Saturday, April 26, 2008

SL Book Fair Events April 26th & 27th

Greetings,

Please don't miss poet and environmentalist Keith Ainsworth reading from his newest book of poetry, The Courage of Intimacy, in the Reader's Garden, Sunday April 27th at 11:00 SLT. Hope to see you there!

Best,
Sonja

Here are other events happening:

SL Book Fair 200825-27 April Book Island and Publishing Island
EVENT AREAS: (stage sponsored by SLGuides, Virtual Learning Centre) (stage sponsored by Rez Magazine) (area sponsored by Third Life Books) (stage sponsored by sl-newspaper.com)

EVENT SCHEDULE:

Saturday 26th
6am discussion: Death Penalty, Right or Wrong? Selina Greene (Beach Area)7am tbc8am Nebbisk Oh - 'Fictionary' game where you make up definitions to fool your opponents. (Beach Area)9am Madddyyy Schnook - Marketing and Sales in virtual worlds (Book Island stage)10am Babu Writer - Amazon and POD - what's going on? (Publishing Island stage)10am Selina Greene - the RL Book publishing process - talk and Q&A (Book Island stage)11am Cricket Gears - How Art and Music Can Change the World (Cartland Court stage)12pm Trinity Dechou, Voodoo Buwan - Rez Magazine debate on inworld Publishing (Cartland Court stage)1pm Noble Charron - Characterization - the Soul of the Story - Lecture and Q&A by bestselling author, Michael A Stackpole (Beach Area)2pm Elan Neruda - Paying the Bills While Paying Your Dues: a partially practical guide to writing genre fiction for a living (Publishing Island stage)2pm-4pm Miriam Antonelli DJ (Cartland Court)3pm Madddyyy Schnook - Building for Beginners (SLGuides)4pm Diana Allandale - Promoting Yourself, from and Author's POV, workshop with author Diana Hunter (Beach Area)5pm Wilbur Rich - reading
Sunday 27th
6am discussion: What's SLove got to do with it? RL/SL relationship pleasures and pitfalls. Selina Greene (Beach Area)7am DJ Doubledown Tandino spins his signature blend of nujazz and house in a live turntable mix (Cartland Court)8am discussion - What makes a book a cult book, rather than just a good book? Selina Greene (Beach Area)9am Jilly Kidd hosts readings from writers in the Written Word group (beach area)10am Sean Voss - Author Sean Percival, The Second Life In-World Travel Guide talk, Q&A (Book Island stage) 10am Madddyyy Schbook - Building for Beginners (SLGuides)11am Simeon Beresford - Literary quiz (Book Island stage)12pm Poetry and prose readings from INKsters and ANON magazine (Publishing Island stage)1pm Kitumscheid Writer - the publishing process for illustrated books, based on experiences from her book, Pirate's Alphabet (Publishing Island stage)1pm-3pm - DJ Ravishal Bentham from Kona Radio (Cartland Court)3pm - Diana Allandale - The Ins and Outs of Writing Erotica workshop with author, Diana Hunter (Beach Area)4pm Arton Tripsa - The Writing Life: The Creation Of A Novel, a talk/Q&A with Jane Watson, author of the Hindustan Contessa (Book Island stage)5pm Closing ceremony and afterparty (Cartland Court)

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If you are interested in presenting book discussions, poetry readings, or other literature-related events please contact Sonja Morgwain (IM me in-world in Second Life, or email pimelibrarian@gmail.com). It can be a one-time commitment, or a regularly scheduled event.

The Reader's Garden is also available for small group meetings. The patio seats 20, and all seats are within chat range. Please contact Sonja Morgwain to reserve the Garden.

Recommended Second Life Groups (contact Sonja Morgwain to have your group added to the list)

  • Book Discussion Circle
  • Infomaniacs
  • Librarians of Second Life