Wednesday, January 12, 2011

PROFESSOR BINGO PRESENTS: AWARD WINNING SERIES FOR TEENS: INCARCERON & SAPPHIQUE

WELCOME TO
BOOKIN' WITH BINGO'S
"PROFESSOR BINGO
PRESENTS DAY"
I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS WEEK'S
"PROFESSOR BINGO PRESENTS DAY"
CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULT BOOK CHOICE IS.....
GIVEAWAY ENDED
 

CATHERINE 
FISHER
PRESENTS!
INCARCERON
SAPPHIQUE
Award winning series by Catherine Fisher, INCARCERON and SAPPHIQUE have garnered many rewards for the past year including: School Library Journal Best Book of 2010, Horn Book’s Fanfare: Choice for the Best Books of 2010, Kirkus 2010 Best Book for Children and Teens, Publisher’s Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2010. Released in December and January, this set makes a great gift for teens or read it yourself. You won't be disappointed!
ABOUT INCARCERON:
A thrilling, high-concept fantasy for fans of Garth Nix and Nancy Farmer.

Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells, but also metal forests, dilapidated cities, and vast wilderness. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, has no memory of his childhood and is sure that he came from Outside Incarceron. Very few prisoners believe that there is an Outside, however, which makes escape seems impossible.

And then Finn finds a crystal key that allows him to communicate with a girl named Claudia. She claims to live Outside- she is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, and doomed to an arranged marriage. Finn is determined to escape the prison, and Claudia believes she can help him. But they don't realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost more than they know.
NEWS FLASH FOR INCARCERON: 
TAYLOR LAUTNER TO PLAY FINN
Posted on: Thursday, December 16, 2010
 
From Author Catherine Fisher and her website: "I'm sure a lot of you will have seen the announcement in the film press that Talyor Lautner, who shot to fame in Twilight, has signed up to play Finn in Incarceron. It's very exciting news, and I'm very pleased. I have no idea who the rest of the cast may be, but it's still early days yet, and as far as I know no director has been chosen."

ABOUT SAPPHIQUE:
Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of Incarceron, but its memory torments him, because his brother Keiro is still inside. Outside, Claudia insists he must be king, but Finn doubts even his own identity. Is he the lost prince Giles? Or are his memories no more than another construct of his imprisonment? And can you be free if your friends are still captive? Can you be free if your world is frozen in time? Can you be free if you don't even know who you are? Inside Incarceron, has the crazy sorcerer Rix really found the Glove of Sapphique, the only man the Prison ever loved. Sapphique, whose image fires Incarceron with the desire to escape its own nature. If Keiro steals the glove, will he bring destruction to the world? Inside. Outside. All seeking freedom. Like Sapphique.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Catherine Fisher was born in Newport, Wales. She graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in English and a fascination for myth and history. She has worked in education and archaeology and as a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. She is a Fellow of the Welsh Academy.

Catherine is an acclaimed poet and novelist, regularly lecturing and giving readings to groups of all ages. She leads sessions for teachers and librarians and is an experienced broadcaster and adjudicator. She lives in Newport, Gwent.

Catherine has won many awards and much critical acclaim for her work. Her poetry has appeared in leading periodicals and anthologies and her volume Immrama won the WAC Young Writers' Prize. She won the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in 1990. To read more about Catherine Fisher, visit her biography section of her website HERE.

GIVEAWAY 

I HAVE ONE BRAND NEW, HARDBACK SET
OF THESE TWO THRILLING NOVELS
   TO GIVE AWAY MYSELF TO ONE WINNER!
 
--U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY
--NO P. O. BOXES
---INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
IN CASE YOU WIN!
--ALL COMMENTS MUST BE SEPARATE TO
COUNT AS MORE THAN ONE!

HOW TO ENTER:

+1 ENTRY:
READ ABOUT THE TWO BOOKS ABOVE AND COMMENT ON WHICH YOU MIGHT LIKE BETTER AND/OR WHY YOU'D LIKE TO WIN THIS SET

+1 MORE ENTRY: VISIT AUTHOR CATHERINE FISHER'S WEBSITE BY GOING HERE AND CHECK OUT ALL THE INTERESTING THINGS. COME BACK AND COMMENT ON ONE THING YOU LEARNED THERE.

+1 MORE ENTRY:
BLOG OR TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY AND COME BACK AND LEAVE A LINK THAT I CAN FOLLOW

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON ONE 2ND BLOGIVERSARY GIVEAWAY YOU HAVE ENTERED. IF YOU ENTERED MORE THAN ONE, COMMENT ON EACH SEPARATELY FOR AN ADDITIONAL ENTRY

GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
6 PM, EST, FEBRUARY 1

GOOD LUCK!