Archive for May, 2010

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex – Competition

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

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