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Episode 12 of Season 2 of Merlin The Fires Of Idirsholas will be on Saturday 12th December on BBC One at 6pm. A 3rd series of Merlin has been confirmed by the BBC and the production company Shine Television. For more info visit our Merlin page and the Merlin forum.

• You can now read Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur in its entirety here.

• 'The Stone Crown' is a new Arthurian novel by author Malcolm Walker. It is available to buy in Australia and is set for release in the UK in November 2009. For more information on the book and an insight into the author you can read Alan Campbell's interview with Malcolm.

• Back in the Spring of 2008 'Frida' Producer Mark Gill's production company won a bidding war for 'Galahad' which is described as a gritty revisionist Arthurian film. The film is still in the development stage, but an early version of the script can be downloaded here.

• John Boorman's 'Excalibur' to be remade?

• Check out the most influential Arthurian writers.

• 'Cupid's Arrow' is a new novel by author Isabelle Merlin. It is a romantic thriller for young people set in the present day in Avallon, Burgundy which has Arthurian themes and other connections. For more visit Isabelle's site - http://isabelle.merlin.googlepages.com/home

• Paramount Studios are currently developing a film adaptation of T.A. Barron's international best seller The Lost Years Of Merlin.

• 1066 and all that - Check out the new page for Robin Jacob's film '1066' as well as Alan's blog - 1066 Films, A Battle between History and Hollywood?

• 'Merlin and The Book of Beasts', starring Battlestar Galactica's James Callis will air in the US on Saturday May the 30th on the Sci-Fi channel. The story is set 20 years after the fall of Camelot. More...

• Check out Frank D. Reno's excellent website where he examines the links between the historical Arthur and the legends - http://kingarthura-z.com

• The Pendragon Novel Project and info for writing Arthurian Literature.

• Pendragon - Sword Of The Father a film by the Burns Family Studios is now out on DVD. Click here for clips and a trailer.

• Memoirs of Hadrian, is the latest film production for Excalibur director John Boorman and is based on the novel about the Roman Emperor by Marguerite Yourcenar. We will have a page with more info coming soon so for the meanwhile check out IMDB or Wiki.

• Join the Arthurian Facebook Group

• www.pendragonsociety.org ~ An Arthurian society dating back to 1959.

TH White
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Bernard Cornwell
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Marion Zimmer Bradley
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