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Upcoming fiction readings: selections from the full event listings for books without spaceships or ghosts

As I mentioned in last week’s roundup of upcoming young reader events, in looking over the newsletter event listings, I didn’t see many “grown up” speculative fiction readings in the coming months — other than of course Monica Byrne’s paperback … Continue reading

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Upcoming events for kids: selections from the full event listings for young readers

In looking over the newsletter event listings, I don’t see many “grown up” speculative fiction readings in the coming months — other than of course Monica Byrne’s paperback launch of The Girl in the Road on February 17. But the … Continue reading

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News: Flyleaf Books to host Ann VanderMeer on Monday, April 21!

Fantastic news, everyone! On Monday, April 21, Chapel Hill’s Flyleaf Books hosts award-winning editor Ann VanderMeer for a discussion of her just-released anthology The Time Traveler’s Almanac. Published last year in the UK, this new definitive anthology of time travel stories gets … Continue reading

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Ack! Alack! I’ve been remiss, because you are invited!

So apparently among the people I failed to tell about today’s local sf holiday party are YOU, dear readers of bullspec.com. Yipes! If you’re in the Durham area and free to stop by between 3 and 8, let me know … Continue reading

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Monday Musings: A local author holiday book expo at Atomic Empire on Saturday December 7; and miscellaneous news

Monday, November 18, 2013: The big news today is that after thinking about it and half-planning to do it for a number of years now, this year we’re actually going to have a local author holiday book expo where local … Continue reading

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News: Quail Ridge Books to host author Carrie Vaughn on January 17, 2014

Well, well, well. It’s early November and already our fantastic local bookstores are working on 2014 events, the first of which on my calendar — other than illogiCon of course! — is now set for Friday, January 17, when Raleigh’s … Continue reading

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Monday: One last day with Karen Lord in Chapel Hill, and a Games and Narrative Panel at the Durham County Library

It’s a big last day in the Triangle area for Barbados author Karen Lord. First up at 10 AM she’ll be the main guest on weekly local radio program Carolina Book Beat on WCOM-FM, which broadcasts to Chapel Hill and … Continue reading

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Reminder: Flyleaf Books hosts Alex Bledsoe for Wisp of a Thing tomorrow (Wednesday, July 10) at 7 pm

Author Alex Bledsoe grew up in Tennessee, and the Smokey Mountains on the Tennessee / North Carolina border are the setting for his “Tufa” novels: “No one knows where the Tufa came from, or how they ended up in the … Continue reading

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Two events, one flyer: Cory Doctorow and Brandon Sanderson

Operation wallpaper-the-town for two big-time events this month: February 16 (Saturday) 2 pm — Flyleaf Books hosts Cory Doctorow for Homeland, sequel to Little Brother. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/530598563635194/ February 20 (Wednesday) 7:30 pm – Quail Ridge Books again hosts best-selling … Continue reading

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February newsletter updated with tons of new events!

Yup, it always happens. I click “send” on the newsletter and shortly thereafter find out about a long list of upcoming events. Here’s a quick roundup: FEBRUARY 2013 NEW-NEW: 2 (Saturday) 5 to 7 pm — Chapel Hill Comics hosts … Continue reading

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