From einblatt-list@mnstf.org Wed Jan 5 14:20:09 2022 Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2022 12:20:06 -0800 From: Einblatt Subject: Einblatt Addendum (December 2021) The year is new! This is the monthly Minn-STF Einblatt for January of 2022. Less of an intro today since I just don't really have the energy to write one right now. On with the news: Magers & Quinn has a handful of in-store and virtual events happening: Tessa Bridal presents The Dark Side of Memory (In Store) Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - 7pm - Free Registration Required The Dark Side of Memory examines the largely unknown history of the state sponsored kidnapping of children in Uruguay and Argentina during the Cold War. In conversation with Professor Ry Siggelkow. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tessa-bridal-presents-the-dark-side-of-memory-registration-226013651917 Jack Zipes presents Bambi and Tistou (Virtual) Wednesday, January 12, 2022 - 7pm Central - Free Registration Required Zipes presents new editions of classic tales, Bambi: The Story of a Life in the Forest, and Tistou: The Boy with the Green Thumbs of Peace https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jack-zipes-presents-bambi-and-tistou-registration-227126931767 Allison Epstein presents A Tip for the Hangman (Virtual) Thursday, January 13, 2022 - 7pm Central - Free Registration Required An Elizabethan espionage thriller in which playwright Christopher Marlowe spies on Mary, Queen of Scots while navigating the perils of politics, theater, romance—and murder. In conversation with Annie Metcalf of Magers & Quinn. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/allison-epstein-presents-a-tip-for-the-hangman-registration-228670649067 An Evening with Congressman Adam Schiff Monday, January 17, 2022 - Doors at 6pm/Show at 7pm - Ticketed Event at the Granada Theater (3022 Hennepin Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55408) Magers & Quinn presents an exclusive in-person event and signing with Congressman Adam Schiff for his new book, Midnight in Washington. Each ticket includes one (1) copy of Midnight in Washington and one (1) seat at the event. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-congressman-adam-schiff-tickets-229661833727 Thrity Umrigar presents Honor (Virtual) Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 7pm Central - Live Stream on Left Bank Books' Facebook Left Bank Books, Anderson's Bookshop, and Magers & Quinn welcome best-selling and critically acclaimed author Thrity Umrigar, who will discuss her highly anticipated new book Honor, with Rebecca Makkai. https://www.magersandquinn.com/event/Thrity-Umrigar-presents-Honor/33 Lee Thomas and Chris Stark: Reading from New Work (In Store) Wednesday, January 26, 2022 - 7pm - Free Registration Required Authors Lee Thomas and Chris Stark will read from their new books, Honey in the Dark and Carnival Lights. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lee-thomas-and-chris-stark-reading-from-new-work-registration-231746880157 Red Balloon Bookshop has two upcoming events listed here: https://www.redballoonbookshop.com/event-list The Hugo Awards winners have been officially announced. If these awards are hard to read, I apologize. Dreamhost doesn't really give me formatting: Best Novel: Network Effect, Martha Wells (Tor.com) Best Novella: The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo (Tor.com) Best Novelette: Two Truths and a Lie, Sarah Pinsker (Tor.com) Best Short Story: “Metal Like Blood in the Dark”, T. Kingfisher (Uncanny Magazine, September/October 2020) Best Series: The Murderbot Diaries, Martha Wells (Tor.com) Best Related Work: Beowulf: A New Translation, Maria Dahvana Headley (FSG) Best Graphic Story or Comic: Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, written by Octavia Butler, adapted by Damian Duffy, illustrated by John Jennings (Harry N. Abrams) Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: The Old Guard, written by Greg Rucka, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Netflix / Skydance Media) Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: The Good Place: Whenever You’re Ready, written and directed by Michael Schur (Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment / Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group) Best Editor, Short Form: Ellen Datlow Best Editor, Long Form: Diana M. Pho Best Professional Artist: Rovina Cai Best Semiprozine: FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, publisher Troy L. Wiggins, executive editor DaVaun Sanders, managing editor Eboni Dunbar, poetry editor Brandon O’Brien, reviews and social media Brent Lambert, art director L. D. Lewis, and the FIYAH Team. Best Fanzine - no art: nerds of a feather, flock together, ed. Adri Joy, Joe Sherry, The G, and Vance Kotrla Best Fancast: The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe, Jonathan Strahan, producer Best Fan Writer: Elsa Sjunneson Best Fan Artist: Sara Felix Best Video Game: Hades (Publisher and Developer: Supergiant Games) (OP: I can confirm this, Hades was rad) Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book (not a Hugo): A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking, T. Kingfisher (Argyll Productions Astounding Award for the Best New Writer, sponsored by Dell Magazines (not a Hugo): Emily Tesh Next Minn-STF meeting is supposedly the 15th, most likely virtually in our Discord server: https://discord.gg/HQBtdpw January & early February birthdays: 1: Peggy O’Neill 2: Don Blyly, Thorin Tatge, Patrick Nielsen Hayden 4: David Messer 5: Claire Lenander 7: Margo Bratton 9: Greg Ketter 11: Victor Raymond 12: Seth Breidbart 14: Lisa Sanders 15: Bruce Schneier 17: Giovanna Fregni, Andrew Bertke 18: Pamela Dyer-Bennet 20: Kij Johnson 24: John Houghton, Katie Krantz 30: Linda Lounsbury February: 5: Faun Bonewits, Anna Dudda, Shelly Belsky That's all for January. If you have anything you'd like to see in Einblatt, let me know by filling out the form on http://mnstf.org/einblatt/einblatt-entry.php or by emailing me at einblatt@mnstf.org. Hope this year goes better than the last. ................................................................