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Coming to Town: Christopher Moore for Secondhand Souls at Quail Ridge Books

Posted on 2015-09-02 at 12:00 by montsamu

New York Times bestselling comic fantasy author Christopher Moore was last in town the May before last in support of The Serpent of Venice, the second of his novels after Fool to feature "Pocket", Moore's expanded and hilarious reinvention of The Fool from King Lear. He's also the author of Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal and Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art in which the apparent suicide of one Vincent van Gogh is investigated by a baker with whom van Gogh happens to have attended art

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September newsletter: Kim Harrison, Christopher Moore, the SFWA Southeast Reading Series at Duke, Robert Beatty, Adam Morgan's Wild Piedmont, and more

Posted on 2015-09-01 at 19:58 by montsamu

Vol 5 No 6. Friday, September 4, 2015: September kicks off readings from a pair of NY Times bestselling authors, as Quail Ridge Books welcomes Kim Harrison (today, Friday) and Christopher Moore (tomorrow, Saturday) this Dragon Con weekend, and we're just two weeks away from the second Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Southeast Reading Series event at Duke University on Thursday, September 17. So! Let's start with the details of these September events highlights:

• 4 (Friday) 7 pm — Quail

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Coming to Town: Kim Harrison for The Drafter at Quail Ridge Books, interviewed by Sharon Stogner

Posted on 2015-08-25 at 16:49 by montsamu

Speaking of NY Times bestselling authors who are no strangers to the Triangle area, Kim Harrison may be breaking our unofficial records with her third local stop in 18 months. She was here last March for The Undead Pool, and again last September for The Witch with No Name as she concluded her long-running "Hollows" urban fantasy series in high style. This time, Harrison will be in town to kick off a new SF thriller series called "The Peri Reed Chronicles" set in a future Detroit, where: "Double-crossed by

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Friday Quick Updates: Upcoming events and NC author news

Posted on 2015-08-21 at 20:36 by montsamu

Friday, August 21, 2015: While many eyes (and authors and fans) from the Triangle have turned to Sasquan, there are things to do and talk about here at home as well. To change things up this week, I'll start with two crowd-driven campaigns with NC ties:

Eastern NC author David Niall Wilson has entered his unpublished urban superhero novel Hoods into The Nerdist Collection Contest at Inkshares. Not exactly a "crowd-funding" campaign in the sense of Kickstarter or Indiegogo, Inkshares is a "crowd-driven

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Friday Quick Updates, Thursday edition: A weekend of Swanwick ahead, but first: Noir at the Bar, Valerie Nieman, and award and crowdfunding news

Posted on 2015-08-13 at 20:42 by montsamu

Thursday, August 13, 2015: I really should have done this yesterday so as to include the John Scalzi reading at Quail Ridge Books, but if I had, the standing-room-only crowd as pictured by Monica Byrne may well have been out the door, and Jay Posey's Twitter quip about the length of the signing line may well have been a truth stranger than fiction. So instead, it's a Thursday edition of "Friday Quick Updates", to remind folks of not one but two fantastic events tonight, ahead of an extended weekend which

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Coming to Town: John Scalzi for The End of All Things at Quail Ridge Books

Posted on 2015-08-10 at 15:54 by montsamu

John Scalzi is getting to be quite the regular visitor to the Triangle area on his book tours, as we've been fortunate enough to have him come to town on his The Human Division tour in 2013 and not one but two stops on his Lock In tour in 2014, and! of course, his Guest of Honor stint this past May at ConCarolinas. And now! To promote the release of his 11th novel The End of All Things, Scalzi is on tour again, and once again it's Raleigh's Quail Ridge Books which is playing host. So, for those in the

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Paul Kincaid's From the Other Side, July 2015: Adam Craig's Vitus Dreams, Ian Sales' A Prospect of War, infinity plus, Tom Holt, Charles Stross, Louisa Hall, and Tales from the Vatican Vaults

Posted on 2015-08-03 at 11:00 by montsamu

From the Other Side, July 2015 By Paul Kincaid

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

We were in Wales at the start of the month, and in a small bookshop there I came across a beautifully-produced novel from a small Welsh press. Vitus Dreams by Adam Craig (Cinnamon Press) is what used to be called experimental fiction: that is, the book proceeds by puns, spoonerisms and other word play rather than by plot. There is a

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July newsletter: Paul Tremblay, Clay and Susan Griffith, John Scalzi, Michael Swanwick, the Oak City Comic Show, Kim Harrison, Christopher Moore, and the latest NC books and news

Posted on 2015-07-25 at 17:20 by montsamu

Vol 5 No 5. Saturday, July 25, 2015: From scifi films on the radio to this year's Manly Wade Wellman Award, I've got a lot to get to in this newsletter. But first! Some upcoming event highlights:

• July 26 (Sunday) 4 pm — Flyleaf Books hosts Paul Tremblay discusses his novel A Head Full of Ghosts. “A chilling domestic drama that blends psychological suspense with a touch of modern horror from a new, brilliantly imaginative master.”
• August 6 (Thursday) 7 pm — Quail Ridge Books hosts Vampire Empire auth

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Coming to Town: Paul Tremblay for A Head Full of Ghosts at Flyleaf Books, interviewed by Richard Dansky

Posted on 2015-07-22 at 14:08 by montsamu

Interview by Richard Dansky:

With A Head Full of Ghosts, Paul Tremblay has catapulted himself into the front rank of American horror authors. Born in Colorado but currently residing in Boston, Tremblay teaches AP Calculus by day and then unleashes an entirely different set of horrors by night. His previous works include Swallowing A Donkey’s Eye and the short story collection In The Mean Time, both from ChiZine Publishing. Nominated twice for the Bram Stoker Award, he also serves as a juror for the Shirley

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ConGregate in High Point this weekend!

Posted on 2015-07-10 at 02:46 by montsamu

ConGregate 2: Scoundrels and Rogues is set to open at the Radisson Hotel in High Point tomorrow, with writer guests of honor Timothy Zahn and Michael Stackpole, tons of programming, gaming, parties, and more, including Saturday evening's presentation of this year's Manly Wade Wellman Award. I'm looking forward to seeing so many friends old and new, including John Hartness, A.J. Hartley, Laura Haywood-Cory, Emily Lavin Leverett, Paula S. Jordan, Chris Kennedy, Darin Kennedy, Debra Killeen, Steven S. Long

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