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CONTEST: The Ultimate Catching Fire Fan

CONTEST: The Ultimate Catching Fire Fan

Have you read The Hunger Games trilogy and believe that you’re the ultimate CATCHING FIRE fan? Well now you have a chance to prove it and be in the running to win some great prizes.  To celebrate the release of the new Catching Fire book trailer  two tickets to the Catching Fire movie premiere, a [...]

June 10, 2013 | 4 Comments More
The Hunger Games Luxury Editions Available in Australia & New Zealand

The Hunger Games Luxury Editions Available in Australia & New Zealand

While perusing on Tumblr last night I came across one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen… The Hunger Games Luxury Editions! For those lucky Aussies and Kiwis, Scholastic is releasing these limited edition copies in bookstores just for you. The metallic cover and  pages make the books look absolutely stunning.     They are currently available [...]

November 9, 2012 | 8 Comments More
The Hunger Games Trilogy Sells 50 Million Copies

The Hunger Games Trilogy Sells 50 Million Copies

The publishers of The Hunger Games trilogy, Scholastic, has announced that since the release of the movie, new readers have continued to discover the books, while others have been picking up the sequels to find out what happens next. As of today, Scholastic has more than 50 million copies of the original three books in [...]

July 20, 2012 | 6 Comments More
How LeBron James Reads ‘The Hunger Games’

How LeBron James Reads ‘The Hunger Games’

NBA star LeBron James was photographed reading ‘The Hunger Games‘ before the Pacers game in the locker room. Now BuzzFeed has speculated what goes on in the basketball player’s mind as he’s paging through the book. Here’s their (hilarious) list: Rooting for Cato and District 1 to stomp on those losers from District 12. Using the [...]

May 21, 2012 | 5 Comments More
Five Lessons on Human Goodness from ‘The Hunger Games’

Five Lessons on Human Goodness from ‘The Hunger Games’

Nation of Change has posted this great article, offering up five lessons on human nature and goodness that can be learned from ‘The Hunger Games‘. What raises The Hunger Games above similar stories, like the cynical Japanese film Battle Royale, is that it is mainly preoccupied with how human goodness can flourish even in the most dehumanizing circumstances. [...]

May 20, 2012 | 3 Comments More
Amandla Stenberg Chats with ‘Hunger Games’ Scholastic Skype Contest Winners

Amandla Stenberg Chats with ‘Hunger Games’ Scholastic Skype Contest Winners

Back in January, Scholastic launched it’s Skype Contest. In which any 6-12 grade teacher who ordered ‘The Hunger Games‘ for their class could enter for a chance to Skype with a Hunger Games star. Well today the lucky class cashed in! Teacher Tabitha Rosales from Ireland Elementary in Odessa, TX entered her 6th grade class for the [...]

May 19, 2012 | 2 Comments More
Why is Dystopian Literature So Popular?

Why is Dystopian Literature So Popular?

Dystopian novels like ‘The Hunger Games‘ have been taking the globe by storm. It seems young adult interests have transitioned from sparkly vampires to oppressive governments. Blogger Sam Cushion has done an analysis on why he feels these dystopian stories have become such popular topics. You can watch the video of him above, or a transcript of [...]

May 19, 2012 | 2 Comments More
The Enigmatic Suzanne Collins featured in The Guardian

The Enigmatic Suzanne Collins featured in The Guardian

The author of The Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins remains something of a mystery to the world of fans that love her.  She is the woman behind the phenomenon that is The Hunger Games, a book that’s spent more than 100 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and a film that grossed more [...]

April 28, 2012 | 1 Comment More
The Hunger Games Trilogy Sweeps Top 4 Spots on USA Today Book List!

The Hunger Games Trilogy Sweeps Top 4 Spots on USA Today Book List!

With the smash success of The Hunger Games movie, apparently those new to Panem have been flocking to the bookstore to pick up their own copies of The Hunger Games Trilogy. So far this year Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay have held the top three spots on the USA Today’s Best-Selling [...]

March 29, 2012 | 1 Comment More
What is your Panem Name?

What is your Panem Name?

Joining the Hunger Games bandwagon, Vulture has come out with a fun Hunger Games Name Generator. Katniss, Effie, Rue, Peeta, Chaff, the Undersees, the Heavensbees, Ceasar Flickerman, Haymitch Abernathy — out of all the unusual, distinctive aspects of The Hunger Games, cool and slightly strange character names are a big one. And now you can have [...]

March 27, 2012 | 42 Comments More