Connie Willis's Blog, page 14

Greeley High Plains Library District SciFi Gala Report

The Greeley Tribune has this report on the High Plains Library District Foundation scifi themed fundraiser which happened on Sept 27th. No pictures of Connie in the newspaper, but there may end up some photos from the event at Black Tie Colorado. They do currently have a Silent Auction going as a fund-raiser.

Loveland Loves to Read: Bellwether

The Loveland, Colorado library has selected Connie Willis' Bellwether as their Loveland Loves to Read book and this week has Connie giving two talks on Wednesday, Oct 1st at the Rialto theatre.

Here's the original announcement about the event from back in August. For current details, visit the Friends of the Loveland Library page or read this informational PDF about it.

Rocky Mountain News Interview & Story

For the A Dozen On Denver series of stories in the Rocky Mountain News, Connie Willis has contributed a new short story and has also done an interview.

For the interview, go here.

For the short story, "A New Hat", go here.

Denvention 3 - Hugo Award #10

At the Hugo Awards Ceremony last night at Denvention 3, Connie Willis was awarded her tenth Hugo Award for the novella "All Seated on The Ground".
Connie and George R. R. Martin (who accepted the hugo for Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union).

A close-up of the actual award.

More on this year's full slate of winners at The Hugo Awards site.

Connie at San Diego Comic Con International

I've got a round up of news and information from Connie's appearances at San Diego Comic Con International last weekend. Her group panel with other authors was packed and her solo spotlight panel was nearly full. At her spotlight panel, she indicated that All Clear would be finished in the next month.
Thursday was the Eye on the Past panel with a number of authors. From left to right in the picture are Maryelizabeth Hart (moderator from Mysterious Galaxy), Peter David, Naomi Novik, Connie Willis,

Connie's ComicCon Schedule (Updated!)

Connie will be doing two panels at the Comic Con International Convention in San Diego and several autograph sessions. Here are the details as they stand now:

Thursday, July 24 5:00-6:00
Looking at Our World: Eye on the Past - Authors discuss how they use and abuse history to inform their fictional stories. Panelists include Connie Willis (Passage), Jacqueline Carey (Kushiel's Legacy), Max Allan Collins (Deadly Beloved), Peter David (Tigerheart), Naomi Novik (Victory of Eagles), and Jess Winfield

All Clear Update - Not Quite Done

Reports from Balticon and elsewhere about the status of All Clear had indicated that All Clear was finished and turned in. That is not the case. In an email correspondence with Connie, she indicated "It's not. It's very, very close, but as you know there's a very great difference between that and finished." So, no it has not yet been turned in to her publisher and reports of it having been completed were premature.

More BaltiCon Report Blogging

Lucy Anne, who was Connie's Guest Liaison, had some nice things to say about Connie in part 1 of her Balticon 42 reports.

Rayvn has pictures of poppets at BaltiCon 42 with the guests, including Connie. For more of Lisa Snelling Clark's poppets, visit Poppet Planet.

Kitty Kat has a picture of Connie on her BaltiCon 42 Report. She handles the Neverwear clothes for Neil Gaman.

Debbie's Blatherings has an extensive report on the con, mentioning how she embarassed herself in front of Connie.