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Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex – Competition

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on May 11, 2010
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Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex

To celebrate the forthcoming release of the seventh incredible Artemis adventure, we are launching a comic comp with the first chapter of the brand new ARTEMIS FOWL AND THE ATLANTIS COMPLEX.

Your challenge is to turn this first chapter into a cliff-hanger comic! Use all your artistic and design skills to make this
first chapter come to life in pictures. The winning entry will be chosen by Eoin Colfer to be transformed into an e-book and an app 3 as part of the buzz build up to the release of the new book.

In short, you will win fame and glory!

Go to www.artemisfowl.co.uk

to read the first chapter and to enter now.

Closing date 31 May 2010.

Terms and conditions apply. UK & Ireland residents aged over 7 only.
See www.artemisfowl.co.uk for full terms and conditions.

Artemis Fowl in Puffin’s Best Books List

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on May 7, 2010
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Roald Dahl, Richard Adams, Eric Carle and Robert Louis Stevenson are among the writers of the 70 best-ever books for children, according to a new list from Puffin.

The publisher has released the list, which are all Puffin’s own titles, to mark its 70th anniversary.

Split into categories such as Best Mischief and Mayhem, Best Swashbucklers and Derring-Do, and even Best Alternatives to Twilight, it is being released to coincide with National Puffin Share-A-Story Day, which will be celebrated across the UK tomorrow (Saturday 8th May).

from the Bookseller.com

Artemis Fowl features in the Best Heroes list:

The Best Heroes
1. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
2. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
3. Young Bond: SilverFin by Charlie Higson
4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

See more in the Interactive Handbook celebrating Puffin’s Best Books for the 70th birthday of Puffin.

Click here to view the handbook

Artemis Fowl – Nintendo Flips Competition – Win a Nintendo DS!

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on December 2, 2009
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Puffin Books are running a competition on the Artemis Fowl site to launch the new range of electronic books on the Nintendo DS and DSi.

There’s a signed copy of the Artemis Fowl FLIPS and a Nintendo DSi up for grabs for 1 lucky winner, plus a signed copy of the Artemis Fowl FLIPS for 4 runners up.

Eoin Colfer - Flips - Nintendo DS

One of the first titles available in this new-fangled format is “Artemis Fowl” featuring all six books in the series. Foaly would be so proud! More details below.

Enter the competition here!

Good luck!

Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl on Nintendo Flips


The Artemis Fowl collection exclusive to Nintendo DS and DSi includes interactive versions of all 6 of Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl series on one game card: Artemis Fowl; Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident; Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code; Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception; Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony and Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox.

• Collect items and unlock bonus content as you read! – Spot the code notes hidden within the pages and collect them all to decipher and unlock 2 extra stories, and interviews with the characters and author

• Character/Location Information – touch the links in text to pop up character profiles, location and animal information

• Track your progress – on how much you’ve read and collected

• Share with Friends – Use the DS wireless connections to share a sample chapter with your friends and unlock bonus content!

Artemis Fowl - Nintendo Flips

Sebastian Barry and Eoin Colfer Win Independent Booksellers’ Prize

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on September 21, 2009
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Independent Bookshop Customers vote for their Favourite Book of the Year
Part of Independent Booksellers’ Week 2009


Adult category winner: Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture (Faber & Faber)
Children’s category winner: Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl and The Time Paradox (Puffin)

The Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland tonight announced The Secret Scripture (Faber) by Sebastian Barry and Artemis Fowl and The Time Paradox (Puffin) by Eoin Colfer as winners of the nationwide Independent Booksellers’ Book Prize 2009, as voted for by independent bookshop customers, in support of Independent Booksellers’ Week which ran from 15th to 22nd June 2009.

The Independent Booksellers’ Book Prize – which is organised by The Booksellers Association, the national trade association for booksellers, and is now in its third year of existence – was supported by hundreds of independent bookshops throughout the country. The prizes were presented this evening at The Bookseller Retail Awards at The Natural History Museum, London.

Independent bookshop customers were invited to vote for their favourite book of the year from a shortlist of ten adult and ten children’s books – which were voted for by Booksellers Association members from a long list derived from sales data that specifically relates to independent bookshops. Votes to choose the winners were cast in independent bookshops, by post or by email between mid June and the end of August 2009.


Meryl Halls, Head of Membership Service at The Booksellers Association, comments: “Independent Booksellers Week celebrates quality, talent, creativity and passion for books and reading, and we are delighted that it sparked such energy and enthusiasm from local book shops and readers in picking their Favourite Book of the Year. We would like to congratulate both Sebastian and Eoin and thank everyone who voted.”

On discovering that The Secret Scripture had won the adult category, Sebastian Barry said: “This is very wonderful news indeed because the independent booksellers are the Buzz Aldrins, the Daniel Boones of the trade. They really are they heart of the matter. They keep things where they should be and I’m deeply moved that readers in Great Britain voted for my book.”

On winning the children’s category, Eoin Colfer commented: “I am delighted to have won this award for Artemis, especially when it comes from the independent booksellers who know what they’re talking about. This award will take pride of place on the mantelpiece where I used to keep my youngest son.”

Last year, Notes from an Exhibition (HarperPerennial) by Patrick Gale won the adult prize and the children’s award went to Robert Muchamore for his book The Sleepwalker (CHERUB).

Fowl Play at Twycross Zoo – Press Release

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on March 31, 2009
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PRESS RELEASE . . . PRESS RELEASE. . . PRESS RELEASE . . .

Twycross, Tuesday 31st March 2009

Fowl Play at Twycross Zoo

A llama has disappeared from Twycross Zoo. The seventy-year-old llama called Beckett was last seen in its enclosure on the morning of Tuesday 31st March and was discovered to have gone missing by zookeeper Liz Cubberley. At the scene of the disappearance a photo of a short, round and hairy, bearded dwarf leprechaun riding Beckett was found and is being used as evidence in the case to discover Beckett’s whereabouts.

Zookeeper Liz Cubberely says, ‘I went to feed him as normal and discovered his enclosure had been completely dug over like a giant mole had been at work in the night, leaving a huge 30 foot mound of earth and a half a mile tunnel leading to the car park. I am very concerned for Beckett’s welfare and would like to appeal to the general public to help find and return him to his home.’

Staff at Twycross Zoo can confirm that CCTV footage has been carefully analyzed and has revealed that a man in his forties with grey hair carrying a notebook and pen was seen at the zoo on the morning of Wed 31st March, shortly before Beckett was discovered missing, acting suspiciously. The man has been unofficially identified as internationally bestselling children’s author of the Artemis Fowl series, Eoin Colfer. Mr Colfer’s latest book, Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox, deals with the theme of extinct species particularly focusing on one of the world’s most endangered primates, the silky sifaka lemur of Madagascar, which is needed to provide the antidote to a fatal disease contracted by Artemis Fowl’s mother.

Mr Colfer is being questioned in connection with the disappearance and gave the following statement, ‘I am an animal lover and an environmentalist. My latest book, Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox, bemoans the loss of thousands of endangered species across the globe, hopefully encouraging the legions of children who read my books to take a greater interest in the protection of animals and our natural world. I was at Twycross Zoo to study their collection of primate species, particularly the lemurs, who play an important role in my book.’

Authorities and zoo staff are trying to discover if there is a link between Mr Colfer’s research into lemurs and the disappearance of Beckett, the llama.

Security at the zoo have informed us that there should be some news by 12 noon on Wednesday 1st April.

Ends

Llama Incident – Update

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Penguin
on March 30, 2009
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Following the further questions we’ve received following the Nickelodeon broadcasts, once again we feel we need to disassociate this site and Mr Colfer from anything to do with this zoo escape/llama kidnapping/theft nonsense. Matt over at AFC seems to have thrown a little more light on the subject but as of this time we have no statements to make on this matter.

Llama incident reported at AFC

In other news Eoin has created a Twitter account so you can check that for the latest updates. Daily Twitter digests will also be published via this blog.

Eoin’s Twitter Account

Thank you,

Foaly

PS: Please, no more llama emails!!!

“LlamaGate” Controversy

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on March 28, 2009
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In light of the recent deluge of emails and messages from llama fans we feel the need to deny any involvement in the incident at Twycross Zoo. It’s quite ridiculous to think that an author of Mr. Colfer’s standing would have anything to do with such a bizarre event. We are unable to confirm whether Mr Colfer was anywhere near Twycross at the time.

If you have questions about this matter please direct them towards this site:
Lost Llama

Thank you.
Foaly

Eoin Colfer über Artemis Fowl (Especially for German speaking fans!)

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on March 16, 2009
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Eoin Colfer über Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer und Peter Lohmeyer nehmen alle Artemis-Fowl-Leser mit auf eine turbulente und spannende Reise durch einen Zeittunnel. Eine Veranstaltung im Theater für Kinder in Hamburg-Altona.

Photos and Vote-os! Sorry!

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on March 12, 2009
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The Penguin Blog now has some great photos of the “And Another Thing” launch event. Click below to see the silver, ladies, Mr Colfer, the very cool cover for the book and some scruffy bloke called Matt hanging around!

And Another Thing Launch Event

Speaking of Matt, the man behind the number one Artemis Fowl fan site, artemis-fowl.com, he has his own selection of photos from the event.

AFC Photos of the ‘And Another Thing” launch event

And finally the Richard and Judy Book Awards for which Eoin has been nominated for Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox is now entering it’s final phase of voting. So if you haven’t voted yet get on over to the site and get clicking

Vote for the Time Paradox

The competition is strong with books from JK Rowling and Stephanie Meyer also in the shortlist but we have faith in the legions of Fowl Fans to get the result!!! : )

Vote for Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox – Richard and Judy Awards

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on February 13, 2009
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Artemis Fowl and The Time Paradox is on the list for the Richard And Judy Children’s Book of the Year Award.

Richard & Judy have selected 20 of their favourite Children’s books across five categories and they are inviting all children to vote on this website for the one that they think is the very best.
The book that has the most votes will win the Children’s Book of the Year Award 2009 which will be announced in April.
To take part all you have to do is vote for your favourite book from those below and give us your name. It’s as simple as that!

Click here to Vote