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Eddie Izzard to voice Reepicheep in Prince Caspian

April 29, 2008 at 1:03 pm (Clipmarks, Movies) (Eddie Izzard, Movies, Prince Caspian, Reepicheep)

clipped from www.fantasybookreview.co.uk

Eddie Izzard to voice Reepicheep in Prince Caspian

Reepicheep appears in Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and also in The Last Battle. He is a large, dark, talking mouse who carries a rapier, and wears a red plume tucked in his golden circlet.Reepicheep is descended from a group of mice who gnawed through the ropes that bound Aslan to the Stone Table after the White Witch had killed him; as a result of their service, they became talking mice.

Eddie Izzard, the well known British comedian and actor is to use his vocal talents in the role of Reepicheep in Disney’s adaptation of CS Lewis’s Prince Caspian. Reepicheep will be brought to life using computer-generated animation with Izzard supplying the voice. Eddie Izzard read and fell in love with the CS Lewis books as a child, The Magician’s Nephew and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe being amongst his favourites.

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Cheltenham Literature Festival

April 28, 2008 at 11:24 pm (Writing) (Cheltenham, Festivals, literature, Writing)

clipped from www.cheltenhamfestivals.com

The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival
10 – 19 October 2008

The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival – Sponsorship Launch

We had our very first look at what may be in store at this year’s Literature Festival at our sponsorship launch on Tuesday.

Festival Director Sarah Smyth introduced a programme which will this year explore the theme of family – how does the family shape who we are, how we see the world, how we live, how we read and how we write? She also hinted at some of this year’s headlining acts who will be lead by Guest Directors Kate Adie and Ian Rankin.

Just a few of the names we hope to welcome in October include Sir Roger Moore, Patrick Stewart and Rick Stein.

All names are very much still to be confirmed – but it looks like it will be the biggest festival yet. Full programme and booking will be available in early August so keep checking here for the latest news.

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BBC3 orders full series of Being Human

April 27, 2008 at 8:45 pm (TV) (Clipmarks, TV)

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk

BBC3 controller Danny Cohen has ordered six more episodes of Being Human, the one-off drama pilot about a flatshare between a ghost, a werewolf and a vampire broadcast earlier this year.

Cohen has commissioned the full series of Being Human from independent producer Touchpaper Television, part of the RDF Media group, after the one-off episode was shown in February as part of the channel’s drama pilot season and peaked at nearly 450,000 viewers.

Filming on the series, which will once again be written by Toby Whithouse, will start later this year for transmission in 2009.

The BBC said it would confirm casting at a later date. Russell Tovey, Andrea Riseborough and Guy Flanaghan starred in the pilot.

Being Human: Andrea Riseborough, Russell Tovey and Guy Flanaghan starred in the pilot

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10 Steps to Create the Habit of Writing

April 27, 2008 at 3:48 pm (Writing) (Clipmarks)

clipped from writetodone.com

“Habits are first cobwebs, then cables.” - Spanish proverb

This, friends, is the linchpin: if you can create the habit of writing, you’ve got a wonderful foundation as a writer.

If you struggle to get in enough time for writing, or keep putting it off, or can never seem to write when you planned to write … you need to work on creating the habit of writing.