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

Posted on 2015-02-10 at 17:21 by montsamu

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 launch of The Girl in the Road on February 17 and the Wake County Library "Let's Talk Sci-Fi" series in March. While the picture changes quickly when you turn your focus on middle grade and young reader books, it's even more crowded if you turn your attention to

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

Posted on 2015-02-05 at 19:08 by montsamu

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 picture changes quickly when you turn your focus on middle grade and young reader books. So! Here's a quick preview of what's coming soon for the young and young at heart.

FEBRUARY 2015

5 (Thursday) 5 pm -- Quail Ridge Books hosts Raul Gonzalez - 'Lowriders in Space' -- "Artist

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

Posted on 2014-03-20 at 02:11 by montsamu

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 a fantastic US release from Tor; read the preface at The Onion’s AV Club and Jason Sheehan’s review for NPR. And check out this cover:

"The Time Traveler's Almanac is the largest and most definitive collection of time travel

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

Posted on 2014-01-05 at 15:55 by montsamu

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 and I'll shoot the address to you straight away. -Sam ([email protected])

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

Posted on 2013-11-18 at 16:03 by montsamu

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 authors will be on hand to sign and personalize their books. So far, the lineup includes:

• Natania Barron (Geek Mom and Pilgrim of the Sky)
• Clay and Susan Griffith (Vampire Empire paranormal Steampunk alternate history adventure book trilogy, various graphic novels)
• Matthew Ross (The Secret

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

Posted on 2013-11-06 at 20:43 by montsamu

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 Quail Ridge Books will host author Carrie Vaughn at 7:30 pm.

[caption id="attachment_2625" align="alignnone" width="211"] Author photo by Timothy Siobhan[/caption]

Vaughn is the author of the Kitty Norville urban fantasy series (from Kitty and the Midnight Hour in 2005 through K

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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

Posted on 2013-08-05 at 03:29 by montsamu

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 Carrboro on 103.5 FM, and streams online for pretty much anywhere with an Internet connection.

Then in the afternoon the Chapel Hill Public Library hosts, well to be more specific: "The Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library host the popular Meet-the-Author Teas. The teas offer the public a

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

Posted on 2013-07-10 at 02:27 by montsamu

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 mountains of East Tennessee.  When the first Europeans came to the Smoky Mountains, the Tufa were already there.  Dark-haired and enigmatic, they live quietly in the hills and valleys of Cloud County, their origins lost to history.  But there are clues in their music, hidden in the songs they

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Two events, one flyer: Cory Doctorow and Brandon Sanderson

Posted on 2013-02-10 at 13:51 by montsamu

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 author Brandon Sanderson, this time for the conclusion of The Wheel of Time series, A Memory of Light. In addition, special guest Harriet McDougal will be joining Sanderson for the event. More info: https

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February newsletter updated with tons of new events!

Posted on 2013-01-29 at 20:07 by montsamu

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 Jared Axelrod, author of the Tor graphic novel The Battle of Blood & Ink: A Fable of the Flying City. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/418137048267731/

NEW-NEW: 11 (Monday) 5 pm — Quail Ridge Books hosts PETER LERANGIS – Children’s Fantasy With The Colossus Rises.

NEW-NEW:

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