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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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Posted in Friday Quick Updates | Tagged john scalzi, kickstarter, michael swanwick, noir at the bar, parsec awards

Friday Quick Updates: Red Adept, Brian Posehn, Noir at the Bar, and a crowdfunding roundup

Posted on 2015-06-13 at 12:32 by montsamu

Saturda, June 13, 2015: Upcoming events, books on sale, new podcasts, a new writing contest, and a crowd-funding roundup await you in this belated Saturday installment of "Friday Quick Updates". But let's be quick about it, because there are three (count 'em) events today alone:

  • June 13 (Saturday) 11 am to 2 pm -- Raleigh's Event Horizon Games hosts a multi-author book signing event for Garner-based publisher Red Adept along with publisher Lynn McNamee. Among those appearing will be local author Karissa
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Friday Quick Updates: Julia Elliott tonight, The Caroling Dead opens this weekend, A Browncoat Christmas on Sunday, three readings from Fred Chappell, crowdfunding roundup, and more

Posted on 2014-12-05 at 18:20 by montsamu

Friday, December 5, 2014: Readings, dark holiday comedy, and more await you, oh Triangle-area reader, starting tonight with multiple "Best Books of the Year" listee Julia Elliott at Durhams Regulator Bookshop at 7 pm for her collection The Wilds. If you missed her conversation with Bill Verner for bullspec.com's "Coming to Town" series, here's a pull-quote from one of Bill's questions: "medically induced human molting or lovelorn robots". I'm looking forward to it.

Starting tomorrow and running every

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Posted in Friday Quick Updates | Tagged fred chappell, julia elliott, kickstarter