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2012 local and regional author holiday book buying guide

Posted on 2012-10-27 at 17:53 by montsamu

Note: Welcome WPTF listeners! Some other things mentioned on the show: Teen Writing Contest and the Local Events Newsletter.

As was done in 2010 and 2011, here are collected the books and other related things from local and regional authors, artists, and other related creators since the last holiday gift-buying season. Note: as this is a first draft, there will be some additions and further explanations made, along with more links provided to buy the books from your local bookstores.

SEASONAL: (I can't

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NC speculative fiction holiday guide crowd source begins!

Posted on 2012-10-22 at 13:30 by montsamu

There have been - and are yet to come! - a long list of novels, anthologies, comics, graphic novels, and other related goodies published by or including local authors and artists and other local and regional creators this year. So, like we've done in 2010 and 2011, I want to put together a holiday shopping guide for 2012. But! I need your help. So comment here or on Facebook, or reply on Twitter, or just email me. What am I looking for?

• Novels, primarily in print or physical media (for audiobooks) and

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The Hardest Part: Tina Connolly on Ironskin

Posted on 2012-10-10 at 17:03 by montsamu

Portland author Tina Connolly is a Clarion West graduate and the author of a long and growing list of well-received short stories, including "Selling Home" in Bull Spec #6. She's also a podcast narrator, both out and about on several podcasts and on her own, the bite-sized fiction podcast Toasted Cake, which won this year's Parsec Award for best new podcast. Her just-released debut fantasy novel Ironskin tells a story which is more complex than the intriguing but reductive tagline "Jane Eyre with fairies

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October newsletter: Michael Chabon, Hope Larson, Kij Johnson, Christopher Paolini, and more

Posted on 2012-10-01 at 18:36 by montsamu

Vol 2. No 7. October 1, 2012:

September was quite a month for things to do, with an immensely successful inaugural Escapist Expo, great author events with Scott Sigler, Andy Duncan, Neil Gaiman, Junot Diaz, Brent Weeks, and Steven Erikson, and the grand re-opening of Sci-Fi Genre Comics and Games under its new name and at its new Westgate Drive location as Atomic Empire. October is just about as packed, starting with Michael Chabon TONIGHT at Quail Ridge Books and continuing throughout the month. There are

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Sunday quick update: events today, Wednesday, Thursday, ...

Posted on 2012-09-09 at 14:10 by montsamu

Two events today (Sunday, September 9):

• 4 pm — Screening of the short local horror film “Foodie” as part of the Carrboro Arts Center’s Second Sunday film series along with three other short films. Ticketed event: $5. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/247295845391580/
• 6:30 pm to 9 pm — NerdMusik! at Tir Na Nog with Greenville’s Danny Birt among those performing. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/255087191277612/

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Announcement: Second Bull Spec Teen Writing Contest, judged by Sharyn November

Posted on 2012-09-01 at 02:26 by montsamu

DURHAM, NC: August 31, 2012

WHAT: Bull Spec, a Durham-based speculative fiction magazine established in 2009, is pleased to announce its second Teen Writing contest, to be judged by Sharyn November, Viking Children's Books Senior Editor and Editorial Director of Firebird.

WHY: To foster the next generation of speculative writing in the Carolinas and celebrate the region’s most promising young writers.

WHEN: Submissions may be sent between September 1 at 12:00 AM to December 1 at 11:55 PM, Eastern Time (US).

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September handout flyer, v1.

Posted on 2012-08-30 at 02:03 by montsamu

While I'm soon to pull the trigger on the full September newsletter, here's the handout flyer of highlights for September and early October. It's a busy month ahead!

Update: Corrected an inaccurate listing. Andy Duncan's reading at NCSU is on Sep 12 at 7:30, not Sep 19 at 7. See you there!

(Don't print the JPG! There's a handout-2012-september-v1 (color) and handout-2012-september-v1-bw (grayscale) PDF for that!)

SEPTEMBER 2012

4 Chapel Hill Comics hosts sf and horror author Scott Sigler for a reading

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Saturday quick updates, August 18

Posted on 2012-08-18 at 20:15 by montsamu

Since the August newsletter was mailed out a few weeks ago, and even since last week's round of quick updates, the news and events have been piling up. While it's not quite time to send out the September newsletter yet, there are some things coming up and not yet specifically mentioned that I wanted to get out into the world:

• August 20 (Monday) 9 pm -- "Nerd-Vana Presents Super Mega Ultra-Funcade Toon-Hour", something which appears to be a series of strange skits involving Saturday morning cartoon themes,

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Friday quick updates, August 10

Posted on 2012-08-10 at 16:14 by montsamu

Couldn't make it out to Flyleaf for the Michael J. Sullivan and T.C. McCarthy reading? I'm absolutely stoked to remind folks that Calvin Powers captured the readings on video for all to see. Thank you so much, Calvin! And thanks to the 40 or so folks who came to the event, whether from far away (Sullivan's recap of the event mentions a family from Baltimore!), nearby, or somewhere in-between. (You're not nobody, Teresa Frohock!)

Second, some new events have been scheduled since the August newsletter went

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Friday quick updates

Posted on 2012-08-03 at 13:41 by montsamu

A pair of quick updates for Friday morning:

1. South Carolina science fiction author T.C. McCarthy will be on WUNC's "The State of Things" today at 12 pm to talk about his Subterrene War series, in advance of his joint reading with Virginia fantasy author Michael J. Sullivan on Sunday at Flyleaf Books from 2 to 4 pm.
2. Tonight, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is hosting a screening of three short films based on the late Ray Bradbury’s work. The event starts at 5, with the films starting at 7.

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