Activities
| Kage Baker's cancer appears to be winning | |
| People > Activities | January 29, 2010 |
| Author Kage Baker's aggressive cancer appears to be winning, and her sister reports the end may be near... | |
| Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer engaged | |||
| People > Activities | January 20, 2010 | ||
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Author Neil Gaiman and musician Amanda Palmer have announced, quite succinctly, that they are engaged to be married.
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| Kage Baker battling metastasized cancer | |||
| People > Activities | January 20, 2010 | ||
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Sturgeon Award-winning author Kage Baker is battling metastasized cancer in her brain and lungs...
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| Comics Creators Alliance unite to end human trafficking | |||
| People > Activities | January 5, 2010 | ||
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Nearly ninety members of the Comic Creators Alliance have donated the use of one of their characters each to a project to raise awareness of and funds to combat human trafficking...
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| Graham Edwards giving away 25-year-old graphic story | |||
| People > Activities | January 4, 2010 | ||
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UK author Graham Edwards has unearthed a comic strip magazine he published in 1985, and is now giving away a free pdf of one of its stories, "Chronicles of the Vagabond"...
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| John Joseph Adams now represented by Joe Monti | |||
| People > Activities | January 4, 2010 | ||
 Writer/editor/anthologist John Joseph Adams is now represented by Joe Monti of the Barry Goldblatt Literary Agency...
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| Katie Mattie is now represented by Pinder Lane & Garon-Brooke's Robert Thixton | |||
| People > Activities | December 28, 2009 | ||
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17-year-old Michigan author Katie Mattie's first YA fantasy novel should be ready for submission next month...
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| Jenny Rappaport is closing her eponymous literary agency | |
| People > Publishing Personnel | December 9, 2009 |
| Another victim of the poor economy, Jenny Rappaport announces the closing of The Rappaport Agency at the end of the year... | |
| Small Beer Press sale/fundraiser for children's hospital | |||
| People > Activities | December 9, 2009 | ||
 Gavin Grant and Kelly Link's Small Beer Press is having its end-of-the-decade sale, and turning it into a fundraiser for the Franciscan Children's Hospital, at which their daughter Ursula is a long-term patient...
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| Dave Bara and Janci Patterson represented by JABberwocky | |||
| People > Activities | November 16, 2009 | ||
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New authors Dave Bara (military sf) and Janci Patterson (YA) are now represented by the JABberwocky Literary Agency...
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| Joe Haldeman update, from the man himself | |
| People > Activities | November 13, 2009 |
| Joe Haldeman is now improved enough to send out an update on his own condition, but still has much medical treatment ahead of him... | |
| Joe Haldeman on the road to recovery | |||
| People > Activities | October 26, 2009 | ||
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Joe Haldeman's recovery continues apace, and apparently his sense of humor is completely unimpaired...
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| Agent Evan Goldfried open to submissions from potential clients | |||
| People > Activities | October 23, 2009 | ||
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Agent Evan Goldfried, the new agent at Jill Grinberg Literary Management, follows up his first six-figure sale with a call for new clients...
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| Joe Haldeman update: out of the hospital, into rehab | |
| People > Activities | October 16, 2009 |
| Joe Haldeman has finally left the hospital, and is now in a rehabilitation center in Cincinnati... | |
| Octavia Butler's papers donated to The Huntington | |||
| People > Activities | October 1, 2009 | ||
 Octavia Butler (1947-2006) donated her papers, amounting to 39 boxes and eight file drawers, to The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, in San Mateo, California...
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| Fourth Lee & Miller manuscript auction features "Candlelight" | |||
| People > Activities | September 30, 2009 | ||
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The fourth Sharon Lee and Steve Miller Liaden Universe manuscript auction is now running on eBay, featuring manuscripts and materials related to "Candlelight", which originally appeared in Pulphouse...
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| Joseph D'Lacey now represented by John Jarrold Literary Agency | |||
| People > Activities | September 29, 2009 | ||
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Joseph D'Lacey, who writes ecological horror novels, is now represented by John Jarrold of the John Jarrold Literary Agency...
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| Tor's "Fantasy Firsts" giveaway, and a chance to meet Brandon Sanderson | |||
| People > Contests | September 25, 2009 | ||
  Tor is giving away 1,000 copies of both Mistborn and The Eye of the World to introduce new readers to their big fantasy series. Sanderson has also announced the titles of the final two Wheel of Time books, and a chance to meet him personally on his signing tour (deadline is this weekend)...
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| Joe Haldeman Hospitalized | |
| People > Activities | September 24, 2009 |
| Joe Haldeman was hospitalized in Cincinnati, Ohio, several days ago for a twisted bowel and severe pancreatitis... | |
| Robert J. Sawyer's Rollback being podcast, FlashForward featured on CBC | |||
| People > Books | September 10, 2009 | ||
  Robert J. Sawyer's novel FlashForward is featured on CBC Radio's Book Club, as the tv series based on it is set to debut. Meanwhile, his Rollback is offered as a serialized free podcast narrated by Alessandro Juliani...
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| Benefits to "Help Jeanne Robinson Stay Healthy" | |||
| People > Activities | September 2, 2009 | ||
 Dancer and author Jeanne Robinson appears to have beaten back a rare form of biliary cancer, but her continued survival depends on several lifestyle changes which won't come cheap. Friends and family members are holding a charity concert, auctions, and more...
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| Dave Freer's newest novel being serialized online to help him emigrate | |
| People > Books | September 1, 2009 |
| Dave Freer is serializing his new novel, Save the Dragons, in the hopes of raising sufficient funds to pay for the quarantine of his family's eight furry companions when they move from South Africa to Australia... | |
| David Eddings' estate bequeathed to National Jewish Health and Reed College | |||
| People > Activities | August 27, 2009 | ||
 The estate of David and Leigh Eddings (who died in June 2009 and February 2007, respectively) has been divided between his alma mater, Reed College, and National Jewish Health to study asthma, from which she suffered nearly her entire life...
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| Fred Pohl Gets Honorary Diploma from Brooklyn Tech | |||
| People > Activities | August 24, 2009 | ||
 89-year-old science fiction Grand Master Frederik Pohl received an honorary diploma from the high school he dropped out of 74 years ago...
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| Mike Resnick is the newest WotF judge | |
| People > Contests | August 21, 2009 |
| Mike Resnick has joined the slate of 16 judges of the quarterly Writers of the Future contest... | |
