Posts Tagged ‘Charlaine Harris’

Charlaine Harris Tours NZ (and Aus)

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Hot off the press… we’ve just received the latest annoucement from Hachette NZ about Charlaine Harris’ author tour in October!

CHARLAINE HARRIS AUTHOR TOUR: TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Fans of HBO series True Blood and lovers of the Sookie Stackhouse novels the show is based on are in for a treat come October.

Charlaine Harris, author of the bestselling series of books which spawned the critically-acclaimed TV show, will be touring New Zealand for the first time from October 4 – 6.

Charlaine will speak at two public events – one in Auckland and one in Wellington – and tickets, which have just gone on sale, are already in hot demand.

As well as the two speaking events, Charlaine will also appear at one in-store signing session, which takes place at Whitcoulls Botany Downs on Tuesday October 5 from 1pm – 1.20pm.

Details of Charlaine’s public appearances are available on the Author Tours section of www.hachette.co.nz or in full below.

Monday October 4, 6.30pm – WELLINGTON

Dominion Post Write Stuff Event in conjunction with Borders Lambton Quay
Location: The Ballroom, Duxton Wellington
Tickets: $20, phone 0800 50 50 90 or visit The Dominion Post, 40 Boulcott St, Wellington

Tuesday October 5, 1pm – 1.20pm – AUCKLAND

Book Signing, Whitcoulls Botany Downs
Location: Whitcoulls Botany Downs, phone: 09 984 5408
If you can’t make the session, please phone the store to find out about pre-ordering a copy.

Wednesday October 6, 7pm – AUCKLAND

The North Shore Libraries Foundation presents Charlaine Harris in conjunction with Paper Plus Takapuna
Location: Westlake Boys High School Auditorium
Tickets: $15, on sale at Event Finder or Auckland Paper Plus stores.

Sookie Stackhouse books

(The books that True Blood is based on)

  1. Dead until Dark
  2. Living Dead in Dallas
  3. Club Dead
  4. Dead to the World
  5. Dead as a Doornail
  6. Definitely Dead
  7. All Together Dead
  8. From Dead to Worse
  9. Dead and Gone
  10. Dead in the Family

We have a list of all the books Ms Harris has written, as well as fangtastic reviews on our author page for Charlaine Harris

AUSTRALIA

September 25 – 26, 2010 Hub Production’s True Blood Events – Sydney and Melbourne Australia

Monday September 27, 2010, 7:00pm
Charlaine Harris ‘in conversation’
Federation Ballroom, Hotel Grand Chancellor
Tickets from $15 – includes author talk, Q&A, book sales and book signing.
see ELLISON HAWKER BOOKSHOP for more details.
90-92 Liverpool St , Hobart , Tasmania | 03 6234 2322 | info@ellisonhawker.com.au

Thursday September 30, 2010, 6 for 6:30pm
‘Sundowner Event’
Hyatt Regency Perth
Tickets $25 – includes tea & coffee, author talk, Q&A, book sales and book signing.
DYMOCKS GARDEN CITY
Shop 33/34 Garden City, Booragoon , W estern Australia | 08 9364 7687 | garden@dymocks.com.au

Thursday September 30, 2010, 1:00-2:00pm
‘Instore Book Signing’
DYMOCKS MIDLAND GATE
Shop 96, Midland Gate Shopping Centre, Midland Gate, Western Australia | 08 9274 7766 | midland@dymocks.com.au

True Blood Competition – FANGtastic!

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

We’re continuing our Sookie-fest and this time we have series one AND series two of True Blood on DVD to giveaway thanks to our friends at Orion/Hachette and Time Warner. If you thought that Charlaine Harris’ books were great (and we do) you should just see what happens when Alan Ball, the king of noir, gets ahold of the plots!

True Blood Series OneDelivering the best of what audiences have come to expect from Creator and Executive Producer Alan Ball (writer of Oscar®-winning Best Picture “American Beauty”, creator of the Emmy® Award-winning HBO® series “Six Feet Under”), TRUE BLOOD is a dark and sexy tale that boldly delves into the heart – and the neck – of the Deep South.

For a chance to win the True Blood DVDs all you need to do is go to our home page http://www.fangtastic.com.au or http://www.fangtastic.co.nz and post a comment on the competition blog.

Firstly these DVDs are R18 and so to enter you must declare that you are over 18.

Then explain you think that there has been such a growth in paranormal romance and urban fantasy books over the past decade? Why are we now seeing so many vampires, werewolves, angels demons, faeries and otherworldly beings? Is it a reflection of increasing danger in our world, a fad, … or what?

True Blood Series TwoThe top ten answers will be selected and ONE of these will then be randomly chosen as the winner! Yep, that’s right, it’s not going to be enough to simply put your name in the hat for this one – you’ll have to think about your answer!

The competition will start on Wednesday night 16 June and run through to Sunday night 20 June at 6pm when the winner will be chosen.And sorry, but the competition is only open in Australia and New Zealand.

So if you want your dose of True Blood – this is the week for it!!

What a fun Sookie Competition we’ve had!

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

We’ve had a huge amount of fun the last four days with our amazing competition for the full set of Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris!  Congratulations Angela – books will be on their way to you shortly!

I hope that you all browsed through the comments being made because some of them were simply terrific. Shamefully *hanging head* I don’t know IT, but with so many of you mentioning it I’d better rectify that quickly.

I completely agree with the comments about the genius of Alan Ball BTW.  His dark humour adds an edginess to True Blood that keeps me addicted.  Series one and two are available now on Blu-ray and DVD and series three will be on Foxtel and Austar in August.

We’ve had so much fun with this Sookie-fest that we’re going to do another FANGTASTIC competition in a week or so.  Make sure you sign up for our newsletter because this is where we’ll be announcing it first! You’re going to love it!

Sookie Stackhouse – FANGtastic Giveaway!!

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Over the years we have delighted in the weird, charming and downright spooky Southern style vampire books from Charlaine Harris.  No doubt quite a few of you have as well – after all, more than 500,000 copies of Sookie Stackhouse have been sold in Australia and New Zealand!

Now we can give you a chance to win a full set of the ten books in this series.  This is the nine existing books that have been re-released by Gollancz/Orion as a tie in to the HBO True Blood TV show, as well as new release of book ten, Dead in the Family.

And the result ? A beautiful collection of Sookie books featuring many of the lead characters in True Blood on the cover.

Dead to the World

True Blood is absolutely brilliant.  Alan Ball, the fabulous director, has taken the base Sookie stories and woven his own warped magic into the mix to give us a solid dose of very black humour in amidst the plots and characters from Charlaine Harris.  Series Two has just been released on Blu-ray and DVD and at 8.30pm on 19 August True Blood: Season Three will start on Showcase for Foxtel and Austar.

True Blood is a classic case where film has been able to add a whole new dimension to the fascination of the well written books on which it is based. It’s not a perfect translation to the screen like some adaptations – rather it is MORE!

There have been quite a few examples over the years of paranormal tales adapted for TV or film, but rarely have they been as successful as Sookie and True Blood.

To enter our competition what we want from you is pretty easy.

Comment on this blog about a paranormal/supernatural based book that had a TV/film adaptation and  what you think either worked well, or didn’t, when it was translated to screen. And, if you’re familiar with Sookie and True Blood, you’re welcome to discuss these.

Each entrant will go into the draw – but if you want your name put in twice all you need to do is tweet about this competition (and tell us so we can look out for your tweet) and then we’ll put your name in twice.

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The competition closes on Sunday 6th June at 6pm, Australian EST. The winner will be closen in a ‘blind’ draw. This competition is only open for Australia and New Zealand (sorry folks from elsewhere).

Imagine, either books you have read and loved in gorgeous new covers, or an entire new series to explore and discover!  So come and join our Sookie party!

Sookie Stackhouse + True Blood = absolute magic!

We are the judge, jury and executioner of all competitions run by us. We may use your name, but we will never pass on your details.