2006 nominees are shortlisted but no winners yet:
NOVEL
Headstone City by Tom Piccirilli (Bantam)
Lisey’s Story by Stephen King (Scribner)
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry (Pinnacle)
Pressure by Jeff Strand (Earthling)
Prodigal Blues by Gary A. Braunbeck (Cemetery Dance)
FIRST NOVEL
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry (Pinnacle)
The Keeper by Sarah Langan (William Morrow)
Bloodstone by Nate Kenyon (Five Star)
The Harrowing by [...]

Book Addicts Book Group
Book Group News
We are now in the last two months of the year and coming to the end of our Book Group schedule. For those who have participated with us so far, thank you and I hope you have had fun. For anyone who hasnt participated or dropped out, we [...]

Neil has some free short stories up on his site
short stories
Click on the above link if you want to read these:
“The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds” by Neil Gaiman
This is a story called “The Case of Four and Twenty Blackbirds”. It was first published in 1984, in KNAVE and was my third [...]

Congratulations to Anne Enright who has won this year’s Man Booker award for her novel The Gathering. Her book was chosen from a shortlist of six at a prestigious awards ceremony in London on 16th October 2007.
I have never heard of the book or the author lol    Here’s some info:
Synopsis
The nine surviving children of [...]

Neil has some free short stories up on his site
short stories
Click on the above link if you want to read these:
“The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds” by Neil Gaiman
This is a story called “The Case of Four and Twenty Blackbirds”. It was first published in 1984, in KNAVE and was my third [...]

The judges of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2007 have announced this year’s six shortlisted novels.
The six titles shortlisted are:
* Darkmans by Nicola Barker (Fourth Estate)
* The Gathering by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape)
* The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton)
* Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (John Murray)
* On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan [...]

Halloween Harbingers of Horror
To celebrate Halloween, we have a nice cosy little writing contest for you all.
It is open to all members of the Empire of the Cat, whether you are in the Writing Group or not, though obviously if you are a writer, then you should be in the group!
The Contest and Rules:
1. Write [...]

I was going to list this as your new reading challenge for 2008, but since it would take you approx 20 years at 1 book a week, to read all this, this would be more of a long-term challenge
2000s
1. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Saturday – Ian McEwan
3. On Beauty – Zadie Smith
4. [...]

The ultimate reading challenge!
2000s
1. Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Saturday – Ian McEwan
3. On Beauty – Zadie Smith
4. Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee
5. Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson
6. The Sea – John Banville
7. The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble
8. The Plot Against America – Philip Roth
9. The Master – Colm Tóibín
10. Vanishing [...]