Medium – Book About the Book – This book includes concept drawings for the Harry Potter films, focussing on buildings and places, characters, magical objects, graphical design (i.e. book covers, newspapers, labels, shop fronts) and creatures. Included in different sections, the pictures show some of the development of the artistry around the films, concept sketches,Continue reading “2021 Book #22 – The Art of Harry Potter”
Monthly Archives: February 2021
2021 Book #21 – Romanov
Medium – Book About the Book – Anastasia Romanov, the Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia, is imprisoned with her family (her Papa, Mamma, older sisters and younger brother) by soldiers of the Bolshevik army, their every movement scrutinised, watched everyday. They are moved to Ekaterinburg in Siberia along with some soldiers including the dashing andContinue reading “2021 Book #21 – Romanov”
2021 Book #20 – Forensics
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Crime Writer Val McDermid investigates the use of forensics in the solving of crime, looking at various areas of forensic enquiry, such as forensic psychology, forensic accounting and digital investigation, pathology and forensic anthropology, alongside many others. She interviews mainly British/Irish experts from across those disciplines, discussing theContinue reading “2021 Book #20 – Forensics”
2021 Book #19 – Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
Medium – Book About the Book – Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, which is Scotland’s National Book Town. He is the author of several books about his joys and tribulations of running his bookshop, and all the interesting people he spends time with and employs in the shop. In thisContinue reading “2021 Book #19 – Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops”
2021 Book #18 – The Windsor Knot
Medium – Book About the Book – Rozie is the new assistant private secretary to HM The Queen. Whilst she is away in Nigeria for a cousin’s wedding, the unthinkable happens at Windsor Castle – a young Russian pianist is found dead – strangled – in one of the guest rooms at the castle. RozieContinue reading “2021 Book #18 – The Windsor Knot”
2021 Book #17 – Grimm Tales for Young and Old
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Philip Pullman retells fifty of his favourite Grimm Fairy Tales, such as ‘Snow White’, ‘The three snake leaves’, ‘Cinderella’ and ‘Thousandfurs’. The stories are told with humour, but generally stick to the same settings and language structure as the original tales. The audiobook is read by Philip PullmanContinue reading “2021 Book #17 – Grimm Tales for Young and Old”
2021 Book #16 – The Magpie Society: One for Sorrow
Medium – Book About the Book – Audrey and Ivy are two students at the prestigious Illumen Hall on the South Coast of England. The school is famous and well-regarded, with a strange obsession with magpies. Ivy is a straight-A student who lives in a council flat in London outside of term-time, Audrey is anContinue reading “2021 Book #16 – The Magpie Society: One for Sorrow”
2021 Book #15 – Nimona
Medium – Book (Graphic Novel) About the Book – Nimona is a shape-shifter, who can shift into any real creature (this includes dragons!) or human. She has a real knack for villainy, and is not afraid to get her hands/claws/teeth dirty in becoming a villain. She becomes the sidekick of Lord Ballister Blackheart – aContinue reading “2021 Book #15 – Nimona”
2021 Book #14 – The Castle of Tangled Magic
Medium – Book About the Book – Olia is the descendent of Russian royalty, though now an ordinary person, and she lives in the beautiful Castle Mila, which has a huge number of domes. She lives with her parents (her mother is a character from a previous book by Sophie Anderson), her newborn sister RosaContinue reading “2021 Book #14 – The Castle of Tangled Magic”
2021 Book #13 – Splinters of Scarlet
Medium – Book About the Book – Marit Olsen is a young orphan living in Denmark hundreds of years ago. She is a magic-user in a land where magic comes with a terrible cost – if the person uses magic too often, they will be overtaken by the Firn, a deadly, ice-like build up whichContinue reading “2021 Book #13 – Splinters of Scarlet”
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