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Jan
23

Fantastic Fiction at KGB – February 15th

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The next Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series get together, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel, will present N. K. Jemisin, whose debut novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, won the Locus award and was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards. Her fourth novel, The Killing Moon, is forthcoming in May from Orbit Books. Also reading will be Livia Llewellyn is the author of the short story collection Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors, published by Lethe Press. Her fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Subterranean, ChiZine, and Postscripts and will be in The Best Horror of the Year Volume Four. She's currently working on her first novel. It's all happening on Wednesday February 15th, 7pm at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.) Readings are free. For those who missed the January 18th KGB reading, with Kelly Link and James Patrick Kelly reading, Ellen Datlow has post photographs here: KGB January 18th Reading
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Jan
13

Manfredini And Donahue Signings

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On Saturday January 14th at 2:00 p.m. Dark Delicacies presents a very special musical signing. Film composer Harry Manfredini will be signing the CD Boxed Set soundtrack of Friday the 13th Parts 1-6. This unique collection features a 40-page booklet along with the 6 CDs. Harry will be joined by Friday the 13th alumni Adrienne King, Tom McLaughlin, Nancy McLaughlin and others. On Sunday January 15th at 2:00 p.m. the bookstore has the honor of hosting a signing with author/actress Heather Donahue. Heather will be singing her book Growgirl: How My Life After The Blair Witch Project Went to Pot. Dark Delicacies is located at 3512 West Magnolia Blvd in Burbank, CA 91505 and can be reached for more information at (818) 556-6660 or via the website at Dark Delicacies
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The International Thriller Writers board of directors is delighted to announce The Grand Thrill - a book-signing to end all book-signings - to be held in Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall, Thursday, July 12, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The event will kick off ThrillerFest VII and will be open to the public. It will feature over 100 ITW authors - including James Patterson, R.L. Stine, Mary Higgins Clark, Lee Child, Karin Slaughter, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Ann Rule, Peter Straub, Lisa Gardner, Eric Van Lustbader, Richard North Patterson, Catherine Coulter, John Sandford, Heather Graham, Steve Berry, and Anne Rice - as well as provide a launching pad for their new anthology, Love Is Murder. For Active ITW Members/Authors interested in participating - space is limited. Active Members/Authors registered for ThrillerFest VII by January 31, 2012 will be entered into a lottery for an opportunity to autograph books at The Grand Thrill. They are currently in the planning stages, but will have more details in the coming weeks.
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Dec
23

Fantastic Fiction at KGB – January 18th

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The next Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series get together, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel, will present James Patrick Kelly. James is best known for his short fiction, including “Think Like A Dinosaur,” "Ten to the Sixteenth to One,” and “Burn.” His work has been translated into nineteen languages and has won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. His most recent publishing venture is the ezine James Patrick Kelly’s Strangeways on Kindle and Nook. Also reading will be Kelly Link, the author of three collections of stories and her fiction has won three Nebula Awards, a Hugo, and a World Fantasy Award. She recently co-edited Steampunk!: An anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories with her husband Gavin J. Grant. It's all happening on Wednesday January 18th, 7pm at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.) The readings are free.
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Dec
10

Castle, Kallay, Landis & Nasar

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On Saturday December 17th at 2:00 p.m. Dark Delicacies will present a film-orientated signing event. Terry Castle will be on hand to sign House on Haunted Hill: A William Castle Annotated Screenplay and two novels, From the Grave: The Prayer and FearMaker: Family Matters. She will be joined by Bill Kallay signing The Making of Tron: How Tron Changed Visual Effects and Disney Forever. Rounding out the signing will be special guest Mark Cotta Vaz signing Twilight: Breaking Dawn plus many of his other film-related books. On Sunday December 18th at 2:00 p.m. the bookstore will present a second film-orientated signing event. John Landis will be on hand with a return engagement to sign his beautiful coffee-table book Monsters in the Movies. He’ll be joined by filmmaker and author Constantine Nasr who will be signing his book Roger Corman: Interviews. Dark Delicacies is located at 3512 West Magnolia Blvd in Burbank, CA 91505 and can be reached for more information at (818) 556-6660 or via the website at Dark Delicacies
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Dec
05

Larry Ivkovich Book Reading/Signing

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Pittsburgh author Larry Ivkovich will be reading from and selling/signing copies of his debut novel The Sixth Precept at Eljay's Book Store in Dormont, PA on Saturday, December 10 from 2 to 3pm. Also, copies of the book will be available at the Penguin Book Shop in Sewickley, PA. Both stores are located outside of Pittsburgh. Published by IFWG Publishing, The Sixth Precept is an urban fantasy with science fiction and horror elements. Part of the story takes place in contemporary Pittsburgh and part in ancient Japan. Action-packed and incorporating time-travel, mental telepathy and legendary Japanese gods, goddesses and demons come to life, The Sixth Precept follows the adventures of Pittsburgh detective, Kim Yoshima, and masked-hero wannabe, Wayne Brewster as they try to save the present by challenging the history-altering dangers of the past. The Sixth Precept is now available on Amazon.com in POD and ebook formats.
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Nov
18

Fantastic Fiction at KGB – December 21st

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The next Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series get together, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel, will present Gemma Files, an award-winning horror writer with a twenty-year publication history whose short fiction and poetry has been published in magazines, anthologies and collections, as well as being adapted for television. She is also the author of A Book of Tongues and A Rope of Thorns, Volumes One and Two in the Hexslinger Series and is currently finishing off A Tree of Bones, which will be Hexslinger Volume Three. Also reading will be Ekaterina Sedia, the author of The Secret History of Moscow, The Alchemy of Stone, The House of Discarded Dreams, and Heart of Iron. She is also edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award winner Paper Cities. Her short stories have appeared in a number of venues. It's all happening on Wednesday December 21, 7pm at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.) Readings are free. Ellen Datlow has also posted photos from the most recent KGB Reading with Jack Womack and Claude Lalumière here: Fantastic Fiction November 16th
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