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Twilight movie fans will love this one. Little, Brown are publishing yet another book about the Twilight movie. This time, the book is to be penned by Director Catherine Hardwicke and will take an intimate look at the making of the movie. The book is said to include inside ‘secrets’ on everything from wardrobe right though to behind-the-scenes photography.

Sounds a little like the official Twilight Movie Companion, right? Well, we’re assured that its not!

Here’s the cover:

No official word yet as to the available date of publication.

Fans of the Patrick Ness book, The Knife of Never Letting Go, will be pleased to know that the second book in the series, The Ask and The Answer, will be available for purchase in the UK in May. If you’re in Australia you’ll have to wait till July, but its he Americans that fair the worst, with the book not available in the States till September.

Here’s a sneak peak:

“Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola the last few feet into Haven…  And right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss.

“In exchange for Viola’s safety, Todd is forced to work with the Mayor in creating a new society for the settlers to come, one based on bringing an ominous-sounding order to the chaos of New Prentisstown.

“But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer?

“And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode…

“Tense, shocking and deeply moving, The Ask and the Answer is a terrifying novel of resistance under the most extreme pressure.”

Stay tuned for more info. Cover art coming soon!

As the title of the news item suggests, the results for the Urban Fantasy Land Reader’s Choice Poll are in. Check them out:

(please note, not all the winners are YA material)

Best Young Adult Author – Richelle Mead

Best YA Book – SHADOW KISS by Richelle Mead

Best in Fey – SWALLOWING DARKNESS by Laurell K. Hamilton

Best in Ghosts, Witches, Magic – MAGIC BURNS by Ilona Andrews

Best in Demons, Zombies – SUCCUBUS ON TOP by Richelle Mead

Best in Vampires – BITTEN TO DEATH by Jennifer Rardin

Best in Shapeshifters – IRON KISSED by Patricia Briggs

Best Anthology – HOTTER THAN HELL

Best Author – KIM HARRISON

Best Book – THE OUTLAW DEMON WAILS by Kim Harrison

And after compiling the results from over 400 emails and comments, here are the winners of the bonus categories:

Favourite Heroine – Rachel Morgan from Kim Harrison’s Hollows series

Favourite Hero – Harry Dresden from Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series

Favourite Series – Kim Harrison’s Hollows series

Favourite Author website/blog – Richelle Mead’s Even Redheads Get the Blues

Favourite Debut Author – Caitlin Kittredge

Click here for more information.

Check out the new cover of Libba Bray’s upcoming novel Going Bovine

The book is scheduled for release on September 22, 2009. Gemma Doyle fans should be wickedly excited. Though somehow, I don’t think Gemma is going to make any kind of cameo in this one, what do you think?

Loving this cover.

Rumor has it that Dakota Fanning, who starred in movies such as Charlotte’s Web, is tipped to play Jane in the second Twilight movie, New Moon. Interesting development, and quite possibly just another rumor.

Jane is part of the infamous Volturi – the vampire clan that govern all other living vamps in Twilight world!