I’m
co-hosting a video book club. Me. Wow.
Club Fantasci launched August 1, 2012, and is designed to help bring great books
and great authors more exposure to the world at large. We are taking the stigma
out of speculative fiction!
The book club will select a book each
month for review, and the reviewers will then meet via G+ Hangout once a month
to discuss the literary merits of the book – and we’ll be doing more than just
telling you we liked or didn’t like the book. In an entertaining way, of
course. So it's just like an offline book club... except online... with wine... and stuff.
The first G+ hangout is scheduled for August 31st 7:00pm EST/CST.
For those of you in the southern hemisphere, that’s 1 September 10am AEST. So
if you fancy joining us, go pick up this month’s book, The Night Circus by
Erin Morgenstern,
and we look forward to seeing you there.
You can learn more about us by:
And here’s a little more about Club
Fantasci and what we hope to achieve:
We want to expose you to the full gamut
of the speculative fiction genre, including science fiction, hard SF,
militaristic SF, high/epic fantasy, dark fantasy, dystopian, cyberpunk, steampunk,
space opera, paranormal, urban fantasy, SFF romance and erotica, and everything
in between.
We want to educate readers on good writing in speculative fiction, entertain
with witty banter, and above all have a fantastic time. Fiction need not be literary
to be well written, and good writing need not be boring or mundane! We promise
you we’ll do our best to bring you a good book every month, and if not, we’ll
tell you why it’s not! For a bit of light fun, we’ll also be featuring a wine
of the month and picking a song that best fits the book.
Club Fantasci will introduce the “Wine of the Month” and each of the
reviewers will pick music they feel best represents the current “Book of the
Month.” So bring your book, keep that wineglass topped up, and don’t forget
your iPod!
Alternatively, you can connect with the reviewers
The Lowry Agency:
Dionne Lister
Shannon Million
Ciara Ballintyne
You can read the official press release for the launch of
Club Fantasci here.
If you missed it, check out my guest post on POV Rules and when it's OK to break them
here.
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