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November newsletter: Granados, NC Comicon, Cherie Priest, and more

Posted on 2012-11-02 at 17:31 by montsamu

Vol 2. No 8. November 2, 2012:

This weekend there are three events kicking off a busy month of November, which brings Cherie Priest back to the Triangle for her new book, another chance to catch Durham author Nathan Kotecki, and features NC Comicon in Durham:

• November 2-8 (Friday to Thursday) -- Carolina Theatre of Durham hosts a Studio Ghibli / Miyazaki animated film screening series, including "Howl's Moving Castle", "Princess Mononoke", and several others: http://www.carolinatheatre.org/films?tid=60

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The Hardest Part: Alex Granados on Cemetery Plot

Posted on 2012-10-31 at 18:15 by montsamu

Out just in time for Halloween, Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing has published Cemetery Plot, the debut novel by local writer, North Raleigh News columnist, and WUNC "The State of Things" director Alex Granados. I first met Alex through a pre-interview phone call, and before long he had joined the Bull Spec team as an associate fiction editor, helping me decide on stories, offer some story edits here and there, and contributing an article here and there as well. I've been very excited to start

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Video: Flyleaf Books hosts Clay and Susan Griffith for The Kingmakers

Posted on 2012-10-31 at 13:21 by montsamu

From Monday's reading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gZZ2R-O-Os

The Kingmakers is book 3 of their Vampire Empire trilogy. The reading here (sorry for sound quality, just iPhone built in mic) is from The Rift Walker, book 2. Book 1, The Greyfriar, along with the rest of the series are out in print and ebook from Pyr. The series is also being released in audio by Buzzy Multimedia, read by James Marsters, with The Greyfriar already out and The Rift Walker in post-production.

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Double-Feature of Local Author Releases

Posted on 2012-10-31 at 01:49 by montsamu

In non-fiction, Geek Mom: Projects, Tips and Adventures for Moms and Their 21st Century Families is out today, with local author Natania Barron a contributor, and local writer Alex Granados is now a published author as his debut novel, Cemetery Plot, has been published by Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing.

First up, the non-fiction: "It’s fast becoming a geek world out there, and all moms need to show off their tech smarts and superhero-like skills in order to keep their savvy kids

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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: David Tallerman on Crown Thief

Posted on 2012-10-17 at 19:11 by montsamu

British author David Tallerman's short story "The Burning Room" appeared in Bull Spec #4 and was later included in Ellen Datlow’s online Full Honorable Mention List for Best Horror of the Year volume 4. Tallerman has published dozens and dozens short stories across fantasy, science fiction, and horror, and what I've managed to get my hands on has been of the spookier or more serious variety; as a comment on his December 2010 story "Jenny's Sick" at Lightspeed Magazine describes his stories, "Haunting, but

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Friday quick update: weekend events

Posted on 2012-10-12 at 17:54 by montsamu

A couple of interesting things going on this weekend:

• This weekend (Oct 13-14) is Sci-Fi & Fantasy Literary Weekend at the Carolina Renaissance Festival in Huntersville, NC (a bit northeast of Charlotte, between I-77 and I-85). Among other authors involved, Charlotte epic fantasy author Gail Z. Martin and adventure fantasy author Misty Massey will be participating. There's also a costume contest and other activities.
• Meanwhile in Durham, on Sunday newly opened Atomic Empire (formerly Sci-Fi Genre) hosts

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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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Friday Updates: new events, Nathan Kotecki on Saturday, Hope Larson on Sunday, Kij Johnson on Tuesday, and more local author publication notes

Posted on 2012-10-05 at 20:15 by montsamu

As usual, as soon as I send out the newsletter I find out about publication news and events that I've missed. This month is no exception, although the events list is indeed exceptionally long. But first, some upcoming events:

• NEW: 6 (Saturday) 7 pm — Flyleaf Books hosts Durham author Nathan Kotecki for a reading and signing of his new Young Adult fantasy novel The Suburban Strange. More info: http://www.flyleafbooks.com/event/nathan-kotecki-reads-his-new-young-adult-fantasy-novel-suburban-strange
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