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Category Archives: Witch Week
#WitchWeek2022 Wrap Up
Another successful #WitchWeek2022. Before I send you along to Calmgrove’s blog, to read his wrap-up and learn the theme for #WitchWeek2023, I just want to give my own bit of thanks to all who contributed: guest bloggers, our readers, not … Continue reading
#WitchWeek2022 Day 6
The season for the piragua (syrup flavored shaved ice) has ended, but I couldn’t resist using this photo today, because my second guest post for #WitchWeek2022 includes a tip-of-the-hat to piraguas (sold from carts similar to but not as fancy … Continue reading
#WitchWeek2022 Day 5
I shouldn’t be astonished by the confluence of events in my life in NYC, but here’s the latest surprise. “Ancestor,” Bharti Kher’s magical statue, recently installed at the southern end of Central Park in NYC, awaited me as I walked … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity, Fantasy, Witch Week
Tagged Bharti Kher, Devaki Nandan Khatri, Mallika Ramachandran
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#WitchWeek2022 Day 4
Ah! It’s the middle of Witch Week. That generally means it’s time for the Witch Week Read-Along Discussion. This year, Chris and I found ourselves in a sea of interested participants, and so we have a small crowd sharing their … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity, Fantasy, Witch Week
Tagged Daphne Lee, Jean Leek, Lory Hess, Mallika Ramachandran, Riki Manual, Zen Cho
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#WitchWeek2022 Day 3
Another day, another invitation to join #WitchWeek2022. Today, my own post at Calmgrove introduces you to four books by Native American and First Nation authors from the US and Canada, none like any of the others. Humor and horror stand … Continue reading
#WitchWeek2022 Day 2
November already! Well, at least you have this week to enjoy an international tour of fantasy books and authors, thanks to #WitchWeek2022. Then a few days to recover. Then the speedy tumble through various holidays to the end of the … Continue reading
#WitchWeek2022 Day 1
BOO! It’s Halloween at last, and I hope you all are ready for whatever tricks (and treats) are in store for you. For starters, check out APOD’s Cosmic Bat Nebula, LD N43. Over at Calmgrove, #WitchWeek2022 has officially begun, and … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity, Fantasy, Halloween, Witch Week
Tagged Daphne Lee, Joel Donato Ching Jacob, MTA Arts for Transit, Nick Cave
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#WitchWeek2022 starts tomorrow
Just a quick reminder that today marks Witch Week Eve, the day before that wonderful week-long celebration of fantasy fiction in honor of Diana Wynne Jones. Chris at Calmgrove is hosting this year’s event, which will feature books by BIPOC … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Science fiction, Witch Week
Tagged Diana Wynne Jones, Eduardo Kobra
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#WitchWeek2022
In just a few more weeks, Witch Week begins, and if you don’t know what that’s about, head over to Calmgrove’s blog to find out what he and I are rustling up for this year’s celebration of fantasy novels. Get … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Witch Week
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#WitchWeek2021 Wrap-up
Thanks to everyone who dropped by, to the guest bloggers who wrote such intriguing reviews (and who added several more books to my TBR list), to those who supported this event on Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere, and to Chris who … Continue reading
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