Michael Kelly's Blog, page 48
April 19, 2011
April 13, 2011
Praise for Shadows & Tall Trees
"Thanks in no small part to the taste and clarity of vision of its curator, Shadows & Tall Trees comes on like the wendigo, or a will-o'-the-wisp, consistently quiet and ominous and delicious and very welcome indeed."
Glen Hirshberg, author of The Book of Bunk, and American Morons
April 11, 2011
Sold out!
2 very exciting things to announce: Shadows & Tall Trees is sold out! Shadows & Tall Trees is on the British Fantasy Society list for Best Magazine / Periodical.
April 8, 2011
Chilling Tales — The Sequel
I`ll be reading shortly for the the second volume of Chilling Tales. If there are any Canadian writers out there who would like me to send them the guidelines, please drop me a line. I`m casting a wide net.
April 3, 2011
Another story for issue 2
I've just purchased Eric Schaller's "Voices Carry" for issue 2 of the journal. It's shaping up to be an exciting and eclectic mix, to be sure.
March 21, 2011
My Ad Astra schedule
Looks like I'll be busy at Ad Astra. I'm actually doing a panel with three of my editing heroes / mentors: Ellen Datlow, Stephen Jones, & Don Hutchison. Somehow me and Rio got on that panel. We are not worthy.
Here's my schedule. Hope to see you.
- Sat., Apr. 9, 10am, Ballroom East, What is Horror? — Ellen Datlow, Don Hutchinson, Stephen Jones, Michael Kelly, Rio Youers
- Sat., 11am, Ballroom Centre, Chilling Tales: A New Chapter in Canadian Horror and Dark Fantasy — Michael Kelly (moderator), Leah Bobet, Suzanne Church, Michael Colangelo, Claude Lalumière, Nancy Kilpatrick, Gemma Files, Richard Gavin, Brent Hayward, Sandra Kasturi, Ian Rogers, Brett Alexander Savory, Simon Strantzas
- Sat., 1pm-3pm, Anton's, Chilling Tales Launch — Michael Kelly (moderator), Leah Bobet, Suzanne Church, Michael Colangelo, Claude Lalumière, Nancy Kilpatrick, Gemma Files, Richard Gavin, Brent Hayward, Sandra Kasturi, Ian Rogers, Brett Alexander Savory, Simon Strantzas
- Sun., Apr. 10, 12pm, Salon 443, Bring on the Nightmares — Suzanne Church (m), Craig Davidson, Sèphera Girón, Michael Kelly, Michael Rowe
March 20, 2011
Let's do that again
Yesterday we officially launched Chilling Tales at Bakka-Phoenix Books in Toronto.
Wow! What a great turnout. Packed house. So many friends and colleagues came out to celebrate the book. I think Bakka sold a good number of the copies they had on hand. Many thanks to Ben and Chris and the staff at Bakka-Phoenix. Good people. Buy their books.
I was particularly moved to see Don Hutchison in attendance. Don's seminal Northern Frights series was the impetus behind Chilling Tales. The man is a true gentleman, and I'm humbled that he took the time to come down and wish me luck. I was also quite moved when another dear friend brought me a bottle of Veuve Cliquot. Thank you. I'll be opening that next weekend when Carolyn and I celebrate 30 years together.
Speaking of which, Carolyn, Courtney & Daniel all came to the launch. Their presence put me at ease. I'm blessed to have such a great family.
I'm also blessed to have such good friends. And I want to thank all the contributors who came out to share part of their day with us: Suzanne Church, Michael Colangelo, Gemma Files, Richard Gavin, Brent Hayward, Sandra Kasturi, David Nickle, Ian Rogers, Brett Savory, and Simon Strantzas.
In a few weeks we'll be doing a panel discussion and another launch of the book at Ad Astra in Toronto. Then, at the end of April, we're heading to Austin, Texas and the World Horror Convention to spring the book on our American friends.
I hope to see you all again very soon.
Thank you!
March 19, 2011
Book Launch – Today!
If you're in the Toronto area today, why don't you swing by Bakka-Phoenix Books at 3 pm and help me launch Chilling Tales, an anthology I edited. Many of the contributors will be on hand, including Gemma Files, Richard Gavin, Ian Rogers, and Simon Strantzas.
Bakka-Phoenix is at 84 Harbord St.
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