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WHC 2011 Adds Two New Guests

Paul Puglisi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:55:57 +0000

WORLD HORROR CONVENTION ANNOUNCES TWO NEW GUESTS

Award Winning and Critically Acclaimed Authors Joe R. Lansdale and Brian Keene Join WHC 2011

Austin – June 22 The World Horror Convention Austin is proud to announce the additions of legendary author Joe R. Lansdale and bestselling author Brian Keene to the lineup for its 2011 convention. Lansdale, the master of mojo storytelling, will be taking on the mantle of Toastmaster for the event, while Keene will be in attendance to run an intensive workshop on the business of writing.

“You can’t have a spec-fic convention in Texas without Joe,” said Convention Co-Chair, Lee Thomas. “Well, you could but it would be just plain wrong. He’s iconic. With superlative works in the suspense, science fiction, Western and horror genres, he is a versatile and exceptional craftsman, and we’re honored he’ll be attending.”

Lansdale is the author of more than a dozen novels, including Lost Echoes and Leather Maiden. He has received the British Fantasy Award, the American Mystery Award, the Edgar Award, the Grinzane Cavour Prize for literature, and seven Bram Stoker Awards.

Lansdale joins award-winning authors Sarah Langan and Brian Keene on the WHC 2011 guest list. Special guest Keene’s workshop on the business of writing will be a unique WHC presentation.

“Attendees are going to have their eyes opened,” Nate Southard, Co-Chair

CHINA MIEVILLE UK Appearances for July and August

Paul Puglisi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:51:13 +0000

CHINA MIEVILLE will be making a few appearances around the UK in July and August for his new book THE CITY & THE CITY.

Just got this from Pan, and it’s China Mieville related so it’s only right to note it. Starting July 7th, UK (and surrounding area) fans have a chance to go check out China talk about his latest book The City & the City–the 2009 book to have.

- 7th July - Upstairs at The Pineapple Public House
51 Leverton Street, London , NW5 2NX

- 9th July - The Wapping Project, 7.30pm
The Greenhouse, Wapping Hydraulic Power Station Wapping Wall, London , E1W 3ST

For further information, click here.

- 11th July – Bookmarks Bookshop, 2pm
1 Bloomsbury Street, London , WC1B 3QE
For further information, telephone 020 7637 1848

-16th July - London Literature Festival, 7pm
Level 5 Function Room, Southbank Centre
For further information, click here

-29th & 30th August - Edinburgh International Book Festival
For further information, click here

Source:BSC

STEAMPUNK TALES #1 Available for iPhone and iPod Touch

Paul Puglisi — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +0000

STEAMPULP PUBLISHING has released the first issue of STEAMPUNK TALES.

Steampulp Publishing LLC has released the world's first electronic pulp fiction magazine created exclusively for iPhone and iPod Touch! Emulating the style of the pulp adventure magazines of the 1920s and '30s, Steampunk Tales contains first-run, original fiction written by an A+ list of award-winning authors. Issue #1 contains 10 stories, each running between 4,300 to 11,000 words, for the unbelievable price of only $1.99. Authors contributing to issue #1 include Jay Lake, Catherynne M. Valente, SatyrPhil Brucato and G.D. Falksen. The cover art was painted by popular artist Melita "missmonster" Curphy.

10 pieces of exciting steampunk pulp fiction for the unbelievable price of $1.99

Featuring a true A+ lineup of award winning authors.

Stories run 4,500 - 11,000 words each! (totaling over 600 screen pages using the default font and font size)

The Steampunk Tales Reader features unique retro-futuristic Victorian styling never before seen in an eBook reader!

"We stand at the beginning of a revolution in the distribution of print," says John Sondericker III, Steampulp Publishing's founder. "The combination of low distribution costs and the potential for high-volume sales allows us to provide this product at an astounding value for the consumer. The timing is perfect to re-introduce the world to the 'Penny

TIM LEBBON Appearance at Waterstone's in Cardiff

Paul Puglisi — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:49:42 +0000

Cardiff Waterstone's, Friday, 6:30 - my book launch (THE ISLAND in hardback, FALLEN in paperback). Then pub. via Tim's Twitter. @timlebbon

BENSON, GOLDEN, SNIEGOSKI Signing In Cambridge, MA on June 19

Paul Puglisi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:58:14 +0000

Mark your calendars! There's a triple-threat book signing happening this Friday:

Friday, June 19th, 2009 from 7-9 PM
Amber Benson, Thomas E. Sniegoski, and Christopher Golden at Pandemonium Books & Games
4 Pleasant St., Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 547-3721

Visit their websites:
Christopher Golden
Thomas Sniegoski
Amber Benson

World Horror Convention Set for Austin, TX in 2011

Paul Puglisi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:18:58 +0000

June 15, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lee Thomas
Nate Southard:

WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2011 IN AUSTIN, TX

Award Winning and Critically Acclaimed Author Sarah Langan confirmed as Guest of Honor

Austin – June 15 The World Horror Society has named Austin, Texas as the location for the 2011 World Horror Convention (WHC). The international gathering of horror’s brightest talents and their fans will take place from April 28th through May 1st, 2011.

Austin, Texas was chosen for its unique style and rich genre history. The original Texas Chainsaw Massacre was filmed near the city, and the remakes of both Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th were filmed in town. Austin also serves as home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, and at sunset 1.5 million bats fly over the city, truly marking it as a horror locale. (There’s a reason the city’s motto is “Keep Austin Weird.”)

“Texas has a long history of strange fiction, serving as home to such luminaries as Robert E. Howard, Michael Moorcock, and Joe R. Lansdale,” says Convention Co-Chair, Nate Southard. “Bringing the World Horror Convention to Austin is a natural. It’s a vibrant city with a taste for the eccentric and a love of the arts. Further, its central, southern location makes it convenient for travelers throughout

The Bram Stoker Award Winners for 2008

Paul Puglisi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:15:44 +0000

The HWA announced the 2008 winners of the Bram Stoker Award this past weekend in LA.

NOVEL: DUMA KEY by Stephen King (Surprised? Yeah, didn't think so.)

FIRST NOVEL: THE GENTLING BOX by Lisa Mannetti

LONG FICTION: MIRANDA by John R. Little

SHORT FICTION: "The Lost" by Sarah Langan

FICTION COLLECTION: JUST AFTER SUNSET by Stephen King (Is it a by-law or something that if he puts out a book or collection he is automatically the winner or something?)

ANTHOLOGY: UNSPEAKABLE HORROR edited by Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder

NONFICTION: A HALLOWE'EN ANTHOLOGY by Lisa Morton

POETRY COLLECTION: THE NIGHTMARE COLLECTION by Bruce Boston

CHINA MIÉVILLE Guest Blogging All This Week at Omnivoracious

Paul Puglisi — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +0000

CHINA MIÉVILLE, author of THE CITY & THE CITY as well as PERDIDO STREET STATION, IRON COUNCIL, and many others will be guest blogging at OMNIVORACIOUS for the week of June 15th.

Omnivoracious is proud to welcome China Mieville as a guest blogger this week. Arguably one of the most important fantasists of the last decade, Mieville made his mark with the insanely imaginative Perdido Street Station. The novel single-handedly reconfigured the landscape of genre fiction with its combination of pulp and the surreal, the political and the personal. In Perdido Street Station and subsequent novels The Scar, Iron Council, and the New York Times bestseller Un Lun Dun, Mieville also remade the idea of city as character. For these efforts, Mieville has won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. (As a side note, I can say that in addition to the mad talent China also just happens to be an incredibly nice and self-effacing person.)

Now, in his latest novel, The City & The City, Mieville turns his attention to strangeness set in our world. Part police procedural and part exploration of what it means to live both together and apart, The City & The City is set in the city of Beszel on the edge of Europe. Inspector Tyador Borlu must solve the murder of a woman that may be part of

GOOGLE Setting to Sell E-Books in 2009

Paul Puglisi — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:20:06 +0000

From Electronista:

Google this weekend signaled its plans to offer paid e-books through its site. The approach would let users effectively "unlock" books and view them over the web; offline reading will rely on browser caching. While potentially less convenient than downloads, the approach is said by Google senior partnership director Tom Turvey to avoid creating a "silo" that limits access and should let smartphones as well as any other devices with sufficiently advanced browsers read the text.

Read the rest of the article.

Source: Electronista

RESERVOIR GODS by BRIAN KNIGHT Released by DELIRIUM BOOKS

Paul Puglisi — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +0000

DELIRIUM BOOKS has announced that they have released the digital edition and trade paperback edition is up for preorder of BRIAN KNIGHT'S RESERVOIR GODS.

Delirium’s June’s title is now available for immediate download through Darkside Digital for the digital edition (PDF, MOBI/Kindle, EPUB formats available). The trade paperback is also available for preorder. The hardcover is completely sold out through Delirium’s Hardcover Subscription.

Dworshak isn’t a lake in the classical sense of the word, but a reservoir; a portion of the once narrow northern fork of the Clearwater River, dammed up to generate power and prevent the yearly spring floods that once plagued the town of Orofino.

If half the rumors about Dworshak were true, it would surely be haunted.

Stories about a small trade town, its buildings deserted but still intact, buried under hundreds of feet of dark water. Stories of the bodies of workers, accident victims some, murder victims others, entombed forever in the concrete of the dam. Stories of Indian burial grounds desecrated and angry Indian spirits waiting to pull down any unwary white man who swims too deep.

Most of all, stories of big fish.

Source: Delirium Books