Sunday, January 8, 2012

Brian Jacques celebrated in the UK

I apologize that this news is a bit dated, however I was hoping for some more information to come to light. If you have more information, including images, please contact us.
Last month, Redwallabbey.com reported that Brian Jacques has been honored by the Lancashire County Council, an organization who hosts a 25-year-old United Kingdom "Book of the Year" award.
In the past, Brian has received the award for RedwallMattimeo, and Salamandastron, and is the only author to be recognized three times.
The council is releasing a book celebrating the award over the years, and Brian Jacques will be mentioned in this book. To what extent, is unknown.
The book is believed to be distributed at Lancashire high school libraries. If you live in this region, we'd love to have more information about it.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Redwall Wiki Expands Coverage

Given that the continuation of the Redwall series is still up in the air, this unfortunately means that we've reached a point where there is not going to be much Redwall or Brian Jacques news, especially not on any sort of regular basis.
Recently, we reached out to our Facebook fans to ask if they would be interested in news items related to books, the media, and the publishing industry. The majority response to this query was positive, and as a result we will be linking and promoting these types of stories - but only on our Facebook page, unless of course it's directly related to Redwall or Brian Jacques.
And don't worry, we certainly won't be flooding or spamming your feeds.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Random House reveals Storycuts

Random House has officially announced a new type of eBook in a series that they're referring to as "Storycuts."
Essentially, short stories from larger collections are published as individual eBooks for viewing on your e-reader. Among the first of more than 250 short stories are a few from Brian Jacques, extracted from Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales. These include R.S.B. LimitedThe Lies of Henry Mawdsley,The Fate of Thomas P. KanneJamie and the Vampires and The Sad History of Gilly BodkinAllie Alma and Bridgey are combined into one release, asAllie/Alma/Bridgey.
It appears as if these will be listed on Amazon in the future, however if you're interested in checking the eBooks out now, navigate to the Random House website.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Announcing Redwall Answers

Today, we are officially announcing a supplemental service of the Redwall Wiki - Redwall Answers!
Redwall Answers is a question-and-answer type of wiki that allows anyone to make an inquiry, and if someone knows the response, anyone can respond.
You can find Redwall Answers here.
Essentially, the purpose of this is to help people looking for specific Redwall or Castaways information without having to read an entire article.
There is a very short Manual of Style/Rules guide for this service, please check it out there. If you like to helpRedwall fans, be sure to check this wiki regularly.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Art Contest Canceled


Unfortunately, we did not meet the quota of entrants for this year's art contest, and despite having over 60 votes for one, (why didn't you voters enter?) nowhere near that many applied for judging by their peers.
The artists who did decide to enter are free to do whatever they like with their artwork, whether that means submitting it here or elsewhere.
I am slightly disappointed in that regard, as well though. The challenge was to depict a battle scene, which is why I specifically noted the chapter. However, most entrants directly imitated Chris Baker's cover - I was hoping to see some new interpretations of Brian Jacques' text.
If no one is going to enter, this may be the last time we attempt to hold a contest for a while.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Official Redwall Wiki Art Contest 2011


Per a large majority vote held over the last week, we will officially be hosting our 3rd Annual Art Contest. However, there is an important caveat - last year we also received a lot of support for a contest, but very few entered. If a pre-determined number of entries are not received by the due date this year, the event will be canceled.
And now, the details:
In our last two contests, artists were asked to draw a villain, and a hero. This year, we will be combining the two for an extra challenge. Competitors should draw their interpretation of the epic battle sequence between LordBrocktree and Ungatt Trunn as depicted in Chapter 36 of Lord Brocktree.
All entries must be sent to me for initial review, and I will upload them here at the Redwall Wiki for voting. After a 2-week voting period, one winner will be announced, and the other artists will be revealed. I will be abstaining from voting and entering.
Artists will have 3 weeks to create their vision and submit it. All entries must be submitted by 12 Noon EST, November 8, 2011. No exceptions will be made for any reason.
At the end of the 3 week submission period, if the pre-determined number of entries (known only by myself to avoid speculation) is reached or exceeded, I will upload all entries for judging, and provide further contest information and details.

Rules

1. Eligibility: The Official Redwall Wiki Art Contest (the "Contest") is open to residents of Earth who are registered users of the Redwall Wiki. (You do not have to be registered to vote for the winner.)
2. How To Enter: The Contest begins on October 18, 2011 and ends on November 8, 2011 at 12:00pm (EST) (“Entry Period”). All entries must be submitted no later than the end of the Entry Period. Only 1 contest entry per human allowed; works must be submitted in JPG or PNG file format to Tbtemail.png along with your Redwall Wiki username. There are no file size or image size limitations.
  • The subject line of the e-mail must read "Redwall Wiki 2011 Art Contest".
  • Failure to include your Redwall Wiki username, e-mail subject, and proper file format will be grounds for disqualification. You may only submit all of this information once.
  • To maintain a sense of anonymity amongst the artists, you agree to not post your artwork elsewhere on the Internet or reveal yourself as the artist of any of the submissions at any time during the contest and voting period. Anyone found to be doing this will be disqualified immediately. You are free to post this anywhere you want after the winner is announced, of course.
  • Artists are not to be speculated upon in comments, talk pages, or elsewhere on the site. CORRECT: "I like entry #2." INCORRECT: "I bet LordTBT drew entry #2!"
  • Artists may not encourage voting for their particular artwork. This is also grounds for disqualification.
  • Artists may not reveal they are planning on entering or that they have in fact entered the contest until the winner is announced. To be clear, all identities of any artists participating in this contest will not be stated until the very end.
  • Artwork found to be copied from another artist is grounds for disqualification. Original works only!
  • Notification of Winners: One winner selected by the audience of this site will be notified via e-mail, failure to respond in 48 hours will result in a new winner being declared.

Additional Conditions

By submitting your artwork, you authorize it for hosting and display on the Redwall Wiki indefinitely without compensation to you. You acknowledge that your submission is an original work created and designed by you, and that you understand all the rules as explained above.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Release: Redwall Wiki Turns 6


Today, the Redwall Wiki officially celebrates its 6th birthday, and it has been a great past few years.
Unfortunately, this year can't help but be overshadowed by the loss of Mr. Jacques, and as a result I'm going to keep our annual press release brief in honor of his memory.
What's important is this:
Even though at this time it is totally unknown if we will ever see another Redwall novel, be it from Mr. Jacques himself or another author who has received the go-ahead, the Redwall Wiki isn't going anywhere. We will continue to serve as the best Internet resource for Redwall information, news, fan fiction and fan artwork.
I'm personally hopeful that there may be one more novel out there, and if we're lucky a Redwall film adaptation will happen.
In the past few years we've done an annual art contest, and honestly I'm not sure if you guys want one this year, so I've decided to put it up for a vote. If a significant number of people vote for one, we'll do it. If a majority votes for a contest and it's only 3 people, that's not really necessary. I'd like to see as many entries as possible.
Thanks to everyone who visits this site and contributes to articles, fan fiction, and art. We couldn't do it without you.