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November newsletter: Kelly Link, Bill Nye, and The Wheel of Time Companion; publishing news; Bull Spec Turns Six; and more
Posted on 2015-11-18 at 18:57 by montsamu
Vol 5 No 8. Wednesday, November 18, 2015: It's been a fantastic fall for events already, with HonorCon in Raleigh and Welcome to Night Vale in Chapel Hill, readings from Julia Elliott, A.G. Riddle, and Clay and Susan Griffith, and James Maxey continues to be a fantastic ambassador for all things speculative fiction in his many appearances as Piedmont Laureate.
And even coming off a fantastic weekend with both a star-studded NC Comicon and an absolutely fantastic event with Adam Christopher and Mur Lafferty
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October newsletter: Alexandra Duncan, Leigh Bardugo, Brian Selznick, Julia Elliott, A.G. Riddle, and HonorCon
Posted on 2015-10-10 at 13:10 by montsamu
Vol 5 No 7. Saturday, October 10, 2015: Fall is here, and we've got a fantastic lineup of local events and new books coming our way before the first chances of snow, so get your calendars and bookshelves ready for an authorial invasion.
EVENTS
First, what's on tap this weekend and early next week, including appearances by Alexandra Sokoloff, Alexandra Duncan, and Alex Matsuo, as well as writing workshops for NaNoWriMo and with Piedmont Laureate James Maxey:
- October 8-11 (Thursday to Sunday) Bouchercon
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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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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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June newsletter: Darin Kennedy, Stacey Cochran, Karissa Laurel, Brian Posehn, "Noir at the Bar", the Manly Wade Wellman Award nominees, and more
Posted on 2015-06-06 at 15:29 by montsamu
Vol 5 No 4. Saturday, June 6, 2015: Well, maybe this is turning into a bimonthly thing instead of monthly, as I didn't manage a newsletter in May, either. Since late April we've seen plenty of local writers have stories, books, and audiobooks published, added a pile of new events to the upcoming readings calendar, and! found out this year's nominees for The Manly Wade Wellman Award.
As usual, let's start with some highlights from events that are right around the corner:
- June 6 (Saturday) 8:15 pm
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April newsletter: SFWA Southeast reading series kicks off April 24; lots of award news including Hugo, Tiptree, Gemmell, and Wellman updates; and! in May: Mary Robinette Kowal and Marie Brennan visit Quail Ridge Books
Posted on 2015-04-21 at 18:45 by montsamu
Vol 5 No 3. Tuesday, April 21, 2015: No, you didn't miss a newsletter in March; I did. We didn't have too much going on in terms of readings, and then all of a sudden, every time I thought I was about ready to send out the newsletter, another huge piece of news would roll in, or a new event would come across the wire, and here we are mid-April with all kinds of fantastic things coming right up! Let's start with what's on the immediately upcoming EVENTS calendar:
- April 24 (Friday) 7 pm -- The SFWA South
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February newsletter: Monica Byrne, Zine Machine, Oak City Comics Show, Wake County Library's "Let's Talk Sci-Fi" series, James Maxey named Piedmont Laureate, Read Across Durham, new books, news, and more
Posted on 2015-02-17 at 06:20 by montsamu
Vol 5 No 2. February 16, 2015: Well, the month is half over and the ice storm is here, so no time like the present to finally get the February newsletter out, right? I've got some news, upcoming events, and the monthly avalanche of new books to tell you about, so let's get started.
NEWS
First, while there is still a lot of seasoning left in this year's award season, NC authors have already been on the receiving end of a long and lengthening list of nods. The 2014 Locus Recommended Reading List includes Read more...Posted in newsletter
January newsletter: illogiCon preview, Kickstarter roundups, and Manly Wade Wellman Award coverage
Posted on 2015-01-03 at 13:00 by montsamu
Vol 5 No 1. January 3, 2015: Happy New Year! Since the November/December newsletter, we've had some fantastic events, seen a pile of new books and audiobooks, and! remembered that Bull Spec turned 5 years old in early November as well.
Let's start with a bit of an illogiCon preview, as in just less than a week the convention will open on Friday with a 3 pm Opening Ceremonies, with guests of honor Jacqueline Carey and Christopher J Garcia, and a fantastic panel of local, regional, and further-afield authors
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November newsletter: Garth Stein and NC Specualtive Fiction Night, and (in December) Julia Elliott and Fred Chappell
Posted on 2014-11-20 at 00:14 by montsamu
Vol 4. No 11. November 19, 2014: Whew! Already this month has seen William Gibson at Motorco and NC Comicon at the Durham Convention Center, and there's more yet in store with Garth Stein at Quail Ridge Books (tomorrow, Thursday, Nov. 20) and with the return of the NC Speculative Fiction Night reading series this Saturday (Nov. 22) with "From the Trenches to the Stars" featuring military science fiction (War Stories, The Savior) and interstellar fantasy (Enoch the Traveler). Then in December we'll be
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October Newsletter: A Night of Local Horror, HonorCon, and (in November) William Gibson, NC Comicon, and NC Speculative Fiction Night
Posted on 2014-10-27 at 12:09 by montsamu
Vol 4. No 10. October 27, 2014: Well, this newsletter is coming quite a bit late in the month, but we've got plenty to show for it, both in the rear-view and coming up in late October and early November including visits from Timothy Zahn, John Barrowman, and William Gibson, and! the first NC Speculative Fiction Night event in quite a while. First, a quick look at some highlighted upcoming events:
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Tuesday, October 28, Durham's Motorco Music Hall hosts A Night of Local Horror [Facebook] featuring 10 short
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