Twilight The Graphic Novel Volume 1 – Stephenie Meyer, Art and Adaptation by Young Kim
Hachette Yen, 2010
224 pages
RRP: AU$19.99
ISBN: 9781907411526

Reviewed by Kate Williams

I have never seen the appeal of graphic novels and this one hasn’t done anything to convert me, however it is possible to respect the amount of passion and effort that has gone into bringing the first half of Twilight to life.  Young Kim’s background in animation is clear in this incredibly detailed interpretation of the popular novel as is Stephenie Meyer’s guiding hand.

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The Twilight Saga:  The Official Illustrated Guide, A Companion to the #1 Bestseller – Stephenie Meyer
Hachette Little Brown, 2011
560 pages
RRP: AU$32.99
ISBN: 9781905654437

Review by Kate Williams

The title of this book is about as long and detailed as its contents.  Having milked the series for all it is worth, bringing out four increasingly lengthy novels starting with the manageable Twilight and ending with the doorstop that is Breaking Dawn, Meyer has excelled herself with this companion guide.  It is 543 pages of lavishly illustrated, lovingly typeset reworkings, retellings and reinventions of the Twilight universe including the less well known novella The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner.

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Ophelia – Lisa Klein
Allen & Unwin Bloomsbury, 2007
325 pages
RRP: AU$15.95
ISBN: 9780747587330

Reviewed by Kate Williams

If you have ever studied, read or seen Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and, let’s face it, few of us have escaped unscathed then Lisa Klein’s Ophelia will provide at least an entertaining read littered with familiar characters and quotations. For those of us who always thought that Ophelia was given short shrift compared to the male characters in the play then this book is even more satisfying.

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