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- What’s New for the 16th of August: Deborah Grabien’s music criticism essays; new Americana and jazz, and some music for the Dog Days of Summer
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Strangeness
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Contradances
- What’s New for the 26th of July: Witches in fiction, both books and film; an Americana reissue and some music on a smoky theme
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
Category Archives: Books
Esther Friesner’s Death and the Librarian and Other Stories
Guy Soffer wrote this review. This book is a collection of twelve short fantasy stories all written in the ’90s. Friesner has published this collection of stories, eleven of which have previously been published and one, “Ilion,” is a new … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary fantasy
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Charlaine Harris’s Dead As A Doornail
Y’know, life for Sookie Stackhouse just keeps getting more and more complicated. It’s hard enough being a telepathic barmaid in a small Louisiana town, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. In the past year, she’s been forced to … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy
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Ben Sherwood’s The Death And Life of Charlie St. Cloud
“What happens after a person dies?” Countless theologians, scientists, philosophers and everyday people have asked this question throughout the ages. The ancient Greeks believed that there was only one place to go when you died, the Underworld. Buddhists believe that … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, modern fantasy
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Robert S. Koppelman’s Sing Out, Warning! Sing Out, Love! The Writings of Lee Hays
You all recall Mister Lee Hays: the bass singer from The Weavers. He was last seen in the Weavers reunion film Wasn’t That a Time. He passed away shortly thereafter. Robert S. Koppelman, assistant professor of English at Broward Community … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, nonfiction
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John Scalzi’s The Kaiju Preservation Society
John Scalzi writes some of the most purely entertaining science fiction being published these days, and The Kaiju Preservation Society is Exhibit No. 1. If you’re looking for a quick, light read with a certain amount of action, angst-free characters, … Continue reading
The One Ring: Ruins of the Lost Realm
The One Ring: Ruins of Lost Realm is an expansion resource book for the roleplaying game. It is also interesting due to its status as an example of Middle Earth spreading beyond the material written for it by J. R. … Continue reading
Francesca Lia Block’s Dangerous Angels
Rebecca Scott wrote this review. Our stories can set us free, Dirk thought. When we set them free. This book includes: Weetzie Bat (1989), Witch Baby (1991), Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (1992), Missing Angel Juan (1993), and Baby … Continue reading
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Tagged urban fantasy, Young Adult literature
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Francesca Lia Block’s Girl Goddess #9: 9 Stories
Rebecca Scott wrote this review for Folk Tales. When Girl Goddess #9 arrived on my doorstep, I wanted to pick it up immediately and start reading. Then I thought of some of the things I’d written in my last review … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary fantasy
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Jane Yolen’s The Scarlet Circus
Jane Yolen’s The Scarlet Circus is the latest short story collection by a masterful author. Among these “circus” titled volumes, this book deals in pieces where there is some romantic aspect to the tale. While there is a very nice … Continue reading
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Deborah Crombie’s A Killing of Innocents
Deborah Crombie’s A Killing Of Innocents is the latest in her Duncan Kincade and Gemma Jones series. Starting with the description of a few events and then the discovery of a dead woman, our leads are quickly called into the … Continue reading
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Tagged English police procedural, mystery
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