News Round Up! 31st August

News Round Up!



Every Saturday I post a round up of YA stories from throughout the week. There's lots of exciting videos in this week's round up. Enjoy!

The first trailer for the upcoming Divergent film was unveiled at the VMA awards. Watch it below:

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A great behind the scenes feature was also released this week featuring Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet at Theo James discussing the film. Watch here:





Stef Dawn has been cast in the role of Annie Cresta in Mockingjay, the final instalment in Suzanne Collins Hunger Games trilogy. She thanked fans on Twitter for welcoming her to the role. 

To all the amazing Annie Cresta fans, thankyou!! For welcoming me into your hearts & HG family!! I hope to do you proud! Love Stef-annieX
— Stef Dawson (@stefdawson) August 28, 2013

Meanwhile, several Victors from the second Hunger Games film, Catching Fire, have been revealed on a promotional banner which you can see here on The Hunger Games Explorer website.

John Green has been visiting the set of The Fault in Our Stars as filming gets underway. See his vlog from the set, featuring Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, below.

The title of the fifth book in the Lux series by Jennifer L. Aremntrout was revealed this week. It will be titled Opposition. Read the story on Fangirl Daily. The fourth book in the series, Origin, was published this week. Buy it on Amazon at this link.

Which news stories are you most excited about this week? Let me know in the comments!

News Round Up! 27th July

News Round Up!

Every week I recap the latest YA news stories that have grabbed my attention. See a round up of this week's stories below.

Fans of Jennifer L. Aremntrout's Lux series will be happy to hear that the rights to Obsidian have been bought by Sierra Pictures. Read more about this story over on Fandomsnews.com!

The authors for Leakycon London's Lit track were announced this week. Attending the Harry Potter conference in addition to the previously announced Dawn O'Porter and Elizabeth Wein will be Sally Gardner (author of Maggot Moon), Will Hill (author of the Department 19 series,) James Dawson (author of Hollow Pike and Cruel Summer), Matt Whyman (author of The Savages and Inside the Cage), Samantha Shannon (author of The Bone Season) and Laura Eve (author of Fearsome Dreamer). You can also now view the full Leakycon London schedule at this link. I'll be there so if you're not going then be sure to check the blog for Leakycon coverage!

The book trailer for All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill as was revealed this week. Watch the trailer below.

 

   

A movie poster for Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters was revealed this week. You can see the animated poster below and read more over at Hypable.com.

 

 

 

Two more actors have joined the cast of The Fault in Our Stars. Nat Wolff will play Isaac and Laura Dern will play Hazel's mother. What do you make of the latest casting? Are you happy with the picks so far? Read more on Hypable.com.

 

Which of these news stories are you most excited about? Let me know in the comments!