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March newsletter: Mur Lafferty, Renee Ahdieh, Samantha Shannon, John Scalzi, Roshani Chokshi, Oak City Comicon, more events, awards news, writing camps, and more

Posted on 2017-03-07 at 19:6 by montsamu

Vol 7 No 2. Monday, March 6, 2017: Thankfully February was a short month again this year, so I hope you'll forgive me for not having a newsletter out last month. Unfortunately I must ask your further indulgence for still not including a full "news and notes" or even "new books and audiobooks" section in this newsletter, even as (especially) publication notes begin to pile up to the ceiling! But enough of my groveling, let's jump right in and talk about some upcoming events:

The big event this week is

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January newsletter: illogiCon welcomes Daniel Jose Older, Jeremy Whitley signs "Wasp", the 2016-17 Manly Wade Wellman Award season gets underway, and more

Posted on 2017-01-13 at 18:40 by montsamu

Vol 7 No 1. Friday, January 13, 2017: Welcome, already, to illogiCon weekend, which kicks off its 6th annual convention with today's opening ceremonies at 3 pm and continues all weekend at the Embassy Suites RDU with guests of honor Daniel José Older (Half-Resurrection Blues, pictured below, left) and Dave Ellis, along with program participants Natania Barron, Samantha Bryant, Richard Butner, Tony Daniel, Richard Dansky, Nicole Givens Kurtz, J.L. Hilton, Mur Lafferty, Josh Leone, Ian Malone, Gail Z. Martin,

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September Newsletter: Sabaa Tahir and Renée Ahdieh, The Bookmarks Festival, Colson Whitehead, W. Scott Poole, and (in October) Marie Lu and Jonathan Lethem

Posted on 2016-09-06 at 18:44 by montsamu

Vol 6 No 8. Tuesday, September 6, 2016: Well, by skipping a newsletter in August, the September newsletter is at least coming out in the neighborhood of the beginning of the month. There are dozens and dozens of pieces of news and announcements and new events to pass along this month, but first! there are also two events on the calendar for TODAY so let's get to them first, shall we?

At 4 pm, McIntyre's Books presents The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade, with Max Brallier. "Join us at the

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July/August Newsletter: Events with Tony Daniel, Gwenda Bond, Christos Gage, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, and Drew Magary, and the 2016 Manly Wade Wellman Award goes to...

Posted on 2016-07-28 at 18:13 by montsamu

Vol 6 No 7. Thursday, July 28, 2016: Oh, what's another newsletter coming out near the tail end of the month? At least this time I'm going to go ahead and call it now: there won't be another newsletter going out until September.

First, though, while there are events tonight and tomorrow and this weekend that deserve your attention, it's only once a year that I get to pass along North Carolina science fiction and fantasy news at this level: The 2016 Manly Wade Wellman Award goes to...

Charlotte author

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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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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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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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February Newsletter: Lawrence M. Schoen, Nevermore Film Festival, Playthrough Gaming Convention, Manly Wade Wellman Award nominations, new books, news, and more

Posted on 2016-02-05 at 20:56 by montsamu

Vol 6 No 2. Friday, February 5, 2016: North Carolina, Lawrence M. Schoen is in you! After reading Wednesday night at Charlotte's Park Road Books, Schoen returned to the Triangle for readings last night (Flyleaf Books) and tonight Quail Ridge Books) from his moving and imaginative new science fiction novel Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard. As usual that's the tip of the iceberg as to what's going on this month, and there's plenty, plenty of news and new books to pass along as well. First, though, the

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January newsletter: Michael Livingston, Okla Elliott and Raul Clement, illogiCon, Rubber Peacock, StellarCon, and (in February) Lawrence M. Schoen

Posted on 2016-01-05 at 6:39 by montsamu

Vol 6 No 1. Tuesday, January 5, 2016: Happy New Year! With readings tonight and tomorrow and illogiCon this weekend, 2016 is getting off to a fast start, so I'll get right to the upcoming events:

• January 5 (Tuesday) 7 pm -- Flyleaf Books hosts Michael Livingston for his debut historical fantasy novel The Shards of Heaven, set in the aftermath of the assassination of Julius Caesar.
• January 6 (Wednesday) 7 pm -- Raleigh's So & So Books hosts Okla Elliott and Raul Clement, co-authors of The Doors You

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