Posts tagged: mysticon

Friday Quick Updates, Monday edition: Alice Hoffman, Megan Shepherd and The Lovestruck Tour, and the Nevermore Film Festival

Posted on 2014-02-17 at 15:51 by montsamu

Monday, February 17, 2014: Tonight sees the first of two events with magical realist Alice Hoffman in the Triangle, ahead of Megan Shepherd, Megan Miranda, and the rest of "The Lovestruck Tour" later this week. Hoffman's new book is The Museum of Extraordinary Things, set in the New York City of the early 1900s, and after launching the book at the Savannah Book Festival this past weekend she's at Raleigh's Quail Ridge Books tonight at 7:30 pm, ahead of a second event in the area at McIntyre's Books in

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Posted in Friday Quick Updates | Tagged alice hoffman, flyleaf books, karen russell, malaprops bookstore, megan miranda, megan shepherd, mysticon, nevermore, quail ridge books

Feburary newsletter: Wendy Webb, Sheila Turnage, Deborah Johnson, Alice Hoffman, Megan Shepherd, MystiCon, TV deals, new and forthcoming books, literary lineups, and more

Posted on 2014-01-31 at 20:20 by montsamu

Vol 4. No 2. January 31, 2014:

Well, January was what one might call a good month. RDU-based convention illogiCon welcomed Mary Robinette Kowal, Lawrence M. Schoen, Laura Anne Gilman, Gail Z. Martin, Misty Massey and Ed Schubert, and many more to town, along with fantastic participation from Triangle-area authors and fans; William Shatner rocked the house with his one-man show; Quail Ridge Books hosted Carrie Vaughn for Dreams of the Golden Age; and Jeaniene Frost closed out January with the launch of her

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Posted in newsletter | Tagged jeaniene frost, mysticon, paul kincaid, peter wood, richard dansky, wendy webb