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"Blood Ties", the Lifetime series based on Tanya Huff's popular "Blood" books, has finished its 2nd season on Lifetime, but we're told will be aired in its entirety in the spring on Lifetime's "Real Woman" network, available on satellite and select digital cable nets nationwide. The series launched in August in Canada on City TV and Space, and overseas launches follow in Germany, Italy and many other markets. On the Web: You can still head on over to www.lifetimetv.com/shows/bloodties/ for all kinds of goodies, and download episodes from I-Tunes!, and also visit Tanya's Livejournal: http://andpuff.livejournal.com/tag/blood+ties.
The August 9th issues of Hollywood Reporter and Variety (view article) have reported that HBO has made the official announcement regarding "True Blood", the TV series based on Charlaine Harris' bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series. Rumor has it the initial order will be for 13 episodes and filming began October 8, 2007. The series will star Anna Paquin (The Piano, X-Men Trilogy) as Sookie Stackhouse; Stephen Moyer (Starter Wife) as Bill; Ryan Kwanten (Summerland, Dead Silence) as Jason, Sookie's brother; and Sam Trammell (What If God Were the Sun?) as Sam, the bar-owner.
**UPDATE!** Charlaine filmed publicity for the show at the end of April on the set with Alan Ball--they're all super excited! The premier date has been set for Sunday, September 7, 2008. With all kinds of big promo plans between now and then, be on the look out for a "True Blood" vending machine at a comics convention near you!
**BOOK GIVEAWAY!** With the recent publication of paperback and omnibus editions of some of our clients' titles, we now find ourselves with extra books. So, we're giving them away! If you would like a copy of any of the following books, please e-mail us. They will be given away on a first-come, first-serve basis:
Simon R. Green - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN TORC; DEATHSTALKER HONOR
Tanya Huff - THE HEART OF VALOR
**BREAKING NEWS!**
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6/19/08: It's official: Tobias Buckell will be writing the new Halo novel! Check out his blog for more details.
Congratulations to Simon Green. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN TORC made #23 on the NY Times bestseller list for mass-market fiction, just 3 spots shy of the edition printed for the June 29, 2008 issue of the Book Review.
6/18/08: If you want to find out what Donkey and Fiona have in common with Alcatraz and Leavenworth, you might want to check out the exciting news in Brandon Sanderson's June 2, 2008 blog entry: Link.
6/11/08: This past week was one of the biggest, broadest weeks in JABberwocky history. Many titles had a June 3 on-sale date, and they're now all over the Nielsen Bookscan bestseller lists...
Charlaine Harris was #50 on the Hardcover chart (#6 fantasy, and #3 hardcover fantasy) with FROM DEAD TO WORSE, and #15 on the mystery chart (#8 mass market) with THE JULIUS HOUSE.
Simon Green was #46 on the mass market chart with THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN TORC (#4 fantasy, #2 fantasy mass market), while DAEMONS ARE FOREVER was the #12 fantasy and #4 hardcover fantasy, right behind Charlaine.
Brandon Sanderson was #15 on the fantasy list and #9 fantasy mass market with WELL OF ASCENSION.
And Tanya Huff was perched high up on the science fiction list, with THE HEART OF VALOR and VALOR'S TRIAL both in the top 10, and both in the top 5 on the mass market and hardcover sf charts respectively.
Congratulations to all!!
6/2/08: A big round of applause for Toni L.P. Kelner and Pari Noskin Taichert! Both were named Anthony Award finalists. Kelner was nominated in the Best Short Story category for her story "How Stella Got Her Grave Back," which appears in the MANY BLOODY RETURNS anthology (co-edited by Charlaine Harris). Murderati, founded by Pari Noskin Taichert, was nominated for Best Web Site.
6/2/08: Fans of Kat Richardson, please read! The author of the GREYWALKER series will make appearances throughout the US in August in Baltimore, Denver, San Francisco, and more! See her website for a full list of cities and dates.
5/21/08: Congratulations to Charlaine Harris. Her latest Sookie Stackhouse novel, FROM DEAD TO WORSE, debuted on the NY Times hardcover bestseller list at #6. Wow. Each book just keeps climbing higher!
5/21/08: This week marks Steve Mancino's last as a part of JABberwocky Literary Agency. He has decided to step down from his position so that he could focus more on his Philadelphia roots (he moved back to Philly at the start of the year). He sends his very best to all of his clients and he will miss them terribly. And he regrets not being able to see some of the younger new writers he had been working with grow. (He'll be keeping an eye on the book shelves!) Steve: Catch you all on the flip side. Be well.
5/9/08: Kat Richardson is heading abroad! While in the UK to do some research for the fourth Greywalker novel, she will be signing copies of GREYWALKER and POLTERGEIST at Murder One, in London, on Thursday, May 15th (5-6pm). This was put together by the wonderful folks at Little, Brown UK. They've even posted the nifty event on their website: http://www.littlebrown.co.uk. Our thanks to the entire Piatkus/Little, Brown UK team for setting this up and their support overseas for one of JABberwocky's rising stars in urban fantasy.
5/8/08: Del Howison and Jeff Gelb's horror anthology, DARK DELICACIES 2, is a Finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Anthology. Named for the author of "Haunting of Hill House" and "The Lottery", the award is for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. Winners will be announced at ReaderCon at the end of July. Good luck, guys!
4/9/08: Due to a heavy travel schedule this month (London Book Fair, in particular) and the work surrounding it, we will not be open for queries during the rest of April. Any queries that are still under consideration will likely have a longer response time. Thank you for your understanding.
3/27/08: Always good news for Edo van Belkom! CRY WOLF, the latest installment in his award-winning YA series is a finalist for Canada's Aurora Award. The series has already won the Aurora and Silver Birch Awards, two of Canada's most pestigious YA awards. Congrats!
3/24/08: Congratulations to Tobias Buckell for being a finalist for the Prometheus Award for RAGAMUFFIN!
3/24/08: Charlaine Harris keeps the hits coming. DEAD TO WORSE, the latest installment of the NY Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series, debuts with a first hardcover printing of 100k!
3/13/08: Borders recently unveiled its new concept store in Ann Arbor, MI not too long ago. And Joshua, always up-to-date on all the inner workings of Borders, decided to blog about it. So go on over to brilligblogger.blogspot.com/2008/03/great-experiment.html to find out what the new Borders store concept is all about and what people are saying about it.
3/5/08: Just to let you know, we've been going back to make sure that the individual client and review pages are as up-to-date as possible. The last few days have seen loads of unannounced updates, but there's so many small little updates, it'd be a bother to mention every single one. But rest assured, we've gotten pretty much everything as fresh as it can be. Thanks. (And PS. Hope you didn't miss the new link to Joshua's Blog we added to the top links and his Bio section!)
2/27/08: Congratulations to Elizabeth Moon! The newly released VICTORY CONDITIONS marks the end of the Vatta's War series with a bang. It's hit #19 on the NYT harcover bestseller list and BookScan reports the book coming in at #2 on the SF/F list and #19 in overall hardcover fiction. Wow!
2/27/08: Fans of Elizabeth Moon's DEED OF PAKSENARRION rejoice! Elizabeth's latest deal with Del Rey will see a return to the universe of Paks! We'll be sure to keep you updated on Elizabeth's monumental return to novel-length fantasy and one of her most beloved characters.
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Web Site Updates
February 2006 marked Joshua Bilmes' 20th anniversary in the business. Joshua composed his own memoir of his first 20 years. And he was big-time surprised to find this special tribute section had made its way onto the web site.
5/22/08: Clients: Frederic Durbin; Reviews: Scott Mackay
5/21/08: Index Page; Bio Page; Travel Page; Clients: Jim Hines, Tanya Huff, Scott Mackay; Reviews: , Tobias Buckell, Simon Green, Jim Hines, Tanya Huff, Marjorie Kellogg, Scott Mackay, Elizabeth Moon, Pari Noskin Taichert
5/8/08: Index Page; Clients: Tanya Huff; Reviews: Peter Brett, Tobias Buckell, Adam-Troy Castro, Jeff Gelb, Simon Green, Charlaine Harris, Jim Hines, Tanya Huff, Elizabeth Moon
4/30/08: Clients: Peter Brett; Reviews: Peter Brett, Adam-Troy Castro, Charlaine Harris, Jim Hines
4/22/08: Index Page; Archive Page; Travel Page; Clients: Simon Green; Reviews: Simon Green, Charlaine Harris, Brandon Sanderson, Pari Noskin Taichert
4/9/08: Index Page; Query Information Page; Reviews: Simon Green, Charlaine Harris
4/8/08: Reviews: Jack Campbell, Bill Fawcett (Jody Lynn Nye), Simon Green, Jim Hines, Elizabeth Moon, John Zakour
3/27/08: Index Page; Clients: John Zakour; Reviews: Simon Green, Elizabeth Moon, Edo van Belkom, John Zakour
3/24/08: Index Page; Reviews: Simon Green.
3/19/08: Clients: Jack Campbell, Charlaine Harris; Reviews: Peter V. Brett, Jack Campbell, Simon Green, Charlaine Harris, Jim Hines, Tanya Huff, Brandon Sanderson
3/13/08: Index Page; Travel Page
3/11/08: Reviews: Charlaine Harris, Brandon Sanderson
3/4/08: Main Page; Bio Page; Clients and Review Pages
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