BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//216.92.253.93//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:http://dreamhavenbooks.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-16949@dreamhavenbooks.com DTSTAMP:20240328T171222Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Event\,Signing CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:After difficulties\, the Speculations Readings Series returns i n July to DreamHaven Books\, 2301 38th St E\, Minneapolis. As before\, the readings will run from 6:30-7:45 p.m.\, including an autographing and rec eption with free soda pop and cookies. After the event\, interested person s will adjourn to a bistro to hang out.\nOn Thursday\, July 29\, MICHAEL M ERRIAM and ABRA STAFFIN-WIEBE will read from their works.\nMichael Merriam is an author\, performer\, poet\, and playwright\, with ten books and ove r 90 pieces of short fiction and poetry published. His novel\, Last Car to Annwn Station\, was named a top Book by Readings in Lesbian & Bisexual Wo men’s Fiction. His novella\, Should we Drown in Feathered Sheep\, was lon g-listed for the Nebula Award. His stories and essays have appeared in su ch places as the Hugo Award winning Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Dest roy Science Fiction issue\, and the Ditmar Award winning magazine\, Androm eda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. His scripts have been produced for stage and radio. Michael is a co-founder of the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers.\nAbra Staffin-Wiebe loves optimistic science fiction\, cheerful horror\, and dark fantasy. Dozens of her short stories have appeared in p ublications including Tor.com\, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fictio n\, Escape Pod\, and Odyssey Magazine. She lives in Minneapolis\, where s he wrangles her children\, pets\, and the mad scientist she keeps in the a ttic. When not writing or wrangling\, she collects folk tales and photogr aphs of whatever stands still long enough to allow it. Her most recent bo ok\, The Unkindness of Ravens\, is an epic fantasy coming-of-age novella a bout trickster gods and favors owed. Check out her website: http://www.as wiebe.com/to read about fluffy pink murderbears\, firebirds bearing gifts\ , and other things beautiful and bizarre.\nSpeculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA\, a multicultural organization that also s ponsors a midsummer speculative fiction convention\, DIVERSICON\, the 28th edition of which will occur at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West on July 30-August 1\, 2021.\nShare this:Twitter DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210729T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210729T194500 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Speculations Event: Michael Merriam and Abra Staffin-Weibe URL:http://dreamhavenbooks.com/event/speculations-event-michael-merriam-and -abra-staffin-weibe/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nAfter difficu lties\, the Speculations Readings Series returns in July to DreamHaven Boo ks\, 2301 38th St E\, Minneapolis. As before\, the readings will run from 6:30-7:45 p.m.\, including an autographing and reception with free soda po p and cookies. After the event\, interested persons will adjourn to a bist ro to hang out.
\nOn Thursday\, July 29\, MICHAEL MERRIAM and ABRA S TAFFIN-WIEBE will read from their works.
\nMichael Merriam is an aut hor\, performer\, poet\, and playwright\, with ten books and over 90 piece s of short fiction and poetry published. His novel\, Last Car to A nnwn Station\, was named a top Book by Readings in Lesbian & Bise xual Women’s Fiction. His novella\, Should we Drown in Feathered Sheep\, was long-listed for the Nebula Award. His stories and es says have appeared in such places as the Hugo Award winning Uncanny Ma gazine: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction issue\, and the Ditma r Award winning magazine\, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. His scripts have been produced for stage and radio. Michael is a co-fo under of the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers.
\nAbra Staffin-W iebe loves optimistic science fiction\, cheerful horror\, and dark fantasy . Dozens of her short stories have appeared in publications including Tor .com\, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\, Escape P od\, and Odyssey Magazine. She lives in Minneapolis\, where she wrangles her children\, pets\, and the mad scientist she keeps in the attic. When not writing or wrangling\, she collects folk tales and photo graphs of whatever stands still long enough to allow it. Her most recent book\, The Unkindness of Ravens\, is an epic fantasy comi ng-of-age novella about trickster gods and favors owed. Check out her web site: http://www.aswiebe.com/to read about fluffy pink murderbears \, firebirds bearing gifts\, and other things beautiful and bizarre.
\nSpeculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA\, a mult icultural organization that also sponsors a midsummer speculative fiction convention\, DIVERSICON\, the 28th edition of which will occur at the Crow ne Plaza Minneapolis West on July 30-August 1\, 2021.
\nSigning – Larry Correia and Mike Kupari will be si gning at DreamHaven Books\, to benefit Uncle Hugo’s.
\nTo quote Don Blyly\, owner of Uncle Hugo’s:
\n“Larry Correia has a new novel coming in less than 2 months\,
h ttp://www.unclehugo.com/prod/ah-correia-larry.php
\nIf you can m ake it to the signing in person\, it will start at 3 pm on Saturday\, July 31\, at 2301 E. 38th St.\, about 2 miles from the old Uncle Hugo’s locati on. Greg will be bringing in a lot of Larry’s backlist books. Proceeds fro m the sale of the new hardcover will go to Uncle Hugo’s and proceeds from everything else you buy during the signing will go to DreamHaven.”
\nSince he sent that out\, we have received word that Mike Kupari\, co-auth or with Larry Correia on several books and author of the forthcoming book The Family Business\, will be joining him for the signing . Sales of The Family Business will also go to Uncle Hugo ’s.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-17304@dreamhavenbooks.com DTSTAMP:20240328T171222Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Event\,Signing CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, September 16\, from 6:30-7:45 p.m.\,JASON D. WITT MAN reads from his fiction. Jason lives and works in Minneapolis. His stor y\, “Femme Fatale\,” was published in the hardcover anthology The Best of Baen Books\, and his story “A Game of Knight Court” got an Honorable Menti on in the 19th Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. More recently\, he has publ ished a story in Stupefying Stories #22.\nSpeculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA\, a multicultural organization that also sp onsors a midsummer speculative fiction convention\, DIVERSICON\, the 29th edition of which will occur July 23-25\, 2202 with Guest of Honor T. AARON CISCO.\nShare this:Twitter DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210916T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210916T194500 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Speculations Event: Jason D. Wittman URL:http://dreamhavenbooks.com/event/speculations-event-michael-merriam-and -abra-staffin-weibe-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOn Thursday\, September 16\, from 6:30-7:45 p.m.\,JASON D. WITTMAN reads from his ficti on. Jason lives and works in Minneapolis. His story\, “Femme Fatale\,” was published in the hardcover anthology The Best of Baen Books\, and his story “A Game of Knight Court” got an Honorable Mention in t he 19th Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. More recently\, h e has published a story in Stupefying Stories #22.
\nSpecul ations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA\, a multicultural organization that also sponsors a midsummer speculative fiction conventio n\, DIVERSICON\, the 29th edition of which will occur July 23-25\, 2202 wi th Guest of Honor T. AARON CISCO.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-17519@dreamhavenbooks.com DTSTAMP:20240328T171222Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Event\,Signing CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 14 from 6:30-7:45 p.m. LOIS McMASTER BUJO LD reads from a new Penric story. The reading includes a free reception an d autographing.\nLois McMaster Bujold began writing with the aim of profes sional publication in 1982 and wrote three novels in three years\; in Octo ber of 1985\, all three sold\, launching her popular Vorkosigan Saga scien ce fiction series. Her fantasy work includes The World of the Five Gods a nd the Sharing Knife series. More recently she has been exploring self-e- publishing with the tales of the sorcerer Penric and his demon Desdemona\, and other works.\nIn 2020\, Bujold was named a Grand Master by the Scienc e Fiction Writers of America. A complete list of her awards may be found here: http://www.sfadb.com/Lois_McMaster_Bujold Her books have been trans lated into over twenty languages.\nA reading-order guide to her work is he re: https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/293438-the-vorkosigan-saga-readin g-order-debate-the-chef-recommends?chapter=2\nBujold blogs on Goodreads at : https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16094.Lois_McMaster_Bujold/blog\nS peculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA\, a multicul tural\, multimedia speculative fiction organization that also sponsors a m idsummer convention\, DIVERSICON\, the 29th edition of which will occur in late July 2022 with Guest of Honor TAYLOR CISCO.\nShare this:Twitter DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211014T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211014T194500 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Speculations Event: Lois McMaster Bujold URL:http://dreamhavenbooks.com/event/speculations-event-lois-bujold/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOn Thursday\, October 14 from 6:30-7:45 p.m. LOIS McMASTER BUJOLD reads from a new Penr ic story. The reading includes a free reception and autographing.
\nLois McMaster Bujold began writing with the aim of professional publicatio n in 1982 and wrote three novels in three years\; in October of 1985\, all three sold\, launching her popular Vorkosigan Saga science fiction series . Her fantasy work includes The World of the Five Gods and the Sharing Kn ife series. More recently she has been exploring self-e-publishing with t he tales of the sorcerer Penric and his demon Desdemona\, and other works.
\nIn 2020\, Bujold was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. A complete list of her awards may be found here: http://www.sfadb.com/Lois_McMaster_Bujold Her books h ave been translated into over twenty languages.
\nA reading-order gu ide to her work is here: https://www.goodreads.com/stor y/show/293438-the-vorkosigan-saga-reading-order-debate-the-chef-recommends ?chapter=2
\nBujold blogs on Goodreads at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16094.Loi s_McMaster_Bujold/blog
\nSpeculations is a co-production of Drea mHaven and SF MINNESOTA\, a multicultural\, multimedia speculative fiction organization that also sponsors a midsummer convention\, DIVERSICON\, the 29th edition of which will occur in late July 2022 with Guest of Honor TA YLOR CISCO.
\n