer student Aoi Nagisa, St. Miator Girls’ Academy offers her the chance at a fresh start and a way to…
Seven Seas New Release: Dance in the Vampire Bund... →
Dance in the Vampire Bund Vol 8 story & art by Nozomu Tamaki
The assassins are dead but an invisible enemy still lurks in the peaceful island nation known as the Vampire Bund. As the…
Seven Seas New Release: Amazing Agent Luna Vol 6 →
Amazing Agent Luna Vol 6 by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, and Shiei
Amazing Agent Luna is the story of Luna, the perfect secret agent. A girl grown in a lab from the finest…
Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers – review →
Being popular and being pursued by two of the hottest studs in high school is the dream of many female teenagers. But what if one is a demon, and the other is an angel, and they’re…
Interview: David Lubar on Zombie Humor →
David Lubar has spent many years designing and programming games for various companies. His games include Home Alone for the GameBoy, and Fantastic Voyage and River Raid II for the Atari…
Tor Teen New Release: Personal Demons by Lisa... →
Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a bit of a wicked streak. She has spent years keeping everyone at a distance—even her closest…
July 2010
11 posts
» Interview with Lisa Desrochers – Author of... →
Interview with Lisa Desrochers – Author of Personal Demons
July 29, 2010 — Julie
Lisa Desrochers was able to spend some time in the virtual office, and we chatted up her upcoming release,…
Sneak Peek #7: Personal Demons →
Welcome back for more Personal Demons! I wanted to introduce the last key character in Frannie’s life, her grandfather. I’ve jumped ahead again, and this is the end of chapter three,…
Writings Of A Wicked Book Addict – Early Review:... →
Early Review: Personal Demons – Lisa Derochers
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Video clips from The Web of Titan release party →
Here are two short video clips from Dom Testa’s recent book release party for The Web of Titan at the Tattered Cover Book Store in Colorado.
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FF#236, July 2010, Dom Testa interview « Fast... →
FF#236, July 2010, Dom Testa interview The interview from our July 2010 episode is now available for online viewing! This interview features author and radio show personality Dom Testa,…
Sneak Peak #6: Personal Demons →
If you’re new to the blog and missed the previous excerpts, you can find them here. (scroll down to the bottom and read up) Okay, so, where there’s a demon, there has to be an angel….
Locus Online Perspectives » Laurence Yep:... →
Laurence Yep: Strategies For Living
— posted Wednesday 14 July 2010 @ 9:45 am PDT
Laurence Yep was born in San Francisco CA, where he lived above his family’s grocery store. He earned a…
Breathtaking SLR photos show life aboard the ISS... →
Yes, that’s an apple floating in zero gravity. This is just one of a bunch of arresting images that just went online. Nikon sent a high-res SLR camera aboard the International Space Station with…
PERSONAL DEMONS COVER!!!!! →
Dudes! The wait has nearly killed me, but *drum roll* Personal Demons has some rad new clothes! I want to send a thanks to the totally amazing people who put together a SERIOUSLY HOT and TOTALLY…
Giveaway: Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers →
Enter for a chance to win a copy of on Goodreads!
About Personal Demons: Frannie Cavanaugh is a good Catholic girl with a bit of a wicked streak. She has spent years keeping…
Tor Teen New Release: Shadow Grail #1: Legacies... →
Shadow Grail #1: Legacies by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill
Who—or what—is stalking the students at Oakhurst Academy?In the wake of the accident that killed her family,…
June 2010
21 posts
Tor Teen New Release: The Web of Titan by Dom... →
The Web of Titan by Dom Testa
When the tail of the comet Bhaktul flicks through the Earth’s atmosphere, deadly particles are left in its wake, and mankind is confronted with a virus…
Cory Doctorow » Canadian teens invited to pick... →
Canadian teens invited to pick their favorite reads
Canada’s Indigo/Chapters books have launched a summerlong teen literacy promotion that invites readers to pick their favorite books and…
Tor Teen New Release: The Web of Titan by Dom... →
The Web of Titan by Dom Testa
When the tail of the comet Bhaktul flicks through the Earth’s atmosphere, deadly particles are left in its wake, and mankind is confronted with a virus…
How Will the iPad Change Education? →
By now, nearly everyone is aware of Apple’s latest techno-marvel, the iPad. It’s been hailed as the next great gadget, and in just a few short months it’s already become ubiquitous across…
Cory Doctorow: Bookbanter interview →
Bookbanter interview
Here’s a recent Bookbanter interview about Makers:
MP3 Link
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Summer Hacking School based on Little Brother →
Neale sez, “I liked Little Brother so much that I bought a copy for my niece and then based an entire Summer Hacking School around it. The kids were really excited about the premise of the…
Sneak Peek: Personal Demons Chapter 1 →
As promised, and with the blessing of my seriously cool editor, here is the first peek at Personal Demons. If you guys tell me you want more, every Tuesday for the next eight weeks,…
Cory Doctorow » Interview with KPFA’s Cover to... →
Interview with KPFA’s Cover to Cover, Open Book
Here’s the full audio from the Cover to Cover, Open Book interview I did with Berkeley’s KPFA. The edited, 29-minute version that aired doesn’t…
Big Brain Club » Preparing the Canvas →
Preparing the Canvas
I get some curious looks when people find out that my educational foundation is not about collecting books for kids to read. After all, I’m an author of young…
Cory Doctorow on researching For the Win →
Cory Doctorow’s latest novel, For the Win, travels from the industrial slums of India and China to posh American offices and into the fantasy world of online games. Writing the novel took…
Oprah.com - Children's Reading List - includes... →
Katherine Paterson’s Children’s Reading List By Katherine Paterson Original Content | March 31, 2010 Comment (3) Print I Like It
Dance in the Vampire Bund, Vol. 7 is a New York... →
Dance in the Vampire Bund, Vol. 7 by Nozomu Tamaki debuts at #7 on The New York Times bestseller list (Manga).
Congratulations to Nozomu Tamaki!
New Forge Release: Making Your Education Work For... →
In today’s challenging economy, students need every advantage to compete effectively. Making Your Education Work For You is a proven system, developed by Dr. Gordon Green to help…
Cory Doctorow: Interview with Books on the Radio →
Interview with Books on the Radio
Here’s my interview with Books on the Radio, part of my For the Win tour:
MP3 Link
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Video from FOR THE WIN tour →
Fora TV came out to one of the stops on my For the Win tour, at Books Inc in Palo Alto, and recorded the reading and Q&A:
Cory Doctorow: For the Win
Cory Doctorow Interview with Copper Robot (pt 1) →
Interview with Copper Robot (pt 1)
Here’s Part One of the in-game interview I conducted on For the Win with Second Life’s Copper Robot:
MP3 Link
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The digital revolution hits the slums of India and... →
Like much of the best science fiction, Cory Doctorow’s latest novel, For the Win, is set in the future, but its themes are rooted in the present day.
For the Win has the world as its canvas….
smallWorld interviews Cory Doctorow & Ian... →
smallWorld: Cory Doctorow & Ian McDonald Written by smallworld. Posted on June 4, 2010. Filed under smallworld, smallworld podcast. Tagged boing boing, cory doctorow, for…
New Scientist on For the Win →
The current New Scientist has a fine interview and feature about my latest novel, For the Win:
What do gold farmers think about their lot?
The gold farmers are a lot less worried about being…
Copper Robot interviews Cory Doctorow →
Sat, 5 June 2010
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow, blogger at Boing Boing, fighter for online rights, journalist, podcaster, and science fiction writer, talks with Copper Robot host Mitch…
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The panel: “Steampunkery: Why are today’s teens embracing 19th-century technologies?” Moderator: Cory Doctorow, Author Panelists: Authors Scott Westerfeld and Cherie Priest; Karen Grenke, Library Manager NYPL and fan girl
March 2010
5 posts
Seven Seas New Release: Avalon: Web of Magic Book... →
Avalon: Web of Magic Book 12: Full Circle by Rachel Roberts
Avalon Needs a Hero!
It started with a quest to find the home of all magic: Avalon.
It may end in darkness.
Three girls,…
Starscape New Release: The Battle of the Red Hot... →
Now in paperback!
The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies by David Lubar
A girl doesn’t have a date for the school dance—until her dad makes one for her in his lab. “Lily—meet…
Tor Books New Release: Mortal Coils by Eric Nylund →
Now in paperback!
Mortal Coils by Eric Nylund
Nothing exciting ever happened to fifteen-year-old orphans Eliot and Fiona, who are trapped in the strict, oppressive household of…
Seven Seas New Release: Venus Versus Virus Vol 8... →
Venus Versus Virus Vol 8 story and art by Atsushi Suzumi
The earth-shattering final volume of the hit supernatural horror series!
When Sumire Takahana joined Venus Vanguard to hunt…
Tor Teen New Release: The Comet’s Curse by Dom... →
Now in paperback!
The Comet’s Curse by Dom Testa
When the tail of the comet Bhaktul flicks through the Earth’s atmosphere, deadly particles are left in its wake. Suddenly, mankind…
February 2010
5 posts
Triana's Journal: Maturity, Part 2 (Galahad... →
Maturity, Part 2 During a break in our training at Galahad Command - those hectic days before we left Earth seem so long ago - several of us were sitting on a hillside outside our dorms….
Ozzie and Tweek's Welcome Letter Updated →
(02/09/2010) Tweek’s got a rundown off all the latest happenings in his latest blog entry!
Seven Seas New Release: Dance in the Vampire Bund... →
Dance in the Vampire Bund Vol 6 story & art by Nozomu Tamaki
Ever since Mina Tepes first founded a peaceful island nation of vampires off the coast of Tokyo, there has been nonstop…