Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Dan Smith - Big Game - Book Review & Trailer
The idea of this story started its young life as a film script; originally written by Jalmari Helander and Petri Jokiranta. With a sprinkling of author magic and creative direction by Dan Smith, it has...
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Samantha Shannon - The Mime Order (The Bone Season) - Published by Bloomsbury Publishing (27 Jan. 2015)Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal prison camp of Sheol I, but her problems have only just...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Author Interview with Jon Mayhew - The Curse of...
I would like to thank my good friend Jon Mayhew for taking the time to answer some questions. Many of these relate to his brand new book 'The Curse of the Ice Serpent' which was published on the 15th...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books - Allan Boroughs - Bloodstone ( The Legend of...
What is a myth but a truth retold many times over? Atlantis is real!At the start of 2015, I find that my reading pile is the strongest that it has ever been with a really exciting selection of reads....
View ArticleChildren's Middle Grade Book Picks - February 2015 - Mr Ripley's Enchanted...
Jeffrey Salane - Lawless - Published by Scholastic Press (24 Feb. 2015)Heists, escapes and double-deals. And that's all before lunchbreak. Welcome to Lawless School. Rule #1: Trust no one. When M...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Abi Elphinstone - The Dreamsnatcher - Book Review
Book Synopsis - Twelve-year-old Moll Pecksniff wakes one night in the middle of the forest, lured there by a recurring nightmare - the one with the drums and the rattles and the masks. The...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Author Interview with Emma Carroll (Faber & Faber)
Today I'm very lucky to be interviewing Emma Carroll, author of Frost Hollow Hall and The Girl Who Walked On Air. I'd like to thank you for agreeing to do this interview and for taking the time out to...
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Wesley King - The Incredible Space Raiders from Space! - Published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books (February 10, 2015)Lord of the Flies meets Star Trek in this outer space story of...
View ArticleAlcon Entertainment Buys Film Rights to Monster-Slayer Series 'Darkmouth' by...
Alcon Entertainment has acquired film rights to Shane Hegarty's fantasy-adventure novel series Darkmouth, Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove announced Tuesday.Hegarty,...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books - Young Adult/ Older Reader Book Picks - February...
Ari Marmell - Covenant's End: A Widdershins Adventure - Published by Pyr (3 Feb. 2015)The thief Widdershins and her own "personal god," Olgun, return to their home city of Davillon after almost a year...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books - Ross MacKenzie - The Nowhere Emporium (...
What a magical start to a story . . . . . welcome to The Nowhere Emporium. You start this glittering adventure hanging on to every word, of every page. The author will dazzle you and entice you to...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Author Interview with Jason Rohan The Sword of...
Today I'm very pleased to be interviewing Jason Rohan, the author of "The Sword of Kuromori" and "The Shield of Kuromori." I'd like to thank him for agreeing to do this interview and for taking the...
View ArticleGraphic Novel/Comic Books on Mr Ripley's Reading Table - Jan/March 2015 Post
Secret Origins: Volume 1 Written and art by Various. Published by DC Comics. At last, the Secret Origins of the World's Greatest Heroes in The New 52 can be revealed! The beginnings of the most popular...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Author Interview with Ian Johnstone - The Bell...
This was one of my favourite books of 2013. It was an amazing debut fantasy novel that I could quite literally not put down. Now that it has finally been published in paperback, I still have the same...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Favourite Barrington Stoke - Book Picks...
Barrington Stoke is an independent publisher dedicated to cracking reading. We know that every parent wants their child to become a reader, and every teacher wants their students to make the jump from...
View ArticleRob Stevens - Would The Real Stanley Carrot Please Stand Up? - Book Review...
Book Synopsis: Stanley ‘Carrot’ Harris is ginger, tubby and definitely not cool. And he has a secret: he’s adopted, and this makes him feel like he’s never quite fitted in.On his thirteenth birthday,...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Exclusive Book Cover Reveal - Alex Campbell - Cloud 9 - Published...
I always feel a little bit excited when I'm given the opportunity to nurture a new book cover and introduce it to the 'wildness' that is the internet for the first time. It's a great honour and...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Author Interview with Huw Powell - SpaceJackers
I'd like to thank Huw Powell for agreeing to do this interview and for taking the time to answer some questions for Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books. I really loved reading 'Space Jackers' and I'm eagerly...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books: New Middle Grade Children's Book Picks - March...
Blue Balliett - Pieces and Players - Published by Scholastic Press (31 Mar. 2015)THE PIECESThirteen extremely valuable pieces of art have been stolen from one of the most secretive museums in the...
View ArticleMr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Interview with Anna McKerrow - Crow Moon - Quercus
I would really like to thank Anna McKerrow for taking the time out to write such heartfelt responses to my mixed bag of questions. I hope that they will inspire you and make you inquisitive enough to...
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