The ALA/ProQuest Scholarship Bash proudly welcomes the Rock Bottom Remainders for a special performance at 2012 ALA Annual Conference at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 23 in the Anaheim California Convention Center Arena.
The Rock Bottom Remainders band includes some of today’s most shining literary lights. Among them, they have published more than 150 titles, sold more than 150 million books and been translated into more than 25 languages. Scheduled to appear at the ALA/ProQuest Scholarship Bash are Stephen King, Amy Tan, Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Matt Groening, Scott Turow, Ridley Pearson, Greg Iles, James McBride, Roy Blount, Jr., Kathi Goldmark and Sam Barry. Roger McGuinn of The Byrds joins the band as special musical guest.
In today's The Times there is an interview with King by Neil Gaiman in which we can read the following:
Right now he's writing a book called Joyland, about an amusement-park serial killer.
sounds like there is another good book in the works...
Best Hard Cover Novel:
Joseph Finder - BURIED SECRETS (St. Martin’s Press)
Jonathan Hayes - A HARD DEATH (Harper) Stephen King - 11/22/63 (Scribner)
Michael Koryta - THE RIDGE (Little, Brown and Co.)
Marcus Sakey - THE TWO DEATHS OF DANIEL HAYES (Dutton Adult)
2012 Thriller Awards Winners to be announced at ThrillerFest VI July 14, 2012, Grand Hyatt, NYC.
King won a Bram Stoker Award for Herman Wouk Is Still Alive in the short story category and Rocky Wood for Stephen King: A Literary Companion in the non-fiction category.
This question was posted on the official message board:
Are you sure there's no "trunk novels" lying around somewhere? Or an awesome collection of shorts??
And the moderator answered:
He sometimes comes out with a surprise short story or two and I know what he hopes to do with the book he's working on now.
Sounds like something “could” happen if you ask me…
Toronto Sun released this news today:
Child star Chloe Moretz has landed the leading role in a movie remake of Stephen King’s chilling horror tale Carrie.
The Hugo actress, 15, will portray possessed teenager Carrie White in the supernatural film, taking on the part made famous by a young Sissy Spacek in director Brian De Palma's classic 1976 adaptation.
Filmmaker Kim Pierce will direct the new project and Moretz is thrilled at the prospect of bringing Carrie to a new generation.
In a Twitter.com post on Tuesday, she writes, "Never been so happy in my life! Thank you Kim Pierce and thank u MGM for the chance of a lifetime i will never forget!"
Author King's bestselling novel was also turned into a TV movie in 2002.
Buy your tickets to Ghost Brothers of Darkland County using the KING10 prior to April 1st (11:59 pm, March 31, 2012) and your entered in a sweepstakes to win a VIP experience consisting of:
• Two opening night (April 11) orchestra tickets
• Two tickets to the VIP opening night party at the Four Seasons in Atlanta following the April 11 performance (transportation and lodging not included)
Do you remember this book? Dark Score Stories was done to promote the Bag of Bones miniseries and only released in 250 copies. I gave away some in a contest some time ago and now have another copy in my hands (got it in a trade) but since I already have the book I wanted to give someone else the chance to own this beautiful book. It won’t be a contest this time though (need the $ to get me an iPad). I need some $ so I have to sell it.
And how do I do that in a fair way? Well, first I wanted to give you, my loyal fans, the chance to get your hands on it. And I was thinking we could do it like this.
Then on April 1st the one that has put in the highest bid gets to buy the book. Oh, and I will add postage to your bid (for covering me sending it to you) but that shouldn’t be included in the bid since I don’t know how much it will cost to send the book.
I hope you all feel this is a fair way to do this. Here are some info about the book.
The Daily Dead have some interesting info that says that Chloë Moretz (left) and Haley Bennett (right) are the two actresses being considered for the role of Carrie in the planed remake. They also say that a high-profile actress might play Carrie’s mother and mentioned actresses are Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore.
Photos of Stanley Kubrick's copy of The Shining (currently residing in London's Stanley Kubrick Archive) can now be seen and it gives us an idea of what Kubrick wanted to do. Themes Kubrick wanted to highlight ("Cabin Fever—this is important to establish"), questions he needed to answer ("What else could H[alloran] do?"), passages he wanted to cut ...
A new blog is born and I hope you will check it out. It’s not King related but I think you might enjoy it anyway.
Originally I wrote about The Walking Dead on my site Lilja’s Library but as the series grow so did the stuff I wanted to write about, the things I wanted to review and the people I wanted to interview. Eventually it grow too big and maybe a bit to off topic for Lilja’s Library. So what to do? Stop writing about The Walking Dead? NO WAY! Create a new site and write about The Walking Dead there? HELL YEAH! So for that purpose I give you The Walking Dead News!
Remember that it’s a new site, not all info is there yet and there might be some error so be gentle but let me know what you think about it! OK? Good!
Season 2 of The Walking Dead is over but what a season it was. The last three episodes were some of the best I’ve seen on TV for a very long time…if not ever. You can check out more of my thoughts about the episode here. And I want you to comment my thought!
The biggest thing happening in the season finale was that we got to see Michonne. Fans of the comic know her already and those of you who hasn’t read the comic (go do it now!) will get to know her in season 3. Either way she did a great entrance in the show with her sword and the two chained Zombies which she has cut of the arms and jaws (so they can’t bite her) on and use to disguise herself while walking through Zombie infested parts. A very cool entrance if you ask me. And even though we didn’t get to see her face in the season finale it has now been revealed that she’s played by Danai Gurira.
In other Walking Dead news:
Here is a clip of the cast talking about season 2 and what’s ahead.
And here you can read what Robert Kirkman and Glen Mazzara has to say about the finale.
The Walking Dead finale had 9 Million viewers. Can you imagine how many that is? Says a lot about the show if you ask me. Read more here.
We’ve missed him for almost a season but in season 3 he’s back. At Image Expo earlier this month, Robert Kirkman teased that “Merle will be seen again”. Now it’s been official confirmation from Michael Rooker himself. He will return for season 3 of The Walking Dead. Rooker didn’t give us any details but mention that he lost 20 lbs for the role.
Season 3 begins shooting in May and will have 16 episodes.
I just found this on Talk Stephen King:
Marvel's The Stand has posted the following at their facebook page:
Due out in June:
STAND OMNIBUS HC SLIPCASE $150
(W) Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (A) Mike Perkins (CA) TBD
The Stand is a classic tale of good vs. evil, loss weighed against redemption and despair pitted against hope. It is an apocalyptic vision of man’s battle to save life against a worldwide plague of death. When the viral strain dubbed “Captain Trips” works its way across the face of the country, the painfully few survivors are launched into a nightmare that’s only just begun – but for the Dark Man, Randall Flagg, it’s a dream come true. Based on the masterpiece of apocalyptic horror by celebrated author Stephen King, this lavish adaptation is packed with extras in a two-volume slipcased set!
Collecting
•THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS #1-5,
•THE STAND: AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #1-5,
•THE STAND: SOUL SURVIVORS #1-5,
•THE STAND: HARDCASES #1-5,
•THE STAND: NO MAN’S LAND #1-5,
•THE STAND: THE NIGHT HAS COME #1-5
•THE STAND SKETCHBOOK.
This sample book from Hodder & Stoughton arrived in the mail today. It’s the 21 pages thick and a taste of what’s to come once Wind Through the Keyhole is released. If you also want one you can get it in bookstores all over the UK, mostly Waterstones.
1) Fans of the comic know Michonne and my guess is that most of the TV series fans will once season 3 starts but today you can learn what happened to her before we meet her in the comic. In the April issue of Playboy (out today) we get to read about her backstory in a six pages comic.
2) If you read the book Rise of the Governor (my review here) and liked it it’s now time for the second book. The first told the story of The Governor and how he ended up like he did (a great read in time for season 3 of the series where we’ll meet him) and here is the synopsis for the new book The Road to Woodbury that’s released in October this year.
It is a dangerous world that Lilly lives in. The walking dead lurk in every corner, massacring anyone they can get their hands on. Nowhere is safe. But when a terrifying ordeal leaves numerous dead, Lilly and her companions are forced out of their tented community and out into the open. Safety seems to come in the form of Woodbury, a gated compound with food and protection. Yet it’s not long before the wanton dangers of Woodbury reveal themselves, and the Governor’s despotic rule of the compound threatens to undermine everything Lilly believes in. Because sometimes the dead aren't the biggest threat. It’s the living . . . Praise for The Walking Dead novels: ‘A perfect introduction . . . and a great service to all those folks who've walked with these zombies before', StarburstMagazine.com, ‘The novel makes for an exciting, grippingly intense and at times gruesome one-off read’ BookGeeks.co.uk, ‘The novel hooked me from the first page . . . begs to be read’ Geeksofdoom.com
What do you think of this list that ranks the top 50 King movies? I think Maximum Overdrive should be higher than 36 and Secret Window is definitely better than #20. However, The Lawnmover Man isn’t worthy of a #34 spot and the same goes for The Shining which always places high by viewers that hasn’t read King’s book.
Worst error though is to put The Mist at #8. Should be #1 if you ask me.
According to Deadline Warner is very close to a deal that will give Ron Howard the chance to direct at least the first feature movie based on King’s The Dark Tower, potentially with Javier Bardem starring as gunslinger Roland Deschain. And Akiva Goldsman (who wrote the script) is producing with Brian Grazer and the author.
Found two more interesting clips from The Walking Dead and I hope you find them as interesting as I do. And once again, don't look if you haven't seen episode 12!
The last episode before the season finale just aired on AMC and what an episode it was. You didn’t miss it did you? Didn’t think so! And if you did see it (don’t go here if you didn’t see it) you should head over here and let me know what you think of it.
Mark Pavia has confirmed that his new King project is called Stephen King’s The Reaper’s Image and for those of you that don’t know, it’s a anthology film that will include adaptations of the following stories:
Here are two photos of the library edition of the audio version of The Stand. And let me tell you, it’s the biggest audio book I have ever seen in my life…
The recording will be 47 hours and 42 minutes long and released for purchase digitally by Audible.com and iTunes and available in the library market on CD. The CD is on 37 discs...
As many of you know I’m a huge fan of The Walking Dead and I know a lot of you are as well. But, maybe some of you have only seen the TV series and never thought about where it all originates from? Well, let me tell you, it all comes from the mind of Robert Kirkman and his graphical comic with the same name. Today he’s done almost 100 issues of the comic and I just found out that Newsarama offers a free version of the first issue and what better chance for all of you out there that hasn’t checked it out yet to do so now? A warning though, if you do you might feel forced to continue with issue #2, and #3 and #4 and so on as I know I did…
Lily Collins, Kristen Bell, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolff, Liana Liberato, Rusty Joiner and Patrick Schwarzenegger have joined the cast of Josh Boone's directorial debut "Writers," which will also feature a cameo by author Stephen King as himself.
A book called Uncollected Stories (288 pages) by Stephen King is being published in Persian by Ghatreh Publications. No word on what stories yet though…
Once again it’s contest time here at Lilja’s Library. And once again the prices are Dark Tower related, this time from the UK. Five lucky winners will split the books between them in the following way.
- 1 lucky winner will get a copy of Hodder & Stoughton’s limited edition of The Wind Through the Keyhole. This book is only released in 700 copies with deluxe binding, photographic endpapers and with author's facsimile signature. The price if you buy it is £99.99 (approximately $160). This copy is donated by PSPublishing and the copies from them has an extra feature. They all have a specially-printed dustjacket that’s not included in copies bought elsewhere.
- 1 lucky winner will get a copy of Hodder & Stoughton’s hardback edition of The Wind Through the Keyhole AND a set with all the previous seven Dark Tower books in paperback with new beautiful covers (donated by Hodder & Stoughton).
- 3 lucky winners will each get a copy of Hodder & Stoughton’s hardback edition of The Wind Through the Keyhole (donated by Hodder & Stoughton).
And how can you win these fine books then? Well, this time there are three ways.
First way to win (twitter):
1) Follow @liljaslibrary on twitter.
2) Cut and paste this on twitter (each retweet is a chance to win):
Dark Tower Mania over at Lilja’s Library. Retweet this to win Dark Tower books. Follow @LiljasLibrary to be eligible http://www.liljas-library.com/article.php?id=3002
Second way to win (facebook):
“Like” Lilja’s Library on facebook and then “Like” or “Share” at least one of my post there. Each “Like” and “Share” is a chance to win.
Third way to win (be creative):
In the comments field below, tell me what you think would be the best way to promote Lilja’s Library.
Easy, right? You can retweet as many times as you like, you can “Like and “Share” as many times as you like and you can leave as many comments below as you like. And you can enter the contest in one, two or three of the ways, it’s all up to you. The contest starts on Monday March 5 and ends on April 22, two days before The Wind Through the Keyhole is released. On Monday April 23 I will draw two winners from facebook, two from twitter and one from the comments (best suggestion) and from those five winners I will randomly select who gets what prize. Oh, and this contest is open to anyone anywhere. Good Luck!
Check out my interview with The Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd 
As many of you know I’m a huge fan of The Walking Dead and I know a lot of you are as well. But, maybe some of you have only seen the TV series and never thought about where it all originates from? Well, let me tell you, it all comes from the mind of Robert Kirkman and his graphical comic with the same name. Today he’s done almost 100 issues of the comic and I just found out that Newsarama offers a free version of the first issue and what better chance for all of you out there that hasn’t checked it out yet to do so now? A warning though, if you do you might feel forced to continue with issue #2, and #3 and #4 and so on as I know I did…
A book called Uncollected Stories (288 pages) by Stephen King is being published in Persian by Ghatreh Publications. No word on what stories yet though…
Once again it’s contest time here at Lilja’s Library. And once again the prices are Dark Tower related, this time from the UK. Five lucky winners will split the books between them in the following way.
