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Tag: here be monsters

  • Are pictures really worth a thousand words?

    In this post Alex Mellas, Higher Education Sales & Marketing, talks about the book versus film debate – is one better than the other? The Box Trolls film was released in cinemas in September alongside the novelisation movie-tie in (OUP, 2014); this beautifully animated film produced by Laika Studios (Coraline and Paranorman) was inspired by the novel…

  • The Boxtrolls: a review

    The Boxtrolls is a novelisation of the 2014 movie of the same name released in cinemas this September, published by Oxford. Inspired by the illustrated novel Here Be Monsters (also published by Oxford) by Alan Snow, The Boxtrolls is a chance to learn more about the clever little box-wearing trolls who live under the streets of Cheesebridge….