Ambereyes has been hard at work in our Cafepress store designing new shirts for the Breaking Dawn release.  She has made midnight release party shirts as well as city specific signing tour t-shirts!  These are a must have for anyone heading off to one of these parties or signings this August!  Check them out!

Reelz finishes their story on the Harry Potter/Twilight debate with a tribute to fan Youtube video blogs.

Books on Board, one of the leading providers of audio and and ebooks talked with WebWire about the impact Stephenie’s books had on their sales figures during the month of June so far.

The Peninsula Daily News has an article on the Twilight Tours being run by the Forks Chamber of Commerce.

 Several more publications like the college sponsored OColly and the Colorado based Craig Daily Press have hopped on the Twilight and The Host bandwagons.

Teachers and students as the school year winds down don’t forget to send in your Twilight in school stories.  We have some amazing stories from teachers using Twilight questions for extra credit on tests  to students using Twilight in Math (this is very cool)!!   So make sure to get your stories in by tomorrow 10pm EST.  If you have used Twilight for art class try to include a picture of your artwork.   

Thank you to all those who have sent stories in and I can’t wait to read more!!!!

Send stories to [email protected]

~Be My Escape

Little Brown presents the Breaking Dawn signing tour.  Click on the banner above to read the most recent information on the events.  We expect to have even more detailed information available in the coming weeks. 

 Stephenie records a small snippet about the upcoming release of Breaking Dawn for Barnes and Noble.

Posted with permission from Stephenie’s MySpace:

This is just so you can get a feel for what my last year was like (not to mention writing a 186,000+ word book). Also, so people who say, "You’ve never been to _____!" can see if they’re right.

Our Map of States Stephenie has visited:

Also included in this extensive list of visits are:

Canada *
England *
Germany *
Ireland *
Italy
Spain

* Denotes visited this year.

Also, since we have had several emails concerning this. We do not have any insider information on the finer points of ticket ordering.  The process was pretty clear on the last two signing tours, so I’m sure the instructions will be just as good for this tour when they have all the details ironed out and are ready to release them. We’re standing by waiting to order along with the rest of you.

Carter Burwell has begun scoring the Twilight film.

Mike Welch considers a job running Twilight Tuesday.  (We kid.)  Enjoy two pictures from Mike/Mike’s recent visit to MTV studios and apparently Larry Carrol’s office.

Bite of Twilight is collecting love letters to Stephenie and the Cast of the Twilight film.

And our friend Tom Blunt at AMC talks Horror movies with Kellan Lutz.  Head on over and chime in on his AMC blog. 

With the announcement of Stephenie’s Breaking Dawn/Blue October signing tour we have received many questions about this group, most of them asking… "Who is Blue October?" 

I thought I would take a moment to introduce those of you who are unfamiliar with the group to the music of Blue October and its relationship to the Twilight Saga. 

Blue October appeared on Stephenie’s radar for for the first time during the writing of New Moon.  The Sound of Pulling Heaven Down exemplified the happiness that Edward felt in his reunion with the love of his life, Bella, after the traumatic events of the year without her.  The song Hate Me was included with the playlist as an alternative song choice for Edward’s POV as he acts on the heart wrenching decision to leave Bella.  Following the release of New Moon the group had yet another song grace the air waves – a song many Twilight fans were drawn to because of its harmony with chapter 15 in New Moon – the chapter we know as Bella’s drowning.  That song was called Into the Ocean.   Never has any other song so paralleled the pain and helplessness of letting go as painted by Into the Ocean, and to this day sits on many Twilight playlists as a favorite. 

With the long awaited release of Eclipse came another wonderful playlist with Blue October again taking a prominent place on that list.  The song Overweight signified the worries that encompassed Jacob’s life.  Just as before yet another Blue October song found its way onto many fans personal Eclipse playlists.  That song was Calling You and when listened to from Edward’s POV you feel the the absolute devotion and joy he has for Bella’s final choice to stay with him…as the song so eloquently states, "I can’t believe you actually picked me."

As you can see, just like Muse, Blue October has been long associated with the series and has been a fan favorite from its chart topping album Foiled to its newest release Foiled for the Last Time.  We are excited to experience this once in a life time book signing event with not only our favorite author, but with an artist who has exemplified so many of our most memorable Twilight moments in song. 

*Edited for Stephenie’s adjustments to the content.

Stephenie teams up with Blue October for what can only be called the COOLEST book signing tour in history!  For more details, pop on over to MTV’s blog where Blue October front man Justin Furstenfeld talks about his involvement with the tour and possibly writing Twilight inspired music. 

Tour dates:

August 1st – New York City, Nokia Theater at Times Square

August 5th – Chicago, Harris Theater

August 7th – Los Angeles, Royce Hall

August 12th – Seattle, Benaroya Hall

More information on ticketing to come.  Use the threads above to begin planning your meet ups in these areas.  And before the upheaval begins, yes we know there are only 4 signing dates.  And yes, that will be it for now as there are no other dates planned at this point.  These are HUGE venues.  The Theater seating capacities range from 1,588 on the smallest to 2,500 at the largest. 

This type of signing has never been done before!  This is an unprecedented event – history in the making.  Please remember that Stephenie is one person and that she has already done one big tour this year!  Stephenie reminded us of this on her website.  She even gave a hint that she is trying to find a way so that no one will miss out on the fun.

I’ve toured extensively in the past three years and I need to scale it back for my own mental and physical health. Don’t panic, though — if I’m not coming anywhere close to your town, we’re working on a way to make sure everyone can see the fun of the Breaking Dawn events!                             ~Stephenie

Explanation of the New York signing bookplate:

The New York signing will indeed take place before the release of Breaking Dawn.  Little Brown is making allowances for this by supplying Bookplates to those in attendance.  A book plate is a sticker, like the author signed one in this picture,  that can be placed in your copy of Breaking Dawn once you have purchased it later that weekend. 

Reelz Channel has now worked all the kinks out of their Twilight Guide and would now LOVE to know your thoughts on it.  So head on over, post a comment and let them know what you think of their new Twilight Giude.

He dazzled us with his insightful understanding of Chapter 13, now Kaleb takes on the intimacy of Chapter 14: Mind Over Matter.

We have just recieved word that Jackson Rathbone is Co-Staring in the movie Daze: Vol. Too. Its a comedy that is currently filming and is due out next year.  The best of luck to our Jasper!

Novel Novice, run by a Middle School teacher has chosen her #4 and #3 picks for favorite Twilight website.  I think we can all agree, there is no suprise here, these are two wonderful websites.

Don’t forget to send us those debate topics.  And if you haven’t already head over and read our newest cast interview with Sarah Clarke (Renee) and make a comment. 

With the success of the count down to the first chapter of Breaking Dawn we have decided to start a Debate forum.  For those fans who are familiar with the Choices thread, Jacob Past-Future, and the Philosophical Musings thread this will be yet another avenue for you to have indepth highly developed conversations.  We will host a topic a week.  Each topic will have its own thread and at the end of that week the thread will be locked and a new thread with a new topic started. 

What we need from you now are debate thread topics not nessasarily theories.  If you are unfamiliar with the style of topic we are looking for check out the threads above before submitting your discussion topic.

Email your debate thread topic to: [email protected]

EDIT:  We are changing the email address to keep this a bit more organized. No fear if you previously submitted an idea, we have forwarded that email to this new one.   [email protected]