Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman on The Simpsons This Weekend - Posted November 17, 2011
Neil Gaiman will play himself and Andy Garcia will play a publisher in Sund... [GalleyCat]

Neil Gaiman on The Simpsons This Weekend - Posted November 16, 2011
Neil Gaiman will play himself and Andy Garcia will play a publisher in Sund... [semanticweb.com]

Ann Van der Meer & Jeff Van der Meer Launch 'Weird Fiction Review' - Posted November 1, 2011
Authors Ann Van der Meer and Jeff Van der Meer just opened Weird Fiction Review, an online journal dedicated to "an ongo ing explo ration into all facets of the weird, in all of its many forms." In ... [GalleyCat]

New Edition of Neil Gaiman's 'The Graveyard Book' Omits Newbery Medal - Posted October 28, 2011
Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book has been been reprinted with a new paperback cover. One noticeable difference between the 2008 cover and the new one? The new one does not flash the Newbery Medal the book won in 2009. According to ... [GalleyCat]

'Writers in Support of the Occupy Movement' Petition Counts 800+ Signatures - Posted October 17, 2011
So far, more than 800 writers have signed a new Writers in Support of the Occupy Movement petition. The petition is composed of a single sentence: "We, the under... [semanticweb.com]

'Writers in Support of the Occupy Movement' Petition Counts 200+ Signatures - Posted October 14, 2011
So far, 224 writers have signed a new Writers in Support of the Occupy Movement petition. What do you think? The petition is composed of a single sentence: "We, ... [GalleyCat]

Share a Scary Book on Halloween - Posted October 6, 2011
Last year novelist Neil Gaiman launched an international Halloween tradition of giving scary books to the people you love. The All Hallows Read site has lots of book recommendations. In 2010, ... [GalleyCat]

Sarah Odedina Leaving Bloomsbury Children's Books - Posted July 19, 2011
Sarah Odedina will be leaving Bloomsbury Children's Books to serve as publisher of a new children's fiction l... [GalleyCat]

Neil Gaiman Sings About Joan of Arc - Posted June 27, 2011
At the season finale of Minnesota Public Radio's WITS this weekend, novelist Neil Gaiman joined a talented crew of writers and musicians onstage to sing a song he wrote about Joan of Arc. We've embedded a video clip above--what do you think? Over at ... [GalleyCat]

Neil Gaiman Sings - Posted June 27, 2011
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Wall Street Journal Reporter Sparks Controversy with YA Readers - Posted June 6, 2011
Wall Street Journal reporter Meghan Cox Gordon criticized themes of "explicit abuse, violence and depravity" in YA fiction over the weekend. As of this writing, her controversial essay has received 71 comments and... [GalleyCat]

Jeff Howe Relaunches One Book, One Twitter as 1book140 - Posted May 25, 2011
Jeff Howe has partnered with The Atlantic to relaunch the online book club, One Book, One Twitter. Howe explained in ... [GalleyCat]

Matt Dean Apologizes to Neil Gaiman - Posted May 6, 2011
Minnesota House majority leader Matt Dean has issued a halfhearted apology to fantasy author Neil Gaiman for calling him a "pencil-necked little weasel who stole $... [GalleyCat]

Minnesota Representative Bashes Neil Gaiman - Posted May 4, 2011
Republican House majority leader Matt Dean publicly criticized Minnesota's House Legacy Funding Division for paying Neil Gaiman (pictured, ... [GalleyCat]

Neil Gaiman's American Gods Could Be Adapted By HBO - Posted April 15, 2011
Neil Gaiman's American Gods could be coming as an HBO series. The cable company is discussing the acquisition of the fantasy novel with Gaiman and his collaborato... [GalleyCat]

Diana Wynne Jones Has Died - Posted March 28, 2011
Science-fiction writer Diana Wynne Jones (pictured, via) has passed away. She was 76-years-old. Jones wrote several bestselling children's books including Chrestomanci, Castle, a... [GalleyCat]

Time Magazine Celebrates 140 Twitter Feeds - Posted March 28, 2011
Time magazine rounded up a list of 140 Twitter feeds "that are shaping the conversation." In the "news feed" category, Portuguese librarian... [GalleyCat]

Librarians Study Print Books with 26+ Checkouts To Challenge HarperCollins eBook Policy - Posted March 3, 2011
Librarians at the Pioneer Library System in Oklahoma created the video embedded above, criticizing HarperCollins' new policy of only allowing 26 checkouts of a digital eBook. The video looks at five print books, showing the actual wear and tear ... [GalleyCat]

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Announces Best American Series' Guest Editors - Posted February 15, 2011
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has announced the seven guest editors for its Best American series. ... [semanticweb.com]

Twitter Recommendations Rocket Backlist Book Into Amazon Top 250 - Posted January 31, 2011
In November, Twitter recommendations from Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) and William Gibson (@GreatDismal) sent a reprin... [GalleyCat]

Free H.P. Lovecraft Documentary - Posted January 19, 2011
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Neil Gaiman to Appear on The Simpsons - Posted January 18, 2011
At some point next year, novelist Neil Gaiman will appear as an animated character on The Simpsons. He described the recording experience in a blog post entitled "... [GalleyCat]

Stephen King Headlines Vampire Panel at New Yorker Festival - Posted October 6, 2010
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Neil Gaiman Sandman Comic in "Early Stages of Being Developed" for TV - Posted September 2, 2010
News broke yesterday that Neil Gaiman's beloved Sandman series is "in the early stages of being developed into a TV series." According to the ... [GalleyCat]

Harlan Ellison to Sell Birthday Present from Neil Gaiman - Posted July 6, 2010
Novelist Harlan Ellison is selling off scores of books from his extensive and rare science fiction collection--a three-day sale he called the Great Bo... [GalleyCat]

Neil Gaiman Awarded Carnegie Medal in Historic Win - Posted June 25, 2010
Yesterday novelist Neil Gaiman won the UK's CILIP Carnegie Medal, capping off an excellent awards season for the book--it also won the prestigious Newbery Medal in January. Here's more from the ... [GalleyCat]

Neil Gaiman Meets Dr. Who; Marvel Meets iPad; J.K. Rowling Meets eBooks: Weekend Reading - Posted May 28, 2010
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Neil Gaiman Writes Dr. Who Episode - Posted May 24, 2010
Novelist Neil Gaiman has turned in a script for Dr. Who, an exciting event for the science fiction and fantasy fans in the audience. To celebrate, Gaiman snapped that photo and posted it on Twitter... [GalleyCat]

Literary Shorty Award Winners - Posted March 4, 2010
Last night author Arjun Basu (pictured, via) won the official Literature category at the Shorty Awards in New York City--the second annual awards ceremony honoring Twitter writers. PRNewser edito... [GalleyCat]

Bad Review Public Service Announcement from Neil Gaiman - Posted December 22, 2009
Today an Amazon.com review thread turned into a Guardian article as novelist Candace Sams c... [GalleyCat]

The Top Audiobooks Stories of 2009 - Posted December 21, 2009
To find out more about the year's biggest audiobook stories, GalleyCat caught up with self-identified audiobook fanatic Susan Dunman (pictured)--host of the website Audiobook DJ. She assembled an excellent list of the top audiobook stories of 2009, complete with commentary--reflecting on a year of digital innovations and... [GalleyCat]

Free Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks - Posted December 14, 2009
Just in time for the holiday release of a new Sherlock Holmes adaptation, AudioFile magazine will give readers a free collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories on audiobooks. To access the collection, readers need to sign up for the Audiofile... [GalleyCat]

4 Questions For Media Panel Moderator Extraordinaire Sara Benincasa - Posted October 19, 2009
At mediabistro.com's Dessert and Discourse event for women's magazine editors earlier this month, moderator Sara Benincasa guided the convers... [FishbowlNY]

Neil Gaiman & Twittersphere Collaborate - Posted October 12, 2009
Tomorrow novelist Neil Gaiman and a thousand Twitter followers will write an audiobook script together on Twitter--an epic te... [GalleyCat]

Neil Gaiman Wins Best Novel Hugo Award - Posted August 10, 2009
Yesterday the World Science Fiction Society announced the coveted Hugo Award winners, giving the Best Novel award to Neil Gaiman for "The Graveyard Book." The annual prizes have been awarded to science fiction and fantasy writers sin... [GalleyCat]

Celeb Guests Take Over NPR's "Open Mic" - Posted June 18, 2009
This morning, NPR debuted a new segment, Open Mic, on its "Morning Edition" show. The premiere of the special series featured designer Jonathan Adler... [FishbowlNY]

Famous Author Summer Book Club - Posted June 5, 2009
Like a celebrity book club with a classy membership, Michael Connelly, Mary Karr, Jonathan Lethem, an... [GalleyCat]

The Atlantic Gets Artsy w/ Luminato - Posted May 12, 2009
The Atlantic announced a multi-year partnership with Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity today. The Atlantic will work with Luminato on an additional panel discussion for the 2009 Festival that is already slated to showcase the likes of Ann-Marie MacDonald, Neil Ga... [FishbowlDC]

HarperCollins' Revenue Decreased Nearly 20 Percent Last Quarter - Posted May 7, 2009
In an earnings report for the quarter that ended March 31st, 2009, News Corporation reported that HarperCollins' revenue had declined by nearly 20 percent compared to last year. While the company release blamed "the weakening retail market," it also recorded a $30 million charge resulting from the company's ... [GalleyCat]

What Should Writers Blog About? - Posted April 28, 2009
Aspiring authors around the country know they should be blogging and Twitter-ing, but many of them don't know what to blog about. At the New York Round Table Writers' Conference on Friday, a panel of professional web writers debated this tough topic. Roy Sekoff, the founding editor of ... [GalleyCat]

J.G. Ballard Remembered - Posted April 23, 2009
Since novelist J.G. Ballard died earlier this week, tributes have streamed in from all corners of the Internet. Among them, Channel4 had an audio interview with ... [GalleyCat]

2009 Indies Choice Book Award Winners - Posted April 17, 2009
The American Booksellers Association, a network of independent booksellers, have announced the winners of the 2009 Indies Choice Book Awards. We think they've done good: Best Indie Buzz Book (Fiction): The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer... [FishbowlLA]

Writers House Opens UK Office - Posted April 7, 2009
Today Writers House announced plans for an office in London to handle writers in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Angharad Kowal,the British rights director at Writers House, will helm the new office. According to ... [GalleyCat]

Salman Rushdie Launches PEN World Voices Festival - Posted March 26, 2009
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Salman Rushdie Launches PEN World Voices Festival - Posted March 25, 2009
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