David Anthony Durham's Blog, page 47

Things To See In Shetland

Remember I mentioned a trip to Scotland? I'm a couple days away from departure. Looking forward to spending quality time with my wife's family, and with lots of Gudrun's knitwear design cadre, who happen to be in country at the same time. (She'll be doing the photography for her upcoming booklet while we're in Shetland.)

Yes, Shetland. That's where we'll be spending most of our time. The island famous for...

and...
and...

and awesome coastlines, like this...

Oh, and also, apparently, for being wel...

Been Busy, Very, Very Busy...

And I'm not entirely done with being so yet.

I've been lax about posting because my whirlwind (and wonderful) day at Readercon concluded with a long drive up to Maine. I began the next morning early, the start of ten action-packed days at the Stonecoast MFA Program's summer residency. The days start early and end late, with enough events each day that everyone walks around with a crumpled version of the schedule, checking and rechecking where and when they're supposed to be.

I've been on the fa...

Encontro Bang!

A link to a Portuguese publishing party. I wish I'd been there...

Readercon 21

I'm just starting to get my schedule for this years Readercon. Unfortunately, I'm only going to be able to be there for one day, Friday, July 9th. I'll have to cut out that evening to head up to Maine for the Stonecoast MFA residency. That will be great fun too, but I'm sorry it clashes with Readercon - one of my favorites cons.

Still, I'll be there for one action packed day. I have two panels with some great folks. They are as follows...

In Search of Lost Time: History and Memory in...

My Tiara...

...is my tiara no more.

Sad to say, but today I packaged up my John W Campbell Tiara and mailed it to Jay Lake. He'll be taking it to Australia to present to the new winner - to be announced on the night in Worldcon in Melbourne. Also called AussieCon 4.

I'd love to actually be going, but I'm already traveling to Scotland around the same time with the family, so it's not really a possibility for me.

It's been a good year, though. I'll never forget that Campbell Award night. Magic. Really magic...

La nueva apuesta de Ediciones B por el fantástico: "Acacia"

A link for my Spanish speaking readers.

Seems like there's some serious buzz around the release of Acacia in Spain. Here's hoping it translates to great things!

Typographical Idiosyncrasies

Geez. Ever suspect that written text rewrites itself while nobody is looking?

I recently had a few queries from Anchor as they prepare for the massmarket release of The Other Lands later this summer. Seems the copy editor found some mistakes and wanted to run them by me.

Mistakes? Now, a year after the book had been put through the editorial mill by Doubleday? Surely not!

Er... or maybe so. They produced several gems that I'll not repeat here. Happily, they won't appear in the paperback. They...

Ediciones B presenta "Acacia"

It looks like Acacia is entering the world in Spanish. I just came across this announcement at A.J. El Cuarto Oscuro. La Sociedad Oculta, as well as this earlier piece on Via News 5.0.

I haven't managed to get a look at the full-sized cover yet. Clearly, Ediciones B has used the artwork from the original German cover, but I'd love to see it in detail. I'll post it here when I do, of course.

Nnedi and Ekaterina

Two authors. Two blurbs. I'm rather proud to point out that I had the privilege of endorsing two terrific new books.

The first one, Who Fears Death, by Nnedi Okorafor is out now.

I read this awhile ago, and was very impressed. Enough so that I wrote: "WHO FEARS DEATH is urgently topical, at times brutal, and always wholly original. It's no surprise she's been racking up awards. There are more to come, surely."

Yep. It's serious stuff. Don't believe me? Here's what Publishers Weekly wrote in a S...

No Toro On Hobbit

Oh, bummer.

Director quits "Hobbit" film over production delay."