Fiona L. Woods's Blog, page 131

Your Free Sunday Jigsaw Puzzle: Watching Cat TV

  HintHere's your Sunday jigsaw puzzle.
As always, remember at the puzzle site to click the square in the lower left corner to see the finished puzzle.
Have fun!
To go to the jigsaw puzzle tootle over to Watching Cat TV

Free The Great British Radio Play presents ...A Decent British Murder

My work is finished.
For those of you who prefer classic radio plays, Panzer found a British radio mystery drama on YouTube for you. The episode A Decent British Murder is by Ken Whitmore. The actors are listed in the More section below the video. The episode is 1 hour 30 minutes long.
Have fun!
To listen to the episode tootle over to The Great British Radio Play

Free Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's Podcast:The Beano

Have fun. ... While I work.
Earlier Panzer took you to YouTube for a romance audiobook. Now, he's taking you to Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine's Podcast for an audio mystery short story.
The podcast episode The Beano is written and narrated by Floyd Sullivan. It's 34 minutes long, including the intro.
As always the episode is free for your listening.
Enjoy!
To listen to the episode tootle over to Floyd Sullivan

Free RomCom Audiobook: My Heart Beets For You

  Enjoy.If you like your audio romances short and sweet, Panzer found a romantic comedy novella for you on YouTube.
The novella My Heart Beets for You is written by Mazy Morris and AI narrated. It's 1 hour 11 minutes long.
Like all the other treasures he's dug up, it's free for your listen.
To listen tootle over to Heart Beets

Free Science Fiction Audio Short Story: Beast of Prey

See you tomorrow.
If there are any classic science fiction audio short story lovers reading this, Panzer found one for you at the Stories of Futures Past on YouTube.
The audio short story Beast of Prey is written by Jay Williams and narrated by Tom Trussel. It's 25 minutes long.
Of course as always it's free for your listening. Enjoy.

To listen tootle over to Stories of Futures Past

Free Mystery Audio Short Story: The Man With Two Beards

  Still looking.
For those of you who prefer short audio classic mystery stories, Panzer found a Father Brown mystery at the Bitesized Audio Classic channel on YouTube for you.
 The audio short story The Man With Two Beards is written by G.K. Chesterton and narrated by Simon Stanhope. It's 55 minutes long.
 It's free for you to listen to the episode.
To listen to the episode tootle over to Father Brown

Free Regency Romance Audiobook: The Jewels of Halstead Manor

I'll keep looking.
For those of you who like regency romance audiobooks Panzer found one on YouTube for you.
 The audiobook The Jewels of Halstead Manor is written by Kasey Stockton and narrated by Victoria Brazier. It's 9 hours 24 minutes long, including the intro.
 As with all the audiobooks Panzer finds it's free for your listening.
To listen to the audiobook tootle over to Kasey Stockton

Bloody Scotland Events and Costs Schedule

Panzer made a stop at the Bloody Scotland site today. Bloody Scotland is Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival. It runs September 15 - 17. If you plan to attend whether in-person or online, he found all the event schedules and costs for you.
  I'm ready, Mom.
Since Panzer doesn't like riding in airplanes, he checked the scheduling and costs for the online events. Individual online events are available, a Masterclass pass is available and a digital pass is available as well as the individual in-person events. You can read the full event descriptions by clicking the event title. You'll need to check the site to convert the times and costs to your own country's time and currency.
 Panzer says, "I've gone twice online and it was so much fun."
 Note: This is a very, very, very long schedule of events. You'll need to decide what to bring to eat and drink.
 To read the Events post tootle over to Bloody Scotland EventsTo read the flip book brochure for the Events tootle over to  Bloody Scotland Brochure

Copyright Update: Internet Archive Injunction Leaves Some Concerns - Publishing Perspectives

Did it include indie authors?
Today, Panzer made a trip to the Publishing Perspectives site. There he found a followup post to Monday's post about the publishers and Internet Archive's court proposal.
According to Porter Anderson's post, not everyone is happy with the judge's decision regarding the proposal. Unlike others, the Authors Guild doesn't believe the judge went far enough in protecting all writers. The post includes links to other posts on the Publishing Perspectives site which contain information about the Internet Archive.

Panzer says, "All the way at the end of the post it does say the Internet Archive is also being sued by some of the record companies for copyright infringement."
Note: This is a long post. Bring a big glass of lemonade and two chocolate chip cookies (biscuits) to snack on while you read.
To read the post tootle over to Internet Archive injunction

The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2023 Winners

I dare you not to laugh at them.
Panzer was shaken from his afternoon nap in his kitty bed by clapping and laughing coming from the Catosphere. Hopping in the Panzermobile, he followed all the jocularity to The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction site.
At the site he discovered the Grand Winner of The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, Maya Pasic, has been announced. In addition, if you scroll down the page and click the Read all the 2023 Winners button, all the Winners and Dishonorable Mentions have also been announced. The Winners and Dishonorable Mentions entries are available to read there too.

Since there are thirteen categories with Winners and Dishonorable Mentions in each, you'll need to go to the site to read all the winning entries.

Have fun!
To read the winners tootle over to The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest