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Jay Lake is on the mend
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Jay Lake reports positive news about his recent cancer treatment: a clean pathology report...

Michael Jasper now represented by FinePrint
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Michael Jasper has published three books, and has two more scheduled from Prime Books. Now he's represented by Colleen Lindsay...

Comics artist Gene Colan suffering from liver failure
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Comics artist Gene Colan's liver is failing. Clifford Meth is spearheading a fundraising drive to help the Colan family...

Jay Lake recovering from cancer surgery
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Jay Lake recently had a cancerous polyp removed, and is undergoing treatment while maintaining his sense of humor...

Cory Doctorow linking up librarians in need with generous readers
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Rather than step on his publishers' toes by taking "tips" for his free downloads, Doctorow is connecting would-be tippers with librarians and teachers without the wherewithall to buy the books...

SFWA's mass autographing at the Nebula Awards
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The mass authographing session during the Nebula Awards weekend will be on Friday 25 April in the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown...

Toronto Public Library presents "Speculative Fiction in Canada" discussion series
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The Toronto Public Library is presenting a month-long discussion of speculative fiction in Canada, featuring more than two dozen authors participating in a score of discussions and...

Gavin Grant leaves KGB Fantastic Fiction Series; replaced by Matthew Kressel
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Ellen Datlow will continue to co-host the KGB Fantastic Fiction Reading Series, but Gavin Grant is leaving after six years. Writer/editor Matthew Kressel will be stepping in...

Jerry Pournelle finishes hard X-Ray treatment
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Jerry Pournelle writes "I had my last hard X-Ray zap Friday. Now we stand down for a couple of weeks...

Mary Robinette Kowal signs with Jennifer Jackson at DMLA
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Mary Robinette Kowal has just signed on as agent Jennifer Jackson's her fourth new client of the year at the Donald Maass Literary Agency...

Special Harlan Ellison film screening in New York City
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The Harlan Ellison biographic documentary Dreams with Sharp Teeth, will be shown at Lincoln Center, with Ellison in attendance...

Sarah Zettel making sf comeback as "C.L. Anderson"
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Sarah Zettel is returning to science fiction writing. Her new novel, Bitter Angels, will be published under her new...

Character auction for Autism Speaks
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Several genre and non-genre authors are auctioning off naming rights to characters in upcoming novels, to support Autism Speaks...

"Match it for Pratchett"
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Donations to match Terry Pratchett's recent $1 million to help cure Alzheimer's disease are well into five figures in less than a week...

Alexis Gilliland launches web site for his cartoons
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Cartoonist Alexis Gilliland is sharing his myriad cartoons on the web...

Jerry Pournelle updates his current medical situation
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Jerry Pournelle updates his current medical situation: he's receiving X-Ray treatment for a growth in his head...

Terry Pratchett makes sizable donation to find a cure for Alzheimer's
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In a wonderfully Pratchett-esque talk, Terry Pratchett will today announce a $1 million donation to the Alzheimer's Research Trust to help find a cure to the disease he is fighting...

Michael Moorcock health update
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Michael Moorock is undergoing post-surgical treatment...

Neil Gaiman NYCC appearance to benefit CBLDF; tickets available
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Author Neil Gaiman will be appearing at a special-ticket benefit for the Comic Book Legal defense Fund during the New York Comic Con. Limited numbers of tickets are available...

Janet Kagan and Robert Legault Memorials
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The author and the editor were remembered in separate ceremonies this weekend. Photographs are available...

S.E. (Susan) Ward is now represented by FinePrint's Colleen Lindsay
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Debut novelist S.E. (Susan) Ward is now represented by Colleen Lindsay. Neither one is talking much about the work being represented, but the metaphors are mouth-watering...

Michael Reaves being surgically treated for Parkinson's
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Author Michael Reaves, who is currently on the Nebula ballot for best script, is undergoing brain surgery related to his advanced Parkinson's disease...

Kelly Gay is now represented by FinePrint's Colleen Lindsay
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Debut novelist Kelly Gay, who writes urban fantasy, is now represented by Colleen Lindsay of FinePrint Literary Management. Gay was a nominee...

Danielle Ackley-McPhail announces a sale and an appearance
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Danielle Ackley-McPhail sold a story to Trail of Indiscretion, and will be appearing at Drew University's MedFest...

John Scalzi auctioning off galley of Zoe's Tale for Disabled Veterans
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John Scalzi is auctioning off one of only five copies of the bound manuscript for his forthcoming novel Zoe's Tale, with the proceeds to benefit the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust...
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