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NC author release day trifecta: Tony Daniel's The Dragon Hammer, Karissa Laurel's Arctic Dawn, and Stuart Jaffe's Killing Machine

Posted on 2016-07-05 at 13:54 by montsamu

I don't always make the time for a full specific "release day" post, instead just sharing a link or two on Facebook and elsewhere, or just letting the newsletter do its job of letting folks know what's coming. But! Today's quite the day, with three new books out from NC authors:

The Dragon Hammer by Tony Daniel (Baen), beginning a new young adult fantasy series "Wulf's Saga", in which “the sixteen-year-old third son of a duke in an alternate Viking-like medieval America must face invasion by

Posted in local-author-news | Tagged Karissa Laurel, stuart jaffe, tony daniel

June Newsletter: Manly Wade Wellman Award nominees, new books and events and news, details for Chuck Palahniuk at The Regulator, Thomas Olde Heuvelt's NC events, and more!

Posted on 2016-06-30 at 19:18 by montsamu

Vol 6 No 6. Thursday, June 30, 2016: It's been almost two months since the May newsletter went out, and there's plenty of news to to pass along, along with the usual monthly haul of new books and new events to pass along.

First off, there's still time to place your final votes for this year's Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, as nominations do not close until late on Friday, July 1. If you missed the news earlier this month, the nominees were announced at ConCarolinas

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Paul Kincaid's From the Other Side, May 2016: Baxter and Reynolds, Asher, MacLeod, McAuley, Rajaniemi, Cornell, Gaiman, and more

Posted on 2016-06-16 at 15:9 by montsamu

[Editor’s Note: From the Other Side is Paul Kincaid’s monthly column on books and news from the other side of the Atlantic.]

From the Other Side, May 2016 By Paul Kincaid

May seems to be the month when the big boys come out to play (and yes, sadly it does seem to be mostly boys). And they don’t come much bigger than Arthur C. Clarke. Well, no, there isn’t a new book from Sir Arthur, but the last work of fiction by him that actually won an sf award was the novella “A Meeting With Medusa” which received the

Posted in From the Other Side | Tagged alastair reynolds, arthur c clarke, eoin colfer, hannu rajaniemi, jeff noon, ken macleod, lionel shriver, neil gaiman, paul cornell, paul kincaid, paul mcauley, stephen baxter

Friday Quick Updates: Animazement this weekend, Grady Hendrix next week, ConCarolinas next weekend, and tons of new events including "Harry Potter" midnight launch party info

Posted on 2016-05-27 at 20:3 by montsamu

Friday, May 27, 2016: We are definitely in the early summertime here in the Carolinas, and all of a sudden the event calendar is starting to fill up a bit, starting with Animazement 2016 at the Raleigh Convention Center this weekend, with plenty of costumes and a huge dealer room packed with all kinds of everything, and what is setting up to be another fantastic ConCarolinas in Concord next weekend (June 3-5), there's also quite a few "new-new" events since the May newsletter went out; I won't try to

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Paul Kincaid's From the Hardest Part, April 2016: Clarke Award shortlist, Nick Wood, Jenni Fagan, Ali Shaw, and Jurassic London's Extinction Event

Posted on 2016-05-09 at 15:41 by montsamu

[Editor’s Note: From the Other Side is Paul Kincaid’s monthly column on books and news from the other side of the Atlantic.]

From the Other Side, April 2016 By Paul Kincaid

This year will see the presentation of the 30th Arthur C. Clarke Award, so, for reasons that I am sure made sense when they were explained to me, everything is running late. The award ceremony isn’t until August, and the shortlist has only just been announced. The six books this year are:

• The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet

Posted in From the Other Side | Tagged jenni fagan, jurassic london, nick wood, paul kincaid

May Newsletter: Jay Posey's Outriders, Free Comic Book Day, Gabriel Dunston's Purgatory Pub, Animazement, Manly Wade Wellman Award nominations deadline, and more

Posted on 2016-05-06 at 20:29 by montsamu

Vol 6 No 5. Friday, May 6, 2016: Is it May already? It is, with plenty going on as soon as tomorrow morning with Free Comic Book Day in comic book shops everywhere, not the least of which being festivities here in the Triangle at Ultimate Comics (both Durham and Raleigh locations), Atomic Empire, Chapel Hill Comics, Capitol Comics in Raleigh, Enterprise Comics in Pittsboro, and probably a few other places nearby as well, many with their own lineup of local and visiting comic book creators, writers, and

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Friday Quick Updates: a packed weekend, Felicia Day on Wednesday, news and new events, and more!

Posted on 2016-04-23 at 12:31 by montsamu

Friday, April 22, 2016: There's plenty of reasons to get out and about this weekend, including Durham County Library's first Teen Lit Festival, Fred Chappell's last of three Triangle appearances, and a Game of Thrones watching party:

• April 23 (Saturday) 11 am to 5 pm -- Durham County's Main Library (300 N Roxboro St) hosts its first Teen Lit Festival with authors Nathan Kotecki, J.J. Johnson, Jen McConnel, and John Claude Bemis (among others). "Participate in author talks and workshops. There will be

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Paul Kincaid's From the Other Side, March 2016: Patrick Ness, Aliette de Bodard, Ian Whates, and new books from Gollancz and Orbit

Posted on 2016-04-12 at 18:16 by montsamu

[Editor’s Note: From the Other Side is Paul Kincaid’s monthly column on books and news from the other side of the Atlantic.]

From the Other Side, March 2016 By Paul Kincaid

March turned out to be the height of the awards season in the UK this year. The month began with the presentation of the Kitschies, and ended with the presentation of the BSFA Awards.

I said, last month, that I was becoming worried about the Kitschies, and was immediately reassured that there was nothing to worry about, and that next

Posted in From the Other Side | Tagged aliette de bodard, gollancz, ian whates, patrick ness, paul kincaid, the kitschies

April Newsletter: The Festival of Legends and Oak City Comicon, readings from Fred Chappell, Ernest Cline, and Felicia Day, Welcome to Night Vale "live", new books, news, and more

Posted on 2016-04-09 at 15:31 by montsamu

Vol 6 No 4. Friday, April 8, 2016: Well, March may have been a bit of a quiet month as far as events go, but April is just absolutely packed, with big events from The Festival of Legends this weekend, Oak City Comicon next weekend, the East Coast Gaming Conference's Expo Day, and the nearly month-long North Carolina Science Festival, to readings from North Carolina's legendary storyteller Fred Chappell with his first fantasy novel in almost 50 years, bestsellers Ernest Cline and Felicia Day, comics signings

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March newsletter: George Takei, Tom Angleberger and John Claude Bemis, Erik Larson, Captain Pyewacket’s Unauthorized Excursion, new books, news, and more

Posted on 2016-03-21 at 1:35 by montsamu

Vol 6 No 3. Sunday, March 20, 2016: Beware the Ides of March! Well, I should have, as I've been sick all week. Still, I have to get this newsletter out today, because it's the last chance to tell you about both Henry Vogel’s Kindle Scout campaign and Paul Celmer’s “IGAAKS” Kickstarter.

But first! Some imminently upcoming events:

• March 21 (Monday) 7:30 pm — Guilford College’s Bryan Series of lectures welcomes: “George Takei, a noted actor and activist with a signature wit, shares the story of his

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