Sunday Salon: The Golden Gate Bridge Turns 75.

Source: Ready When You Are, C.B.

There will be a book related tie-in towards the end of this story. I promise. This is a book blog. The Golden Gate Bridge celebrated its 75th anniversary this weekend. Festivities were very low-key. The last time the bridge had a big ...
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Bemidji library sponsors festival of writers

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Heading north in June? The Bemidji Public Library is holding a weeklong festival of writers and writing, with readings, workshops, a poetry slam and a keynote address by writer and explorer Ann Bancroft. A dozen writers - ...
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“The Future Fire” Seeks Funding Through Peerbackers

Source: SF Signal

The Future Fire magazine is . With a little over a week to go, they’re currently sitting at about 80% of their goal. We are raising funds to publish a special issue/anthology of colonialism-themed speculative fiction from outsid ...
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Career prospects good for Calgary-born actor Victor Webster

Source: Calgary Herald

Being good looking might not rank as the toughest cross to bear for an actor. But as Brad Pitt would probably tell you, being too pretty a thespian is not necessarily an asset if looking to prove your versatility early on. Calgary-born ...
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Boyd Tonkin: In Jerusalem, words reach out over the walls you can see, and those you can't

Source: The Independent

"I couldn't accept that the writer within me could be beaten. It was like an internal uprising. The only freedom left for someone who has suffered such a tragedy is the freedom to describe it in their own words." Dus ...
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[GUEST POST] Zack Parsons Talks With Authors About Writing and Music

Source: SF Signal

When I set out to write my genre-spanning debut novel, Liminal States, I wanted to music to shape the outcome of my creative process. Ending with a free downloadable companion soundtrack from my friend, Conelrad, was something I ...
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Wezen-Ball: The Yankees` Fictional Sale by Larry Granillo

Source: Baseball Prospectus

"I just read the Daily News story. It is complete fiction. Me and my family have no intention to sell the Yankees and expect it to be in the family for years to come." The New York Daily News made waves ...
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The Writers of the Future Contest Called the "American Idol for...

Source: PRWeb

You could call the Writers of the Future Contest ‘The American Idol for Writers’ -- long before there ever was an American Idol In what’s been dubbed as a finalist-friendly version of “American Idol” for fledgling writers an ...
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We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We’re Spec Fic: Brit Mandelo’s Beyond Binary

Source: Tor: Science Fiction Blog

For a genre that actively explores new ideas about society, there is very little queer speculative fiction out there. When the average sci-fi reader thinks of examples, Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness or the works of Samuel Delaney may co ...
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