Outer Alliance Podcast #14: Steampunk December (part 1) December 10, 2011
Posted by juliarios in : interviews, links, news, Outer Alliance Podcast , 1 comment so farThis month on the Outer Alliance Podcast, we’re celebrating Steampunk! The subject is big enough that we’re splitting it into two episodes. This first one is all about SteamPowered II: More Lesbian Steampunk Stories. Zen Cho, Shveta Thakrar, and Patty Templeton join me to discuss their stories and read short excerpts.
Although this episode has an explicit tag, most of it is fine for everyone to consume. If you are concerned about exposing your delicate ears to a bit of salty language, however, you should avoid listening to the very last excerpt (from Patty Templeton’s story).
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Notes:
Awards!
*The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards writeup is here. The OA sends hearty congratulations to all!
*Elisa Rolle’s Rainbow Awards list is here. So many OA members to congratulate! Excellent job all around! Particular congratulations to JoSelle Vanderhooft and Catherine Lundoff, Cecilia Tan, Lauren Burka, Lee Thomas, Lee Benoit, and Kyell Gold!
Zen Cho’s Links
*Zen’s blog, which has links to all her stories.
*Eileen Chang‘s stories were part of the inspiration for Zen’s story in SteamPowered II.
*Malaysian and Singaporean writers: Jaymee Goh, Stephanie Lai, Fadzlishah Johanabas, Ika Koeck, Alfian Sa’at, Eeleen Lee, Joyce Chng.
*Ken Liu and Aliette de Bodard are not Malaysian or Singaporean, but Zen recommends their work, too.
Shveta Thakrar’s Links
*Shveta’s blog.
*“Lavanya and Deepika” is Shveta’s retelling of “The Beautiful Twin and the Ugly Twin” in Demeter’s Spicebox.
*Shveta recommends the Hindu myth comic books from Amar Chitra Katha.
Patty Templeton’s Links
*Patty Templeton’s blog.
*The Foxfire Books seek to preserve and celebrate the culture of Southern Appalachia.
*Naked Girls Reading is a group of women who like to read in the nude (yes, this page does contain pictures of naked women). They also give out a Literary Honors Award, which Patty won in 2010.
More About SteamPowered II
*Jaymee Goh interviewed every contributor for this volume on her blog. See the collected interviews here.
*The Skiffy and Fanty Show (a podcast co-hosted by OA member, Shaun Duke) had an LGBTQ themed episode with SteamPowered editor, JoSelle Vanderhooft this month.
Outer Alliance Spotlight #77: Awards Season May 20, 2011
Posted by juliarios in : announcements, events, links, news , add a commentWelcome to Outer Alliance Spotlight #77. The Spotlight features news about (and sometimes interviews with) allies who are active in supporting and celebrating LGBTQI speculative fiction. This week we’re focusing on awards!
By now the internet is all abuzz with the Gaylactic Spectrum Short Fiction Awards news I announced on Monday, but there are several other awards to explore.
The Ursa Major Awards for anthropomorphic literature and art were announced last weekend in Columbus, OH, and we’d like to congratulate Kyell Gold, who won both the short fiction (for Bridges) and novel (for Shadow of the Father) categories!
This weekend is Nebula Weekend, and scads of awesome writers are converging in Washington DC for that. Best of luck to all the OA members on the nominee list. Hopefully next week we’ll be able to congratulate some of you!
The 23rd Annual Lammy Awards will take place on Thursday the 26th in New York. Once again, best of luck to OA members, and we hope to congratulate you soon!
The Hugos are just around the corner, and here’s a special podcast from Cheryl Morgan and Kevin Standlee of the Science Fiction Awards Watch to answer all your questions about how the Hugos work. And, because we neglected to mention it before, congratulations to N. K. Jemisin for collecting a Hugo nomination for The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms!
In other Hugo news, the Hugo Voter Packet was released today. If you sign up as a supporting member of this year’s WorldCon, you can access much of the nominated work in electronic format to help you decide where your votes should go.
Finally, a non-awards-related piece of news:
Tennessee has passed the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill. How terribly disappointing. But! George Takei offers an alternative. If you want to express your Takei Pride, you can order It’s OK to be Takei items here.
That’s all for this week. Come back next Friday for the big Gaylaxicon OA Podcast episode!
Outer Alliance Spotlight #68: FOGcon March 11, 2011
Posted by juliarios in : events , 1 comment so farWelcome to Outer Alliance Spotlight #68. The Spotlight features news about (and sometimes interviews with) allies who are active in supporting and celebrating LGBTQI speculative fiction. This week our focus is on FOGcon.
The Friends of the Genre Convetion (FOGcon for short) starts today in San Francisco, and several OA members will be in attendance. You can catch Chaz Brenchley, Jaym Gates, and Cliff Winnig on panels, and you’ll find Kyell Gold in the dealers room at the Sofawolf Press table.
The convention is geared towards literature and writing, and this year’s theme is The City in SF/F. If you’re in or around San Francisco, check it out. And if you want to get to know some OA members a bit better, join Cliff in the hotel lobby at 5:45 on Saturday for an OA meetup during the dinner break.
If you go, tell us about it! For those of us playing the home game, what are some cities you love in SF/F, and why do you love them?
Outer Alliance Spotlight #62: 2011 Conventions January 7, 2011
Posted by juliarios in : events , 2commentsWelcome to Outer Alliance Spotlight #62. The Spotlight features news about (and sometimes interviews with) allies who are active in supporting and celebrating LGBTQI speculative fiction. This week we’re discussing which conventions we’ll be attending in 2011.
Several OA members on the Google group say they’re planning to attend Arisia and FogCon this year.
Arisia is next weekend, the 14th-17th, in Boston, MA. Cecilia Tan will be hosting a party for Circlet Press on Friday, night, Jennifer Pelland will be reading from her forthcoming novel (with a bisexual protagonist) on Saturday night, and Steve Berman and Connie Wilkins (AKA Sacchi Green, winner of 2010 Lesbian Erotica Lambda) will be hosting an afternoon tea for Lethe Press on Sunday. Catherynne Valente (winner of 2010 Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Lambda) will also be attending.
FogCon is the 11th-13th of March in San Francisco, CA. The schedule isn’t set yet, but potential attending members include Chaz Brenchley, Madeleine Robins, Malinda Lo, Cliff Winnig, and Kyell Gold.
There are a lot of other cons in 2011. Which ones are you planning to attend? Let us know in the comments or on the Google group!
Outer Alliance Spotlight #18: Kyell Gold January 22, 2010
Posted by juliarios in : events, interviews, queer-friendly publishers , 1 comment so farWelcome to Outer Alliance Spotlight #18. Each Friday, the Spotlight features an ally who writes, reviews, publishes, or is in some other way involved with LGBTQI speculative fiction. Our guest this week is furry author, Kyell Gold.
Kyell has won several Ursa Major Awards for his work, and recently won two Rainbow Awards for his novel, Out of Position. His latest book, Shadow of the Father, is being released this weekend at Further ConFusion in San Jose, California. Another novella, Bridges, will be released next month at Furry Fiesta in Dallas, Texas, where Kyell will appear as the Writing Guest of Honor. Bridges is part of a new project called Cupcakes, which Kyell is launching along with some other furry authors.
Kyell has been active in furry fandom and queer speculative fiction for ten years. In addition to his fiction, he also co-produces (with K.M. Hirosaki) a furry podcast called Unsheathed. When he’s not writing and podcasting, you might find him at cons, or campaigning for gay rights in his current home state of California. He lives in the San Francisco bay are with his partner, Kit Silver.
Kyell blogs on LiveJournal as kyellgold, and maintains a personal website at www.kyellgold.com.