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The Latest from Carolina Book Beat

Posted on 2014-02-10 at 16:43 by montsamu

The podcast for my talk a week ago with Tommy Lee Edwards on Carolina Book Beat is up!

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Carolina Book Beat preview: Tommy Lee Edwards

Posted on 2014-02-03 at 04:38 by montsamu

So tomorrow morning (Monday, Feb 3, 10 AM) I'll be talking with illustrator Tommy Lee Edwards on Carolina Book Beat on WCOM-FM. It's the first time we've tried an illustrator as a guest, so I wanted to put up some links to visual aids here before the show.

We're mainly planning to talk about his forthcoming Vandroid project(s) which include a short film [with trailer], a soundtrack, and, set for a late February release, the first of five monthly issues of a comic book series. What is Vandroid? Well... it

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Book Harvest collecting children's book donations on Monday for their annual MLK drive

Posted on 2014-01-19 at 16:13 by montsamu

On Monday, January 20, 2014, from 1 to 4 pm, Book Harvest is having a children's book drive at the Carolina Theatre of Durham. "10,000 Books for Kids (10KBK) is Book Harvest’s annual community-wide book drive on MLK Day and a celebration of diversity, literacy, and book ownership for all kids.  Help us bring in 10,000 books in a single afternoon! Everyone! Round up your new and gently used children’s books – and those of your neighbors, friends, classmates, and coworkers – and bring them to us at the

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The Odyssey Writing Workshop's Summer Session

Posted on 2013-12-15 at 13:09 by montsamu

Another press release of interest to pass along. The key data bits here:

• The program is held on Saint Anselm College’s beautiful campus in Manchester, NH; This summer's workshop runs from JUNE 9 to JULY 18, 2014.
• The early action application deadline is JANUARY 31, and the regular admission deadline is APRIL 8.
• This year's writer in residence is Melanie Tem; Lecturers for the 2014 workshop include some of the best teachers in the field:  authors Elizabeth Hand, Catherynne M. Valente, Ellen Kushner

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Clay and Susan Griffith's "Tribute: Nelson Mandela" comic to be released this week

Posted on 2013-12-14 at 15:51 by montsamu

Via local writer Sharon Stogner, a press release of interest to pass along. Note that the writers on the project are Raleigh authors Clay and Susan Griffith:

Bluewater Productions is releasing a new tribute comic book biography on the iconic Nelson Mandela.  Tribute: Nelson Mandela is being released this week digitally and in print.

The 32-page comic book chronicles his life in pictures, one of the late 20-century’s most influential people.  The comic book is  written by Clay & Susan Griffith

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The Hardest Part: Nick Mamatas on Love is the Law

Posted on 2013-12-11 at 12:00 by montsamu

Nick Mamatas is no stranger to writing whatever he wants, damn the torpedoes. And as Mamatas writes here about his latest novel -- the Trotskyist/Crowley/Long Island noir Love is the Law -- for "The Hardest Part", writing can be the easy part. "If there was any difficulty in writing the novel at all, it was in writing the book so that it could end up in a bookstore somewhere."

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="185"] Love is the Law
by Nick Mamatas
Dark Horse, October 2013[/caption]

THE HARDEST PART: L

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Pictures: 2013 Local Author Holiday Book Expo

Posted on 2013-12-10 at 19:37 by montsamu

To add to the photos which Calvin Powers posted on Dec 7, here are some of my photos from the 2013 local author holiday book expo at Atomic Empire this past Saturday.

[caption id="attachment_2831" align="alignnone" width="222"] Meagen Voss at the typewriter.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2832" align="alignnone" width="300"] L2R: Zack Smith (seated, looking the other way), Clay and Susan Griffith, Stephen Messer, and (sorry, blurry!) Natania Barron[/caption]

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2013 holiday book buying guide to regional science fiction and fantasy

Posted on 2013-12-04 at 18:51 by montsamu

Whew. Even though I've been updating the 2013 book preview during the course of the year, there were still quite a few things I learned about only recently here in late 2013, and of course plenty I missed ahead of time and during the year. So! Like I've done in 2012, 2011, and 2010..., here is my run-down of 2013 in regional science fiction and fantasy, and as always, let me know of the (likely many) omissions and errors, and! in a first this year, come by the 2013 Bull Spec regional author holiday book

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Friday Quick Updates: Local Black Friday and Small Business Saturday alternatives; another Carolina Book Beat focus on local sf on Monday; and the latest on the regional author holiday book expo next Saturday!

Posted on 2013-11-29 at 14:10 by montsamu

Friday November 29, 2013: While I'm probably somewhere in between the sentiment offered by Shimmer and the most commercial of line-up offerings at the big box stores, I did want to send out a roundup of what's going on this weekend, along with some other news.

FRIDAY

First, though, that Shimmer offer, a free download (PDF, epub, and/or mobi) of Shimmer Issue 17, with Bull Spec "alums" Katherine Sparrow, Lavie Tidhar, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and local writers Jordan Taylor (I first read about her story

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Friday Quick Updates: MACE, Chapel Hill Comics hosts Ed Piskor, and 3 days remain to kickstart Purgatory Pub

Posted on 2013-11-15 at 21:22 by montsamu

Friday, November 15, 2013: All recovered from NC Comicon last weekend? While in the Triangle the sole event this weekend is the Ed Piskor (Hip Hop Family Tree) Chapel Hill Comics signing on Saturday, for folks further West, Steve Long is among those heading to MACE, "The Carolinas' Best Gaming Con", in Charlotte this weekend, which boasts Paizo Publishing's Jason Bulmahn along with a trio from Pinnacle Entertainment Group as its guests of honor, and also involves Davey Beauchamp, so there is a high

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