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The Many Worlds of Ursula Le Guin: Celebrating the Legacy of a Literary Visionary on Her Birthday
As the conjurer of complex, imaginative worlds, Ursula Le Guin is recognized as a literary titan of science fiction who conjured complex, imaginative worlds.
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The 2024 Shelley Awards Hall of Fame for Paranormal Fiction
Get ready for a scare! These Shelley Award Grand Prize Winners (formerly the Paranormal Awards) are perfect reads for fall!
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THE FARAWAY MOUNTAINS by Radu Guiaşu – Historical Fiction, Communist Romania, Social Issues
Childhood friends search for their lost comrade, and in The Faraway Mountains reveal life under a brutal Communist regime as they try to escape it. Highly recommend!
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Chanticleerians in the News! Journey Grand Prize Winner Mark Berridge on TEDx Brisbane
Mark Berridge is presenting at TEDx Brisbane today! Tune in at 5pm PST to see this Journey Grand Prize Winner present! Congratulations Mark!
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Spotlight on Jayne Entwistle – Award-winning Audiobook Narrator and Actress
Join actress and audiobook narrator Jayne Entwistle at CAC24! Entwistle will be presenting on how narrators bring books to life, and her advice is not to be missed!
Honoring Linda Quinby Lambert, Seán Dwyer, and David Beaumier – Recipients of the Village Books Literary Citizenship Award 2024
"The writing and publishing world is one made of relationships. Writing itself may be a somewhat solitary activity, but once the story or poem is ‘done’ we rely on others to read, share, and publish our work. Yet there are so many levels of participation from others in this community.” ~ Lori May, author of The Write Crowd: Literary Citizenship & The Writing Life