The Shadowhunter's Codex cover revealed next week

The Shadowhunter Codex is expected to be released sometime in November this year.

(photo via Cassandra Clare's website)

Cassandra Clare recently posted on tumblr that the cover will finally be unveiled

Also, next week we will be revealing the cover of the Shadowhunter’s Codex. And it’s looking pretty awesome.

About The Shadowhunter Codex:

A GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF THE NEPHILIM

The Clave is pleased to announce the newest edition of the Nephilim’s oldest and most famous training manual: the Shadowhunter’s Codex. Since the thirteenth century, the Codex has been the young Shadowhunter’s best friend. When you’re being swarmed by demons it can be easy to forget the finer points of obscure demon languages or the fastest way to stop an attack of Raum demons. With the Codex by your side, you never have to worry.

Now in its twenty-seventh edition, the Codex covers it all: the history and the laws of our world; how to identify, interact with, and if necessary, kill that world’s many colorful denizens; which end of the stele is the end you write with. No more will your attempt to fight off rogue vampires and warlocks be slowed by the need to answer endless questions from your new recruits: What is a Pyxis? Why don’t we use guns? If I can’t see a warlock’s mark, is there a polite way to ask him where it is? Where do we get all our holy water? Geography, History, Magic, and Zoology textbook all rolled into one, the Codex is here to help new Shadowhunters navigate the beautiful, often brutal world that we inhabit.

Do not let it be said that the Clave is outdated or, as the younger Shadowhunters say, “uncool”: this new edition of the Codex will be available not only in the usual magically-sealed demonskin binding, but also in a smart, modern edition using all of today’s most exciting printing techniques, including such new features as a sturdy clothbound cover, a protective dust jacket, and information about title, author, publisher, and so on conveniently available right on the cover. You’ll be pleased to know that it fits neatly into most satchels, and unlike previous editions, it rarely sets off alarm wards.

The old woodcuts and engravings have been replaced as well: instead, you’ll find lavish modern illustrations by some of the brightest luminaries of the fantastic. Creatures, weapons, people, and places have been carefully and accurately rendered by the likes of Rebecca Guay, Charles Vess, Jim Nelson, Theo Black, Elisabeth Alba, and Cassandra Jean. Chapters are beautifully introduced by the drawings of Michael Kaluta, and along with our condensation of the classic 2,450-page tome, A History of the Nephilim, you will find a selection of the best of the lovely illustrations of that volume by John Dollar.

This edition of the Codex will be available in Institute libraries and what mundanes sometimes call “book stores” in [DATE], 2013.

For more information visit Cassandra Clare's page

Cassandra Clare March Tour

Cassandra Clare's Clockwork Princess Tour in March

Cassandra Clare got back from her vacation on December, 26th, she released the tour places and dates for her March tour. (The US stops are near the top, and the Canada stop is at the bottom)
Cassie's bus will be wrapped in graphics of Clockwork Princess and City of Bones movie, so you won't miss it! According to Sarah Rees Brennan, Cassie's bus will be in pink. Also, the co-authors of The Bane Chronicles, Sarah Rees Brennan and Maureen Johnson, will be tagging along for some of the stops.
As a bonus: they'll be showing the teaser trailer and perhaps some exclusive sneak-peeks from the City of Bones movie. And giving away art postcards, rune jewelry, etc.

Date + Places:

Tuesday, March 19th @ 6:00 PM

Changing Hands Bookstore Offsite event at Dobson High School Auditorium

1501 West Guadalupe Road

Mesa, Arizona 85202

*This is a ticketed event. With the purchase of Clockwork Princess, the buyer will receive a ticket to the event, good for two seats. Tickets can be purchased through Changing Hands Bookstore.

Wednesday, March 20th @ 7:00 PM

Barnes & Noble

2191 N Rainbow Blvd.                                                                         

Las Vegas, NV 89108

*This event is free and open to the public. The discussion portion of the event will take place before the book signing and will not require a wristband. In order to receive a wristband for the signing line, you must purchase a copy of Clockwork Princess from any Barnes & Noble location and present the receipt at this location to receive your wristband. Wristbands will be handed out beginning at 9:00 AM on March 19 at B&N. You may bring other books from home to have them signed as long as you have purchased Clockwork Princess and received a wristband. Each person in line is required to have a wristband.                               

Thursday, March 21 @ 7:00 PM

Barnes & Noble The Grove

189 The Grove

Los Angeles, CA 90036

*This event will be wristbanded. Wristbands will be available when B&N opens at 9am on Friday, March 21, 2013 with the purchase of Clockwork Princess. Please check www.bn.com for event updates or call the store at 323.525.0270 with any questions.

Friday, March 22 @ 6:00 PM

Whale of a Tale Bookshop Offsite Event at Mission Viejo Library

100 Civic Center Drive

Mission Viejo, CA 92691

This is a ticketed event…a ticket includes a copy of the new book, Clockwork Princess….additional titles will be available for purchase at the event.   For information please call Whale of a Tale at 949-854-8288 or Mission Viejo Library 949-830-7100 Ext. 5105

Saturday, March 23 @ 7:00pm

Keplers Bookstore Offsite Event at Performing Arts Center, Menlo Atherton High School

555 Middlefield Road

Atherton CA 94027

This is a ticketed event.  Keplers will sell tickets via Brown Paper Tickets.  Please contact Keplers for ticket pricing information, etc.

Sunday, March 24, @ 2:00 PM

Barnes & Noble

Clackamas Town Center Mall

12000 SE 82nd Avenue                                                                        

Portland, OR 97266

*To enter the signing line, you must purchase a copy of Clockwork Princess from Barnes & Noble. Beginning at 9:00am when the store opens on the day of the event, priority wristbands will

be issued with purchase, and general admission wristbands will be distributed at Customer Service – and at event for attendees not receiving wristbands prior to event. Please check www.bn.com for event updates or call the store at 503-786-3464 with any questions.

Monday, March 25 @ 7:00 PM

Third Place Books

17171 Bothell Way NE

Lake Forest Park, WA  98155

*Tickets are required and include the purchase of Clockwork Princess. Please contact Third Place Books for tickets. 

Tuesday, March 26 @ 6:00 PM

Chapters Metrotown Store, Vancouver

4700 Kingsway

Burnaby, British Columbia, CANADA

*This event will be wristbanded. Please contact Chapters for more information. 

Cassandra Clare Q&A on Twitter (Dec. 4)

Cassie has a character Q&A on twitter
On The Infernal Devices' Characters:

On The Mortal Instruments' Characters:

On The Dark Artifices' Characters:

The first book of The Dark Artifices (Lady Midnight) is expected to release in 2015.

Little Christmas from Smart Pop Books

Smart Pop Book gives us a little present for Christmas

Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader comes out January 29th but Smart Pop Book gives e-mail subscribers a little preview: here.

In addition, Smart Pop Book created a Shadowhunter Christmas Wish-List, check out the gift ideas: here.

Note: if you are having trouble opening the PDF, email Canada.TMI@gmail.com and we'll email you the PDF file

Unidentified Snippet Nov. 25th

Sunday, November, 25th Cassie gave us an Unidentified Snippet

Belatedly, she realized something else. “Do you … have anything?”

He didn’t seem to have recovered from her last comment. “But do you mean — wait, do I have what?”

She slitted her eyes at him. “Something important.”

“Like what? The phone number for the White House?” A moment later, under her withering glare, realization dawned. “Oh.” His was the expression of someone who has run out of gas in the middle of the desert, miles from help. “I … “

via tumblr

Which book do you think this came from?

Did You Miss Cassandra Clare at Yallfest 2012?

Don't Worry, You Can Watch the Streaming on BlogTV
For the Keynote speech with Cassandra Clare and Holly Black, you can watch it here

What you missed:
About Casting:

• Cassandra Clare wasn't supposed to get the casting director's number, but they made a mistake, and as a result, Cassie was involved with the casting!
• At the auditions there were 11 "judges", they needed to find an actor that would please all 11 "judges"
• Cassie wanted Robert Sheehan from the VERY beginning
• Not everyone agreed on Robert so they narrowed it down to the top 4 and saw which had the best chemistry with Jamie Campbell Bower and Lily Collins
• Cassie heard through the phone that Jamie and Lily both preferred Robert
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Jarrid Harris did not meet with Jamie or Lily; they talked to Harald Zwart -the directer- through skype
• The actors didn't know that everyone would watch the video on the server

About Movie Adaptations:

• Cassie said "movies allow you to see the movie in a different way"
• In the movie we get to see scenes that Clary isn't in
• That is a departure from the books but Cassie likes it
• Cassie helped with discussing which scenes to put in; she knows that if they cut out certain scenes, the fans will get very mad
• One of those things is Magnus and Alec's relationship!

About Jamie Campbell Bower and Jace:

• Jamie has read ALL of the books
• He learned the names and design of the runes
• Cassie tells us the put a wedding rune on Jamie and he said "this is a wedding rune, I'm not married; take it off"
• Jamie Campbell Bower learned a Bach piece for City of Bones movie
• So, looks like they left in the part where Jace is playing the piano and Clary is looking for Jace after waking at the Institute (page 62 of City of Bones)

About Religious-ness:

• Cassie incorporates many mythologies like Christian mythology, Jewish mythology, many other mythologies. She didn't want a specific religious mythology

About Magnus and Alec Criticism:

• Cassie doesn't get criticism from publishers but there are some from reviews
• She hasn't heard anything bad from libraries and etc.
• Cassie says there is a real value of having one of your charters being gay and having relationships like the other straight characters

About Criticism:

• Cassie doesn't read reviews; she never goes on goodreads or amazon
• and doesn't plan on reading any movie reviews

Jokes:

• About trying to get banned: Cassie: You should call your book 'Beautiful Cray' and I shall call mine 'City of Meth'

To watch YA at the Movies with Cassandra Clare, Margaret Stohl, and Kami Garcia: here

Cassandra Clare at Yallfest

Cassandra Clare at Yallfest

Cassandra Clare and Holly Black will be keynote speakers in Yallfest 2012.

Cassandra Clare will be signing at the Charleston Music Hall, 37 John St., South Carolina (Amazon.com Mainstage)

For all the people who can't make it to Yallfest:

Yallfest will be streaming live this year!
Follow them on BlogTV.
Saturday November 10th at 10 am they start streaming with Cassandra Clare and Holly Black.
Watch it on your iPhones or other smart phones.

News from Cassandra Clare signing at Indigo

Experience on Cassandra Clare Signing on Saturday, November, 3rd
I was so pumped for the signing; I painted my nails, got my book in hand, and dressed in black

I got there at around 11 am (I would've been earlier but, the traffic was so bad it was like a parking lot). Indigo, put us in the aisles of the books. After waiting for 3 hours, Cassandra Clare finally arrived at 2 pm.
She told a hilarious story about the cast (My re-telling won't be word for word, so it won't be as funny):

• Jamie (Jace) and Jemima (Isabelle) have both finished the series
• Everyone else is on the 2nd and 3rd book
• Kevin (Alec) is in the middle of City of Ashes and asks Cassandra Clare: how much stuff do me and Godfrey (Magnus) do?
• Cassandra Clare: a lot
• Jemima: ya, it's like 50 Shades of Gay

She released some interesting news:
1. About the books:

• Sebastian cannot be saved
• Gabriel, however, may be redeemable because he has not killed anyone
• Clockwork Princess is the last book of The Infernal Devices, but Cassandra Clare announced that more is revealed in Lady Midnight -the 1st book in The Dark Artifices (coming out 2015).
• In City of Heavenly Fire will have more Malec (Magnus and Alec) and Sizzy (Simon and Isabelle) drama

2. About herself:

• Her favorite rune is fearless because it allows you to do something you would not normally do; it takes away the fear that stops you from doing what you want to do
• When asked Team Will or Team Jace, she answered: Team Will!
• She saw the trailer for "City of Bones" movie and says it is amazing
• (As we saw in the Much preview) Cassandra confirms she did a cameo (she was in part of the movie). She is at Magnus' party, dressed up as a cat, while hanging out with some demons.
• People ask her about the location of the movie set ALL the time, but she can't answer because movie producers/mangers' want to keep the location quiet.
• @humilityc tweeted "I asked Cassie in the green room which artist she wants on the soundtrack & she said Florence + the machine!..."

We all got a rune tatoo and a "City of Bones" movie bookmark

 Conveniently, it matched my nails. :P

After re-setting up the stage, the signing... began!

 
 (Sorry about the blurry photo's -should have brought my camera camera, not cellphone camera)

We were each given 2 stick notes because Cassandra Clare would sign all our books but only personalize 2.

Indigo gave each of us a number, I was 17. We were organized into groups of 20, and they would start calling up numbers. There were SO many people by around 3 pm they had to cut off the amount of people that would get a signature! Around 4: 45 pm, they reduced the number of books signed to 4. Then at 5 pm they reduced the number of books to 2! FINALLY, at 5:30 pm, I met Cassandra Clare and got her to sign City of Bones! Waiting for 6 hours, totally worth it :D

Meet Cassandra Clare in Yorkdale Mall

Cassandra Clare Will be at Yorkdale!
Where? Indigo/Chapters, Yorkdale Mall, Toronto, Ontario

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When? Saturday, November, 3rd, 2012 at 2pm
Why? Everyone who goes will receive one of these rune tattoos

Hugo's Hand

Hugo (the bird) and Cassandra Clare's hands

 My hand and Hugo’s … Hand. Bird bird bird! -Cassandra Clare

Lena Headey's Hand

Lena Headey and Cassandra Clare's hands!!

My hand and Lena Headey’s hand. Hello Jocelyn! Sorry about all that trouble with your kids… -Cassandra Clare 

Aidan Turner's Hand

Cassandra Clare and Aidan Turner's hands

My hand and Aidan Turner’s hand. He is very proud of the fighting scar on his knuckle. -Cassandra Clare