I had the privilege of interviewing Andy Duncan at ICFA this past weekend; we talked for almost two hours about voice and historical research and folklore and journalism and a working class Southern background, and much more. It’ll take us about a month to get the full interview edited and up, along with our Deep […]
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Season 3 of the podcast launched last week, and Benjamin Rosenbaum and I are back to recording — I just couldn’t record much in the fall, with the Shops going, but my weekends are more open at the moment, so I’m hoping to record close to weekly for the next few months, finish up season
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Heh. I just did the two SLF things that I was supposed to do by the end of 2024, come hell or high water. Well, at least one of them should probably have been done at least a week ago. And there’s one more frustrating bank thing that I’m going to have to try to
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The SLF’s Illustration of the Year Contest is now open! Enter for a chance to win $750 and to be featured on our website and social media. Illustration of the Year
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Query for the group mind. We’ve been thinking about bringing back the Small Press Co-op at the SLF; when it existed, it was primarily a forum for presses to exchange advice and information, and to share tables at dealer’s rooms at conventions. There’s undoubtedly more we could do that would be useful, and in this
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Getting ready for tonight’s Deep Dish at Volumes! 6:30 pm
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Quick note that I’ll be hosting the SLF’s Deep Dish reading tomorrow night at Volumes book cafe. Please join us for some fabulous speculative fiction! Featuring Dawn Bonanno and Robert Kloss, with rapid-fire readers Sue Burke, Michael Chandler, Richard Chwedyk, Ben Herrington, Meghan Lamb, Connor Nevitt, Christopher Pence and Maggie Warner. I’ll also be sharing
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I’m staffing the SLF table at Printer’s Row from 4-6 — if you’re in Chicago, stop by, say hi! We’re raffling off mugs and tote bags at 5 and 6!
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Delighted to note that the SLF has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the National Book Foundation! This grant will support the purchase of new equipment, upgrades to software, and accessibility and finance training for staff. Excellent. http://www.speclit.org
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I’ve been thinking a lot about how I want to structure the summer writing. My best bet to actually go deep into writing is to do it first thing in the morning, and ideally before most people are awake. When I was in grad school writing Bodies in Motion, I actually went to bed at
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