At Scholastic.com, Suzanne Collins reads two excerpts from The Hunger Games and Catching FireInterestingly, though the author doesn't have a Southern accent, Katniss apparently does. Makes me think District 12 with its mining and abject poverty could be West Virginia? I recall Collins saying she specifically didn't want to reveal much about the ( Read more... )

Here's an interesting series filmed around the release of Catching Fire of Suzanne talking to young readers at a Borders Book Club chat. It's quite detailed and interesting and I don't think we posted these here before:

( Five Short Videos )

Publishers Weekly has posted an interesting little article about the leadup to the release of Catching Fire. Lots of interesting promotional efforts (though I think BN's Mockingjay pin looks especially chintzy) and interviews coming up!

For the full article, visit: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6678775.htmlHere's some choice excerpts ( Read more... )

Barnes & Noble has posted the author reading an excerpt of the book, a conversation between Katniss and President Snow. It's ten minutes in duration.

So here's an interview that Suzanne Collins did with the magazine I used to work for, RT BOOK Reviews. She has some interesting things to say about how the series evolved and the resolution of the love triangle.

TO THE DEATH
Suzanne Collins Kills

by Elissa Petruzzi

When word hit the RT office that Suzanne Collins was game to meet for an in-person ( Read more... )