February 4, 2009 Links and Plugs

Busy busy busy...

• Not spec fic related but in case you happened to be in San Francisco and Filipino, Celebrate the 5-Year Anniverary of the Kababayan Program!
• Some interesting Black Gate articles: The Wizard Howl and Confessions of a Speed-Reading Instructor.
• Read here how buying a Wheatland Press book can help raise awareness that heart diseases is the #1 killer of women.
• Monster Librarian has an interview with Joel Sutherland.
• Jim C. Hines on Writing Book Proposals.
• Vote at the Dead of Night Awards.
• Matt Staggs interviews James Morrow.
• In honor of Black History Month, Lethe Press is selling the eBook of Sea, Swallow Me and Other Stories for only $3.25!
• Victoria Blake gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Brian Evenson's Last Days.
• Catherynne M. Valente on Programming Languages Are To Literary Schools As...
• Speculative Fiction in Conversation Part 4 with Eric Rosenfield and Matt Cheney.
  

Here's a book complied to defray the medical expenses and recovery of musician S.J. Tucker (and includes contributions from the likes of Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, Catherynne M. Valente, Terri Windling, James A. Owen, etc.):

Ravens in the Library edited by Phil Brucato & Sandra Buskirk