I’m so excited about this! Interlude Press and Duet Books are having an online BOOK FEST! And I get to participate!
THE TINY BOOK FEST BY INTERLUDE PRESS AND DUET BOOKS is coming! Visit INTERLUDE PRESS BY CLICKING ON THE IMAGE BELOW:
IP/Duet Tiny Book Fest Coming to a Computer Near You April 19 & 26
Sunday, April 19th and Sunday, April 26th!
I think you’ll find there’s something for everyone. Here’s the schedule from the Interlude Press website:
SCHEDULE
SUNDAY, APRIL 19
10 am PT /1 pm ET
FLUFF YEAH!
The authors of the upcoming SHORT STUFF YA anthology talk about the role of feel-good fiction in difficult times.
Moderator: Alysia Constantine, Short Stuff editor
Panel:
Julia Ember, The Seafarer’s Kiss; The Navigator’s Touch
Kate Fierro, Love Starved
Jude Sierra, A Tiny Piece of Something Greater; Idlewild; What It Takes
Tom Wilinsky and Jen Sternick, Snowsisters
11:45 am PT / 2:45 pm ET
JULIAN WINTERS IN CONVERSATION WITH DAHLIA ADLER (LGBTQ READS; His Hideous Heart)
12:45 am PT / 3:45 pm ET
BEHIND THE SCENES: Q&A WITH IP/DUET
Want to know what’s next? How to submit a manuscript? How we’re riding out the current storm? We’re here to share and answer your questions about where we’ve been, where we hope to go, and how we’re going to get there.
1:30 pm PT / 4:30 pm ET
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
Every once in a while, you’ll read a book where the setting feels almost like another character in the book. Authors with setting-inspired fiction discuss how the location can set the tone and influence storytelling.
Moderator: Sarah Penna, Co-founder of Frolic Media
Panel:
Kevin Craig, The Camino Club (Duet, October 2020)
Laury A. Egan, The Ungodly Hour
Lilah Suzanne, Tack & Jibe; Jilted
Julian Winters, The Summer of Everything (Duet, September 2020)
SUNDAY, APRIL 26
9 am PT / Noon ET
TURN BACK THE CLOCK: WRITING ACCURATE HISTORICAL FICTION
Whether your novel is set in Ancient Rome or the height of the disco era at Studio 54, writing historical fiction requires detailed research to get the setting right.
Moderator: TBA
Panel:Alysia Constantine, LuckMonkey (January 2021)
Carrie Pack, Grrrls on the Side
Amy Stilgenbauer, Sideshow
Laura Stone, Bitter Springs
10:30 am PT/ 2:30 pm ET
CLAIRE RUDY FOSTER, Q&A and READING, SHINE OF THE EVER
A literary mixtape of life, love and queer community in Portland, Oregon, Claire Rudy Foster’s Shine of the Ever was singled out by O Magazine as “Best LGBTQ Books That’ll Change the Literary Landscape in 2019.” Join Foster as they read from this acclaimed short story collection.
12:15 PT/ 3:15 pm ET
C.B. LEE IN CONVERSATION WITH BOOKTUBER MALLORY COHEN (“Mallorayofsunshine”)
1:30 pm PT / 4:30 pm ET
THE COVER UP: THE STORYTELLING ART OF COVER ILLUSTRATION
Award-winning IP Art Director C.B. Messer in conversation with author Julian Winters
3pm PT/ 6pm ET
YA IN SPAAAAAAACE!!: THE MANY WORLDS SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY YA
Space operas! Urban fantasies! Reimagined fairy tales! Science fiction and fantasy are a staple of Young Adult fiction, as well as some of the most popular queer YA reads. Our panel talks about the broad range of SFF- YA, and their places in it.
Moderator: Alex Brown, Tor.com
Panel:
Julia Ember, The Seafarer’s Kiss; The Navigator’s Touch
Kate Hazel Hall, From Darkness (November 2020)
C.B. Lee, The Sidekick Squad Series; Seven Tears at High Tide
F.T. Lukens, The Broken Moon Series; The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic; Monster of the Week
I will be participating in the LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION panel, where the authors talk about settings and locations and how they influence story. My upcoming book with DUET BOOKS is THE CAMINO CLUB, which is set on the CAMINO DE SANTIAGO pilgrimage route in SPAIN. The Camino is definitely one of the characters in my novel.
Mark your calendars! Two consecutive Sundays in April.
Go to my NOVELS page to learn more about pre-ordering THE CAMINO CLUB. The paperback, by the way, is currently on sale at BARNES AND NOBLE.
KEVIN CRAIG 