Valya Dudycz Lupescu Newshttp://www.vdlupescu.com/index.htmlLatest News from Valya Dudycz Lupescuenvalya@vdlupescu.comCopyright 2008-2012 Valya Dudycz Lupescu2012-03-29T23:03:31-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:33:24 -0500ValyaNewshttp://feedburner.google.comThe Silence of Trees is Available as an Audiobook!valya@vdlupescu.comNews2012-03-29T23:03:31-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/-aiREd5qt_8/TSOTaudiorelease.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/TSOTaudiorelease.html#unique-entry-id-23
THE SILENCE OF TREES has been released on audiobook by Iambik Audio, narrated by Xe Sands!

You can purchase it on the Iambik website.

You can also participate in a listen-a-long with the Literate Housewife. (Get a 20% discount, if you follow the link.)

It will be on Audible in a few weeks' time.

Spread the word, and we hope that you enjoy it! 
]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/TSOTaudiorelease.html#unique-entry-id-23Leap Year Promotion - The Silence of Trees FREE for Kindle until March 1stvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2012-02-27T23:01:59-06:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/Pc7wM4bJetE/TSOTLeapYearPromo.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/TSOTLeapYearPromo.html#unique-entry-id-22
As a special 2012 Leap Year promotion, Valya Dudycz Lupescu’s novel The Silence of Trees is available for FREE on Kindle Monday, February 27 until the end of Leap Day. After 11:59pm on February 29th, the price will go up to $4.99. (The Silence of Trees will still be available for free on the Kindle Owners' Lending Library.)
The Silence of Trees is a historical novel of magic realism set in Eastern Europe during WWII and modern-day Chicago. Read reviews here or go to Amazon, where there are more than 100 customer reviews .
In 2011, The Silence of Trees reached the Top 100 for Paid Kindle books. Thank you to everyone for spreading the word! Let's see if we can do it again and reach the Top 100 in 2012!
Stay tuned for an announcement about the audiobook soon to be released by Iambik Audio!
]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/TSOTLeapYearPromo.html#unique-entry-id-22Kickstarter Comic: Sticks and Bones (Issue 1 - Home Is Where the Hearth Is)valya@vdlupescu.comNews2011-09-22T15:00:34-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/vwLgLquCmE8/Kickstarter_Sticks_and_Bones.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/Kickstarter_Sticks_and_Bones.html#unique-entry-id-21Valya Dudycz Lupsescu and Madeline C. Matz launched their first Kickstarter comic project: Sticks and Bones: Issue 1 - Home Is Where the Hearth Is.  The comic explores issues of home, roots, identity, and sacrifice on 24 fully-painted pages.

Home Is Where the Hearth Is tells the story of Yaroslav, a displaced house spirit in America looking for a new home. At its heart, this is a fairy tale about love and transformation, and the sacrifices we make to find our place in the world.

You can learn more about the comic and the incentives being offered to backers on their Kickstarter page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/valya/sticks-and-bones-issue-1-home-is-where-the-hearth

They need to raise $3,500 to cover the costs of production, printing, shipping, and promotion. As is the Kickstarter policy, if they do not raise the full amount, no one gets changed and they will be unable to complete the project. If they raise beyond that amount, they plan to print more copies and then begin Issue 2.

Thank you for your support!
]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/Kickstarter_Sticks_and_Bones.html#unique-entry-id-21Book Club Updatesvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2011-03-30T16:53:15-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/T1f69-dpToo/bookclubupdate.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/bookclubupdate.html#unique-entry-id-20In March, Valya was invited to a book club hosted by Olena Pryma in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village.

You can read more about the visit in Valya’s Journal here.


Back row (from left to right): Bohdanna Domino, Marijka Trushevych, Marijka Kovalsky, Shiania Jackiw, Luba Skubiak, Ira Skirnyk, Roma Wowchuk, Xrystia Sobol, Halya Lytwynyshyn. Front row: Olena Pryma, Valya Dudycz Lupescu

Is your book club reading The Silence of Trees?
Invite Valya Dudycz Lupescu to visit your bookclub, in person or online via Skype.
More information on book clubs.


]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/bookclubupdate.html#unique-entry-id-20Charles de Lint reviews The Silence of Trees for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fictionvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2011-03-04T15:01:43-06:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/kkygMXAxMFc/deLint_Review.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/deLint_Review.html#unique-entry-id-18This week, Charles de Lint reviewed my novel, The Silence of Trees, for the March/April issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The review begins:


"Before starting this book, I wasn't familiar with either Valya Dudycz Lupescu or Chicago's Wolfsword Press. But I'm happy to have that corrected, because I want to read more of Lupescu's work..." You can read the rest here.

I thought back to my twelve-year-old self sitting on a swing in the backyard of our Chicago bungalow, reading Yarrow and dwelling so completely in Cat's dreamworld.

Reading Charles de Lint's review is one of those moments I'll treasure, like handing Neil Gaiman (whose storytelling I have loved since college) a copy of The Silence of Trees. There's something so wonderful about being able to share one's published work with a literary hero. After having lived in their stories, I get to invite them into mine.
]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/deLint_Review.html#unique-entry-id-18Reading in Philadelphia at Robin’s Books on Dec. 11valya@vdlupescu.comNews2010-12-06T01:37:34-06:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/UY8r94Ht_9Y/phillyreading2010.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/phillyreading2010.html#unique-entry-id-17

Photo by Kyle Cassidy

Valya Dudycz Lupescu returns to Philadelphia this weekend, this time to do a reading at Robin's Books Store and Moonstone Arts Center on Saturday, December 11, from 7-9pm. Robin's Books is the oldest Independent Book Store in Philadelphia, opened by Larry Robin's grandfather in 1936.

Amy Blackthorn

There will be wine and treats. Valya will read from The Silence of Trees, have a Q&A, and sign books. Because a tarot reading features prominently in the beginning of the novel, a real life "vorozhka" or fortuneteller will be on hand. The talented Amy Blackthorn will be doing free tarot readings!
The Silence of Trees is magical realism set in WWII Eastern Europe and modern-day Chicago. It's a story of sacrifice, folklore, friendship, and storytelling. I wrote it to honor my grandmothers and all women who live through war and too often are silenced. You can read more about the story behind the book here.

Cover Art by Madeline Carol Matz

“In The Silence of Trees, Nadya, the astonishing matriarch, war survivor, and narrator, weaves a remarkable life centered on fate, love, luck and choice while honoring the ghosts of her past. Her voice is an important and unforgettable addition to the post-war immigrant experience.” --Irene Zabytko, author of When Luba Leaves Home and The Sky Unwashed
Please help to spread the word.


]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/phillyreading2010.html#unique-entry-id-17Enter to Win One of Five Signed Copiesvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2010-10-26T16:24:05-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/0QSAGif8K88/GoodreadsGiveaway.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/GoodreadsGiveaway.html#unique-entry-id-16

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Silence of Trees (Paperback) by Valya Dudycz Lupescu

The Silence of Trees

by Valya Dudycz Lupescu

Giveaway ends October 31, 2010.

See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter to win

Also, if you’ve read The Silence of Trees, please take a moment to review it on Amazon and Goodreads, and help spread the word! Many thanks.
]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/GoodreadsGiveaway.html#unique-entry-id-16Book Launch Party for The Silence of Treesvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2010-09-21T08:40:40-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/7r7BaOwFFZo/launch_party.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/launch_party.html#unique-entry-id-14
BOOK LAUNCH PARTY
The Book Cellar
4736 N Lincoln Ave
Chicago, IL
http://www.bookcellarinc.com/event/valya-lupescu-silence-trees

Join us for the launch party for Valya Dudycz Lupescu's THE SILENCE OF TREES at The Book Cellar on October 23, 7-9pm. We will have Ukrainian treats to share and more!

In this debut novel, Lupescu weaves the enchanting story of Nadya Lysenko, native of Ukraine, resident of Chicago’s Ukrainian Village, and keeper of secrets that she must confront in order to move on with her life.

]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/launch_party.html#unique-entry-id-14Issue 2 of Conclave: A Journal of Character has been publishedvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2010-05-01T08:33:20-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/anD6Z6lxrUY/conclave2.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/conclave2.html#unique-entry-id-13The second issue of Conclave: A Journal of Character has been published and is available on Amazon.com.

Here's what you have to look forward to in the second issue of Conclave: A Journal of Character:

POETRY: WILLIAM AARNES, KATARINA BOUDREAUX, DANNY DiCRISPINO, JACKIE FOX, JONATHAN GREENHAUSE, VIKKI LITTLEMORE, JACK MILLER
RAFAEL MIGUEL MONTES, MONIQUE ROUSSEL, RICHARD C. RUTHERFORD, K.H. SOLOMON, JOHN J. TRAUSE, BARON WORMSER

PROSE POEMS: SARAH COLEMAN, ANA ELSNER, JACK MILLER, INDIGO MOOR, DANNY SKLAR, GILLIAN SZE, PETER WELTNER

NONFICTION: SHANE BORROWMAN, DANIEL GEWERTZ, JUSTIN LEAHEY, SOO YOUNG LEE

FLASH FICTION: KEVIN BROWN, C.A. COLE, YT SUMNER

FICTION: DON EVANS, DUSTIN HOFFMAN, LELAND JAMES, SUSAN PETRONE, DARCI SCHUMMER

CREATIVE NONFICTION: JACOB APPEL, WILLIAM OREM, STEVEN SIMONCIC

PHOTOGRAPHY: NATHALIE BOISARD-BEUDIN, SCOTT CADMAN, CHRISTOPHE DESSAIGNE, RAHUL DHANKANI, DOUG FAVERO, MAGNUS FRÖDERBERG, VINAYAK GARG, MARK GILLIGAN, MAURA HENN, MARK HINDERLITER, GIANG Lê, JESSICA HUBBARD MARR, ROGER SALZ, KIRSTEN SPICKARD, SANNA STACKE

ARTWORK: KRISTINA CARROLL, MOLLY CRABAPPLE, ELIZA GAUGER, MANDA LANDER




]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/conclave2.html#unique-entry-id-13New prose poem in Issue 59 of Doorknobs & Bodypaintvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2010-09-01T07:51:00-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/JL7q1UHvNtU/prose_poem.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/prose_poem.html#unique-entry-id-12My prose poem, “Hallowed,” was chosen to be published in Issue 59 (theme: Hot August Nights) of the online journal, Doorknobs & Bodypaint. The piece was submitted in a flash fiction category that had to include the words: to spew forth.

Check out all the flash submissions. “Hallowed” is the last one in the Cairo Room.

]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/prose_poem.html#unique-entry-id-12Interview about Small Press Monthvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2010-03-23T08:49:11-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/O-0ZFMwACVA/small_press_interview.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/small_press_interview.html#unique-entry-id-11
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/2010/03/small-press-month-wolfsword-press.html

]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/small_press_interview.html#unique-entry-id-11Notes on Character and Conclave on NewPagesvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2009-07-23T18:55:23-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/RcQi8sv8XIM/CharacterNewPages.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/CharacterNewPages.html#unique-entry-id-10New Pages Blog recently listed an entry about the editorials in Conclave: A Journal of Character and American Short Fiction:

Some Notes on Character

“I ran across a couple of great editorials in the most recent issues of American Short Fiction and Conclave. Both speak the the nature of character in writing as well as, for Conclave, in photography. Below are some excerpted portions which create a kind of conversation between them.”

Click here to read more.

]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/CharacterNewPages.html#unique-entry-id-10Conclave Journal Announces Character Prizesvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2009-04-15T16:38:21-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/PxoBCKFzsmM/CharacterPrizeAnnounced.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/CharacterPrizeAnnounced.html#unique-entry-id-8
Our contest will award prizes of $100 in fiction, poetry, and photography. Winners will be published in Issue 2: 2009 of the international literary magazine Conclave: A Journal of Character. The Conclave Character Prize is open to all writers in English.

Fiction entries should be no more than 6,500 words. Poetry entries should be three poems totaling 10 pages or less, Photography entries should include up to three black and white photographs.

For more information refer to the Conclave Character Prize page.

]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/CharacterPrizeAnnounced.html#unique-entry-id-8Conclave Journal Opens For Submissionsvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2009-04-01T16:07:27-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/LaL6Xw5Ow14/ConclaveOpen2009.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/ConclaveOpen2009.html#unique-entry-id-7Conclave: A Journal of Character is now once again open for submissions. Take a look at the guidelines and then send in your best character-driven writing and photography.

They are ready to meet your most authentic and unforgettable characters.

]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/ConclaveOpen2009.html#unique-entry-id-7Update on Conclave Journalvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2008-09-21T12:40:11-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/NUFWdmf095M/OctoberUpdate.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/OctoberUpdate.html#unique-entry-id-5
Conclave Journal should be ready for purchase online at Amazon.com and on the Conclave Journal website by the middle of October! You can already pre-order if you like.

We received nearly 1000 submissions of writing and photography, and they have been narrowed down to the writings of 36 contributors and the photographs of 15 photographers for our premier issue.

In addition to the Chicago Launch Party on October 18th, Conclave is going to be a part of the AROUND THE COYOTE Fall Arts Festival.

ATC Festival is a multi-media arts festival featuring visual art, theater, dance, film, music, video and poetry.

This from the Literary Curator: “For this year's festival, the literary curation will feature recordings of readings / performances that will be played between theatre / music acts -- everyone in the hall will be able to hear them, though they will function as a series of disembodied voices: of characters without a play, if you will. They will be both foreground and background in terms of sound -- so it's a way of introducing the readings to the audience as something they are surrounded by but maybe can't quite identify. It won't be as though there's a seated audience, though there is a small-seated section, but on the other hand: instead of an audience of 20-30, everyone touring the visual art (usually 200+) will hear what is being played.”

They are allowing us roughly 1 and 1/2 hour of recorded poetry and prose from our inaugural issue of Conclave to be read by writers and by performers! They are also looking at a way to have a place where the journal can be sold at the festival!

There's another exciting development in the works, Chicago is getting a "Lit Lounge" at the Chicago Cultural Center.

Wolfsword Press and Conclave Journal are also going to a part of the newly-created Chicago Lit Lounge. It will be in the Randolph ground-floor lobby, on either side of the marble staircase, and it will contain books and periodicals by Chicago-area publishers and authors.

They tell me that the lounge will be a place where visitors can learn about publishing ventures that are happening in Chicago--and explore some of the publications that are being produced in the city. Each publisher will have its own space, so browsers can get a sense of its identity. Visitors won't be able to remove books or periodicals from the area; they will be allowed to browse or to read them there. They also plan to highlight six Chicago publishers per month in the Cultural Center store. Also, a computer will be built into the Lounge, so people can look at Chicago's literary websites and blogs, and order books that are displayed from publishers' websites or Amazon.

I hope to see some of you in October!

]]>http://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/OctoberUpdate.html#unique-entry-id-5Conclave Journal 2008 Submission Period is Closedvalya@vdlupescu.comNews2008-08-20T18:09:24-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ValyaNews/~3/yy_ZeEY-Lf0/SubmissionsClosed.htmlhttp://www.vdlupescu.com/News/files/SubmissionsClosed.html#unique-entry-id-4Conclave: A Journal of Character closed its first submission period at 11:59pm on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. The editors will now finish up their reading and evaluation, and writers and photographers will be notified as soon as possible.

We thank everyone for their support and interest. More updates to come shortly.

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