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World Book Day: Not Just for Kids

Gollancz Team: - March 7th, 2013
Events, News

I was half an hour late to work this morning. Nothing wrong with the trains (well, nothing more than usual), no tradesmen to let in, no alarm-clock-failing-to-go-off. I was late because I wanted to drop Bilbo Baggins and Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) off at school this morning for World Book Day. OK, I’m also late because I promised to prepare a suitable pair of hobbit feet for my eldest daughter and forgot to do it last night, but … More

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Friday Reads: The Hobbit

Gollancz Team: - January 18th, 2013
Fantasy, Friday Reads

Well it was inevitable that one of the Gollancz Friday Reads would be for The Hobbit. I’ve seen the film twice (once 2D once 3D, I preferred the 2D version), and after the second viewing I found myself picking the book up again.

I think most folks know the story. Bilbo Baggins finds himself, a little unwillingly, embarking upon an unexpected adventure with a collection of dwarves bent upon reclaiming their ancestral home from the mighty dragon Smaug. For … More

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The Soddit – Chapter 3

Gollancz Team: - December 13th, 2012
Adam Roberts, Extract, Fantasy

the soddit

It’s time for your daily part-serialization of The Soddit, running all this week.  Last night saw the premiere of The Hobbit film in London, and one or two lucky members of team Gollancz managed to catch a glimpse of the red carpet – consider our Hobbit-watching appetites officially whetted.

Chapter three of The Soddit is available to read here. (PDF)

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