Warp and Weft: The Brightweavings Newsletter
September 2009
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It has been an eventful few months, which makes for another lengthy newsletter. We'll start off the most recent exciting development, but there is quite a lot of other good news to share...
Announcing the UNDER HEAVEN Tour Journal
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As with his last two novels, GGK will be writing to an online journal on Brightweavings during the run up to publication next April (in English-speaking markets) for his latest novel, UNDER HEAVEN. In the first entry, posted today, GGK writes "One of the things I try to do with these journals is give readers a glimpse into the changes in the publishing world, and what is involved in the process by which an author's manuscript (often just electronic these days) morphs into a book you buy on shelves, or download in e-book form, or as an audio book. (Those last two are part of the changing landscape, of course.)"
You can read the journal here: http://www.brightweavings.com/forums/messages/143081/143081.html.
Comments and questions related to the journal are welcome and encouraged - a special thread for them has been started here: http://www.brightweavings.com/forums/messages/143082/143083.html
GGK News
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>GGK Appearances
GGK will be attending the World Fantasy Convention in San Jose, California, held the weekend of October 29th through November 1st - http://www.worldfantasy2009.org/ , program schedule to be announced soon.
>GGK in the News
The World Scholar's Cup has chosen THE LIONS OF AL-RASSAN for part of its official curriculum for 2009-2010, which is an excellent choice for its theme 'A World Divided' - http://www.scholarscup.org/curriculum.
ALL of GGK's works were recommended in a New Yorker column on essential fantasy reads: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/08/seven-essential-fantasy-reads-going-to-second-base.html
THE LIONS OF AL-RASSAN recently made it to the shortlist for the Best Fantasy Book of the year, by the Czech Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. The award was announced at the Prague Book Fair, and Lions finished as runner-up. The nominees were:
-Duncan, Hal: Vellum: The Book of All Hours
-Gaiman, Neil: The Graveyard Book
-Kay, Guy Gavriel: The Lions of Al-Rassan
-Pratchett, Terry: Making Money
-Sapkowski, Andrzej: The Last Wish
The winner was Sapkowski's The Last Wish
>GGK's Words
In a piece for The Guardian, GGK shared some of his thoughts on the use of real people in fiction: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/aug/20/novelists-real-life-characters. There is also a response to comments here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2009/aug/20/novelists-real-life-characters?commentid=a69f47c6-fb98-45ac-9121-b761c4f958fd
In the August edition of LOCUS magazine, there is a round table discussion with GGK, Cecelia Holland, Gary K. Wolfe, and the late and sorely missed Charles N. Brown. Excerpts may be read here: http://us.mg2.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.gx=1&.rand=dv3ub7ul639el .
For those who are curious about what sorts of things are discussed on a WorldCon panel, here is a partial, paraphrased transcript from a panel moderated by GGK at the WorldCon in Montreal (thanks to Niall Harrison at Torque Control): http://vectoreditors.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/panel-notes-we-are-the-knights-who-say-f/
>Foreign Editions
Hungarian right to YSABEL have been sold, making it the first GGK novel to be published in Hungarian. It will join the recent foreign editions of THE LIONS OF AL-RASSAN now available in Spanish and Portugese, the Czech Republic edition of THE SUMMER TREE (the rest of the trilogy soon to follow), the Croatian edition of the Tapestry series (which completes the publication of all GGK novels in Croatian), the Greek editions of nine GGK novels ( http://www.anubis.gr/ ), and soon a Dutch edition of YSABEL which is currently being translated.
>Audio Editions
TIGANA, SONG FOR ARBONNE, LAST LIGHT OF THE SUN, YSABEL, THE SUMMER TREE, and THE WANDERING FIRE are now available on Audible.com and iTunes, among others. THE DARKEST ROAD is currently being recorded and will be available soon.
New on Brightweavings
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>Art Gallery
Two cover artworks on now on the site:
* The Spanish paperback edition of LIONS - http://www.brightweavings.com/artgallery/spanishlions.htm
* The Czech Republic edition of YSABEL - http://www.brightweavings.com/artgallery/czechysabel.htm
>Scholarship
Two new papers have been included in scholarship section:
* An undergraduate paper by Kent Aardse, written for a course taken at the University of Lethbridge in 2008, entitled Postcolonialism in Guy Gavriel Kay's TIGANA - http://www.brightweavings.com/scholarship/postcolonialism.htm
* "Brightly Woven", or Free to be Bright?, a paper written by Joshua Fontana for a grade 12 high school English class in 2009 - http://www.brightweavings.com/scholarship/freetobebright.htm
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As you can see, there's plenty going on, on site and off. As always, we'll keep you up to date, especially when tour dates and places are announced - just make sure to keep US up to date with your most current email address! And do drop in and share your thoughts on the new tour journal discussion thread.
Enjoy,
Elizabeth
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Deborah Meghnagi
Site Owner
Bright Weavings: The Worlds of Guy Gavriel Kay
http://www.brightweavings.com
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