We have some very exciting news for UK Shadowhunter fans! A very popular and successful convention team, Rogue Events, have announced that they will be holding a Shadowhunters convention between 3rd – 5th March 2017! https://twitter.com/rogueevents/status/709774788756160513 Rogue Events hold lots of different fandom conventions from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Heroes to Supernatutral to teen wolf…
At the weekend Cassandra Clare was in London and took part in a couple of events to celebrate the release of the new The Mortal Instruments books with the new covers and meet fans. Cassie kicked off the weekend on the Friday 17th July at Waterstones where she was joined by the artist of the new covers Mila Fürstová as well the co-author of the The Bane Chronicles and Tales From The Shadowhunter…
It is only one week until Cassandra Clare will be starting her first of two events this month in London to celebrate the release of the re-issued covers of The Mortal Instruments and we wanted to give you all the run down of her schedule. Friday 17th July 2015 First up Cassandra Clare will be at Waterstones Hampstead where she will be taking part in a Q&A with the artist of the new re-issued…
Can’t make it to YALC this year to see Cassandra Clare? Well here’s another chance! On Friday 17th July Cassandra Clare will be joined by the artist of the new The Mortal Instruments reissued covers, Míla Fürstová, for a Q and A and signing! Here’s some more information: Cassandra Clare’s internationally bestselling The Mortal Instruments series is being re-launched in July with stunning new…
To celebrate the release of the second ebook in The Mortal Instruments: Shadowhunter Academy series, The Lost Herondale, we have teamed up with Walker Books to offer one of you lucky mundanes the chance to win a £50 Waterstones voucher, plus a set of the TMI books including a special copy of City of Bones and a Tote bag to keep them in, both signed by Cassandra Clare! For your chance to win,…
Last year was the first Young Adult Literature Convention (YALC) and was part of the London Film and Comic Con (LFCC).
Thank the angel that YALC IS BACK!! And it is going to be even better than last year because our favourite author Cassandra Clare will be there!!
This year YALC will be back in the Book Zone at LFCC and will be running Friday 17- Sunday 19 July at Olympia, London.
An initial…
A couple of weeks ago we shared with you the news that the USA versions of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunter series will be getting new covers, and will no longer be printed in the old ones.
Well now we are getting some new covers for the UK versions too! These will be available alongside the originals, so new readers will have the choice, but they are so beautiful that maybe some hardcore fans would love to get them also as collectables!
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I personally am OBSESSED with these new covers. I think that the minimalist look to them will hopefully bring in a whole new audience that wouldn’t have picked up the original covers.
The covers were first revealed by Female First who let us know the illustrator for the covers:
Each of the six titles in the series features gorgeous cover illustrations by Mila Furstova, the artist who created the album artwork for Coldplay’s Ghost Stories.
The new covers will be available to buy in July 2015.
What are your opinions of the new covers? Do you prefer the originals, the new USA versions or these new UK covers? Let us know in the comments below!
NEW COVERS: UK covers of ‘The Mortal Instruments’ are getting a makeover too! A couple of weeks ago we shared with you the news that the USA versions of Cassandra Clare's…
I have been asked by Lionsgate UK and Think Jam to offer my followers on twitter the chance to win TWO tickets to the Love, Rosie World Premiere in London on the 6th October 2014.
I have 5 pairs up for grabs and for your chance to win 1 pair then all you need to do is follow me on twitter and retweet this tweet:
RT & follow for your chance to win 1 of 5 pairs of tix to the Premiere of #LOVEROSIE
On the 6th October the world premiere of Love, Rosie will be held in London’s Leicester Square in the Odeon West End cinema.
Lily Collins (who portrayed Clary Fray in City of Bones movie) will be attending along with Sam Clafin, Jaime Winstone, Suki Waterhouse and director Christian Ditter.
Love, Rosiecentres on Rosie and her best friend Alex who take a leap of faith, both on life and on each…
Today Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan were in London for the final event from the City of Heavenly Fire book tour in the UK.
I (Sarah) was lucky enough to attend and had a great time! It wasn’t as crazy as the 1st book signing I went to for Cassandra Clare’s which was last year in July for the City of Bones movie-tie-in release at St. James’s Church. That was the first signing I went to of Cassie’s and she was joined by Sarah Rees Brennan and Jamie Campbell Bower (Jace in the film). That was a much bigger event with a lot more people there.
So it was nice to attend a slightly more ‘intimate’ event. Don’t get me wrong, there were still loads of people there, but it was just a lot smaller than the last couple of signing I went to for her :)
I arrived around 8.30am and still hadn’t 100% finished the epilogue of The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire so I was still reading it in the line until about 9.30am. I got there early enough to be one of the lucky ones that got to stand under the shelter and not get wet from the rain. I then realised that Desiree (I hope that’s spelt right!) from @TMI_Holland was sitting right behind me! So we chatted a bit before my other friend Jenny showed up and we were allowed into the cinema.
Everyone took their seats, I was on the second row in the middle. Was a pretty good seat but the cinema was weird and the seats in front were really high or our seats were a lot lower or something, so really it was just odd being on the second row but still not having a ‘perfect’ view. I went to buy the 1st book in Sarah’s Demon’s Lexicon series as all the books I have of Sarah’s are already signed! I already have The Demon’s Lexicon books on my kindle but needed something for Sarah to sign too so didn’t mind buying the actual copy.
At about 11:20am Cassie and Sarah took to the stage and everyone cheered and clapped.
They then read out some of the currently unpublished voice-mail messages left on Magnus’ phone in between City of Lost Souls and City of Heavenly Fire. They were hilarious! Izzy is being the best sister to Alec by pretty much harassing Magnus until he gets back with him. Simon’s one was one that really stuck out in my mind and you can read his one below which Cassie posted on her tumblr a few weeks ago:
“Hi, Magnus. It’s Simon. You know me. Well, you called me Soames last time we spoke, but we’ve hung out. I’m calling to, uh … to—sorry if this is out of line—suggest that you maybe take Alec back.
“I think it would be good for morale. Honestly, Alec was really horrible to Clary when they first met, and if he turns all cranky again, I don’t know what Clary’s going to do. In those days, Clary had way fewer weapons and way fewer brothers.
“This time it’s different. Her boyfriend is on fire. She’s got enough problems. I guess what I’m saying is that we’d all appreciate it if you took one for the team.
“Not that I’m part of a Shadowhunter team. Shadowhunters don’t let vampires join the team.
“This message probably seems selfish, and also crazy. I honestly do feel bad for Alec. He’s a good guy. Much less annoying than Jace. I’ve always felt like, given the opportunity, we could be friends. Maybe bros. Maybe we could be bros who shoot arrows together.
“It may at this point be obvious that Isabelle forced me to make this phone call.”
Cassie has planned that these will all be published at the end of The Bane Chronicles book once it’s published later in the year (November in the UK) so make sure you get a copy to read them all!
They then went into a Q and A between the audience and Cassie and Sarah. I didn’t write down all the questions but I tweeted a few answers. A few questions were SO SPOILERY!!! Like gave away a few things that happen in COHF so I am so glad that I had finished it before I went in!
A few things in the original script of #COAmovie are: Clary splits into two people & has a shovel fight. Magnus runs for mayor. & also >— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
> also Jace rides a mermaid. So sounds like it's a good idea that the production team are taking their time to re-write the script!— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
.@cassieclare was always planning on turning Jem into a silent brother. #COHFuktour #TMIparty— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
.@sarahreesbrenna wants @cassieclare to write about Silent Brother strippers.. :P #COHFuktour #TMIparty— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
.@cassieclare would bring Magnus to life to hang out with if she could. #COHFuktour #TMIparty— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
.@cassieclare has confirmed all same authors for Simon Lewis short stories will be the same authors as The Bane Chronicles.— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
The short stories from Simon will also somehow include story's of Will, Tessa, James, and also a story about a stag party that goes wrong— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
.@cassieclare has said that the Iron Sisters will be very important later. #COHFuktour #TMIparty— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
.@cassieclare & @sarahreesbrenna are re-telling the story of how they came up with the Herondales being scared of the ducks. #Tmiparty— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
.@cassieclare wanted Simon to be a vampire to show that the reason the Clave & Shadowhunters are so secretive because it's very dangerous— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
So Simon had to pay the price of the bringing a mundane into the Shadowhunter world. @cassieclare— (@TMI_TID_UK) June 07, 2014
.@cassieclare on micro-planning & blocking out scenes: "I always know where I'm going to start & where I am going to end up." #tmiparty— Walker Books (@WalkerBooksUK) June 07, 2014
After the Q and A they set up the room for the signing, I got City of Heavenly Fire, Clockwork Prince and The Demon’s Lexicon signed. I got to ask Cassie a quick question that my friend Alison asked me to ask her, she wanted me to find out if the Demon Pox always turns people into worms. Cassie laughed and said that sometime they turn into other demons, and sometimes just die a horrible death. She also added that not all demon’s had Demon Pox too.
And that was my day today. Massive thank you to Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Walker Books and Waterstones for the great event. It was loads of fun and hope both Cassie and Sarah come back to London for more signings soon!!! :)
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Recap from London's City of Heavenly Fire Talk with Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan Today Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan were in London for the final event from the City of Heavenly Fire book tour in the UK.
Good evening Shadowhunter from the UK :)
A friend on mine has come to me with a very serious question. She wants to know if I think there would be at least 500 people who would pay money to attend a UK Shadowhunter Convention…
I obviously know I’d love to attend and would pay good money to attend. But what about you?
Her friend has put on quite a few different conventions in the UK, Europe and…
The other day Cassandra Clare attended Hay Festival in Wales with her friend, and co-writer to The Bane Chronicles, Sarah Rees Brennan.
There haven’t been many reports about the day, and even less pictures, so we had no idea what happened, what they talked about or anything!
I asked a fellow Shadowhunter who attended the event to give us a run through their day at Hay Festival and to reveal all the juicy gossip that Cassandra Clare shared with her fans at the event.
You can check out Midnights’s review below and please note that all the pictures belong to her, not us. Please credit Midnight if you use any. And PLEASE follow her on twitter – @Stopwatchgirl
The rain welcomed Ms Cassandra Clare and her fellow writer Sarah Rees Brennan to Hay. I don’t think I’ve ever truly seen the “festival scene” cliché in action as I did then. Everywhere was mud, puddles and run off. Luckily the festival talks, shops, displays and paths are all tented over, My friend Heather (henceforth known as Jem as that’s who she was cosplaying) and I arrived at Hay about half past ten. We’d stayed in Hereford the day before and were a little too eager. We spent the morning in the food tent with caffeine. But anyway I digress: to the reason for this review Ms Cassandra!
We first saw her on our way to the Hay Book store, she was in a tent not joined to the rest of the festival tents being interviewed. Still don’t know who by, and then she went for a walk. She was wearing the most unusual coat, I still can’t describe the design but it was an odd pink that I do remember. 12:40 ish we decided we’d loitered long enough and went to queue. The talk had been moved to a different tent, and when we saw it we decided we weren’t the only ones loitering with intent. So the great British tradition of queuing began our time at Cassandra Clares talk. Everyone was clasping their books, I saw so many clockwork angels you’d think Tessa’s power had been duplication. On one occasion, while she was trying to get our tickets from her bag I think, my friend Heather was recognised for her Jem bookcover cosplay, almost bringing a girl to tears. Especially when they saw the Dragon Head cane she carried.
When we were let in we found that there had been queues on both sides of the tent and that most of the front few rows were full. So we took a seat where we could see, near the middle, as the two of us are on the 5ft 5inches give or take a heel end of the scale. But to be honest it seemed everywhere had a clear view of the stage
Sarah began by asking Cassandra about the movie, had it been like she expected. To which Cassandra said no but not in the way that it had been bad, but that it had been someone else’s interpretation of her world. She did say the sets had been spot on, and the cast was good. Cassandra has a thing for glasses. Sarah asked about filming, had anything gone wrong or right. Cassandra remembered two stories (I’ll try and recite them): 1. During one of the fight scenes between Valentine and Clary, Jonathan had thrown Lily too hard and she fell and hit her head. Jamie (dating Lily at the time) had rushed onto set and, defending Lily’s honour or just in the moment went for Jonathan, and rather than help Jonathan, Lily or stop Jamie the camera just kept rolling. 2. There had to be a lot of training for the movie, with weapons and things, and of course Aidan (who plays Luke) had just come off The Hobbit. So he was brought on to show them how it was done, there were apparently times when girls gathered around the screens. Cassandra said she once walked up to see, thinking it was new footage but it was Aidan flipping about shirtless.
It was revealed that apparently Sarah and Cassandra had been told they’d be killed with axes if they spoilered COHF so instead Cassandra had decided to read a piece from the book version of The Bane Chronicles, a piece that hadn’t been in the eBooks. It was Magnus’s Voicemail recordings from after “that breakup.” Cassandra and Sarah passed a tablet between them each taking turns reading a different piece, Sarah seemed to mostly be reading for Isabelle and got really into the part. I will say this, Isabelle makes a damn good case for Feline romance. And I will never be able to watch a certain bingo advert again without cracking up.
After the reading Cassandra threw open the floor to questions. I don’t remember them all but I do remember some of Cassandra’s answers:
1.Following the discussion that’s sprang up around Isabelle’s eye colour Cassandra was asked about her opinion, she said that Izzy can be a Lightwood and still have dark eyes, something to do with recessive genes she wasn’t going to go into, though Cassandra didn’t dismiss the possibility that she wasn’t.
2. Though she can’t pick between them Cassandra says her favourite character to write is Magnus 3. She identifies most with Simon and with Tessa Unfortunately I didn’t get to ask my question so its saved in a little Pyxis in the back of my head for next time,
We went to queue for her signing. It was only the room next door, but when you unfurled the compact queues from before the talk it wrapped around the tented pathways at least once and vanished to where I couldn’t see. We met up with my friend Lis and her friend who were from down South, and I think I scared someone when I asked them how they got their hands on a hardback in the UK or something to that effect (its amazing what you find in “The Works” these days). We were in the queue for a while but with it was so amazing to be among other fans it only felt like ten minutes or so.
We weren’t supposed to ask Cassandra to take pictures with us so while my friends were speaking with her I took a few pics with my camera phone, which catch more of Cassandra than of Heather and Lis.
Heather was first, she was nervous as a Herondale by a duck pond, but when Cassandra herself recognised Heathers cosplay and was amazed by her Dragon Cane and Violin, she relaxed. Cassandra said something which led to the moment my friend cannot forget (I swear on the Angel). She called us Will and Jem despite my hair not being right (minor new wig malfunction) I think, I bowed :S
I stepped up to Cassandra, gifts in hand and after greeting Sarah said in less of a confidant voice than I had intended “because your tour doesn’t stop in Yorkshire I decided to represent the York institute and…” handed her the box and put the flag on the table. Cassandra loved the pin she put it on the neck of her dress and proceeded to list her stops saying she didn’t know why they didn’t let her come to Yorkshire because she loved York and it was beautiful, and she wished she could come to Yorkshire. But she went were she was directed, which, while it does make me sad I understood,
I have to mention that when Sarah Rees Brennan saw the Yorkshire flag she said “oh the rose of York, from the war of the roses.” To which I nodded and she said “my favourite war.” Which was an awesome thing to say but I was a little stunned by the two of them. I’d said earlier that Heather and I came from the North and that we were here all day, Sarah said “well Judy Dench is supposed to be around here somewhere.” I did the ultimate goofy ‘trying to be a gentleman’ thing and said “I’m only here for Cassandra.” To which they both seemed awed.
we walked away and I did kick myself a little, didn’t quiet get to say what I planned. But the best plans rarely work when faced with Women as amazing as Sarah Rees Brennan and Cassandra Clare.
- Midnight @Stopwatchgirl
Wow! That was great! Thank you so much for sharing your experience! It sounds like you had a great day!
Here are some of the pictures Midnight was able to share with us too! (Like I said before, these pictures belong to her so please credit her if you use any, and use her twitter @Stopwatchgirl)
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Review from Cassandra Clare’s event at Hay Festival, Wales, on the 24th May The other day Cassandra Clare attended Hay Festival in Wales with her friend, and co-writer to The Bane Chronicles, Sarah Rees Brennan.
Today I was lucky enough to attend the #TMIparty in London to celebrate the launch of The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire.
I arrived early and there were loads of fans dressed in black Shadowhunter gear already.
When I got to the theatre room there was already two huge queues to go get runes painted on & nail art.
I then noticed that two hot men dressed as Shadowhunters were on the stage too! YUM!
Paul from Walker Books was today’s MC, reading out tweets people had sent in with the hashtag #TMIparty. Some were really funny!
Once it got to 2.10pm (-ish) we got to see Cassandra Clare on screen reading an excerpt from City of Heavenly Fire. I actually had goosebumps & tears in my eyes.
We then re-watched The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie which was fun because everyone in the room are obviously big fans. So we got lots of big cheers, wolf whistles & boo’s when certain characters came on screen. Made me remember when I first watched the film with my parabatai, Eilidh, at the London press screening of the film. We were majorly fangirling during it but everyone else in the screening were press so we had to be quiet while fangirling.
After the film we were finally given our own copy of City of Heavenly Fire as well as the City of Bones journal and a City of Heavenly Fire postcard.
Just want to say a massive thank you to Walker Books for putting on the Launch Party. It was so much fun!
Check out a few of the pictures from the event below :)
Recap of today’s #TMIparty for the #COHF Launch in London Today I was lucky enough to attend the #TMIparty in London to celebrate the launch of The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire.
I got to interview Cassandra Clare a couple of weeks ago for the release of City of Heavenly Fire.
For more news from Cassandra Clare's book series then please check out my blog The British Nephilm or follow me of twitter @TMI_TID_UK
Hey Shadowhunters!
The other week I got to speak to Cassandra Clare about The Mortal Instruments: City of Heavenly Fire. I was so nervous but she was great :) Had such a fun time talking to her about her series and about some of the characters.
You can check out the interview below and see what Cassie shared with us!
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As you probably know (if you don’t then check my previous post) there will be a City of Heavenly Fire Launch Party in London on the 27th May 2014.
Unfortunately tickets are sold out and the only way to get tickets now is by winning them (check out THIS POST).
However, the COHF Launch Party isn’t the only party you can attend for the final book in the Mortal Instruments series!
Waterstones…
Hey Shadowhunters!
A few weeks ago it was announced that Waterstones will be holding a City of Heavenly Fire Launch Party in London on the 27th May 2014.
Fans who attend the event will enjoy a few hours with fellow fans while having rune body-artists and nail artists on hand to make sure everyone looks badass like Clary, Izzy, Jace and Alec. There will also be competitions and freebies available…
