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September 21, 2014
My Baltimore Book Festival Schedule
A quick post to say I’ll be at the Baltimore Book Festival next weekend, September 26-28! The show’s moved to Rash Field, so come say hi and visit the SFWA table. Here’s the full schedule of SFWA events.
Here’s where you can find me:
Friday 2:00-3:00 Writing about social justice in science fiction and fantasy.
Join our panel to talk about science fiction that revolves around issues of social justice here on Earth–and elsewhere. From Ursula Le Guin’s tour de force novel The Dispossessed to the wo...
September 16, 2014
The Clockwork Kitchen: Cooking the Books with Beth Cato
If trapped aboard an airship, with only a tin of cinnamon, a pinch of yeast, and a bag of somewhat questionable flour, our heroine, author Beth Cato would unquestionably come up with delicious baked goods in time to destroy her enemies. We are certain of that.
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million | The Poisoned Pen| Changing Hands | Mysterious Galaxy | Powell’s
Cooking the Booksis delighted to welcome Beth on the day her book, The Clockwork Dagger, debuts!
(You can read the first chapter of...
August 30, 2014
Loncon3 Wrap-up and Picspam
![Kaffeeklatsch Achieved! Feat. Paul Weimer, Adam Christopher, [capclave], JW Alden, Mel X, Frances KR, and more! (some offscreen)](https://franwilde.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_1279.jpg)
Kaffeeklatsch Achieved! Feat. Paul Weimer, Adam Christopher, Judy Newton, JW Alden, Pauline Wooley, Frances KR, Felicia, and more! (some offscreen!)
We’ve been home for almost a week and the planet’s still kind of spinning. I’m going to press on and try to capture a bit of Loncon3, filling in with shiny photos when I can’t find the words.Loncon3 Panels – Everything was packed! I mean rooms filled with people, people standing, people of all ages, people asking questions and coming up to talk af...
August 5, 2014
Reading May – July
Selected Novels & Anthologies:
Sister, Mine – Nalo Hopkinson
Full Fathom Five – Max Gladstone
The Burning Dark- Adam Christopher
Un Lun Dun – China Mieville
Kaleidescope, Edited by Julia Rios and Alisa Krasnostein
Women Destroy Science Fiction, edited by Christie Yant
Short stories:
“Lipstick,” by Valya Lupescu, Gone Lawn
“Resurrection Points” – Usman T. Malik, Strange Horizons
“The Insects of Love” – Genevieve Valentine, Tor
“Combustion Hour” – Yoon Ha Lee, Tor
“The World Resolute” – E. Catherine Tobler...
July 21, 2014
My London Worldcon (LonCon) Schedule
My schedule for London Worldcon 2014! These panels, you guys. So very excited to be a part of them. The Kaffeeklatsch will be my first – looking forward to seeing friends old and new there!
Kaffeeklatsch
Thursday 14:00 – 15:00, London Suite 4 (ExCeL) – Come talk short stories, novels, and cooking the books! I’ll have some shiny swag with me, including Cooking the Books ribbons, short story cards, and (hopefully) my growing map of London Literary stops. What are your favorite places?
Feeding the...
July 17, 2014
That’s Craft with a ‘C': Cooking the Books with Max Gladstone
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Max Gladstone’s fiction mixes modern economic theory with thaumaturgy, necromancy with bankruptcy laws, and his characters draw you into their world before you realize the dangers involved. Talking to Max is a bit similar –you never know where you’ll end up. Be well assured,it will be mindblowing. Max joined the Cooking the Books podcast to celebrate his new book in the Craft Sequence, Full Fathom Five, just out from Tor.
Theingredients for podcas...
That’s Craft with a ‘C’: Cooking the Books with Max Gladstone
Powell’s | Barnes & Noble | Amazon | Indiebound
Max Gladstone’s fiction mixes modern economic theory with thaumaturgy, necromancy with bankruptcy laws, and his characters draw you into their world before you realize the dangers involved. Talking to Max is a bit similar -you never know where you’ll end up. Be well assured,it will be mindblowing. Max joined the Cooking the Books podcast to celebrate his new book in the Craft Sequence, Full Fathom Five, just out from Tor.
Theingredients for podcas...
July 8, 2014
Lessons from the Portuguese: Cooking the Books with J. Kathleen Cheney
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Veryexcitedto have author J. Kathleen Cheney join Cooking the Books today! She’s here to talkaboutPortuguese cooking and the Golden City, where magical beings have been banned for decades, though many live therein secret.
Kathleen, welcome! Tell us a little about The Golden City and The Seat of Magic — is there a close cultural analog in the world?
The Golden City and The Seat of Magic are set in an alternate Portugal, in what would be the city of Porto, althou...
July 3, 2014
Frankenpost: Four Great Short Stories Not By Me, On Reading, Workshops, & Things Upcoming
It’s been an exciting month around here – and a busy one. Over on Twitter, I experimented with lightning-round Cooking the Books book giveaways, and that went really well. We’ll be doing some more of those.
But first and foremost, I’m delightedto share that revisions are *finished* on book 1 and we’re moving to the next phase of the process – meaning we’re one step closer to BOOK!
Working with my editor and the team at Torhas been an amazing and awesomeexperience so far. Oh the brilliant and fu...
June 24, 2014
Blue Goo in Space – Cooking the Books with Adam Christopher
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Is Adam Christopher as charming as he is prolific? Today, you have the opportunity to find out!Born in New Zealand, now living in England, Adam is the author of Empire State (Angry Robot, 2012), Hang Wire (Angry Robot, 2012), Seven Wonders (Angry Robot, 2012), The Age Atomic (Angry Robot, 2013), and most recently, The Burning Dark (Tor, 2014). He has a number of books upcoming as well, including the LA Trilo...
