BOOK NOTES.Byline: The Register-Guard Eugene writer's story wins award for fantasy A short story first published by Eugene writer Bruce Holland Rogers Bruce Holland Rogers is an American author of short fiction who also writes under the pseudonym Hanovi Braddock. His stories have won a Pushcart Prize, two Nebula Awards, the Bram Stoker Award, two World Fantasy Awards, and have been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award and for subscribers of his e-mail fiction service has won the World Fantasy Award for best short fiction This World Fantasy Award is given to the fantasy short story voted best by a panel of judges, and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention. Award winners and finalists 1989 WFC 1989 was held in held Seattle, Washington, and was chaired by Robert Doyle. . Rogers won the prize for his story "Don Ysidro," about the death and afterlife of a potter in a small village. The World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy. Since 1975, when they were first awarded, they have been handed out at the World Fantasy Convention. is a juried prize awarded annually since 1975 at the World Fantasy Convention The World Fantasy Convention is an annual convention of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of fantasy. It places emphasis on literature and art, while deemphasizing dramatic presentation, gaming, masquerade, and the like. . Previous World Fantasy winners are Peter Straub, Louise Erdrich, Mark Helprin, Jonathan Lethem and Stephen King. Rogers has previously won two Nebula Awards for science fiction, the Bram Stoker Award The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA. for horror, and a Pushcart Prize for literary fiction. "Don Ysidro" was distributed to paying subscribers on his electronic delivery system, www.shortshortshort.com, before appearing in the anthology Polyphony polyphony (pəlĭf`ənē), music whose texture is formed by the interweaving of several melodic lines. The lines are independent but sound together harmonically. 3, published by Wheatland Press. Subscribers pay $5 a year to receive 3 short-short stories from Rogers each month. They range in length from 250 to 1,000 words. He has nearly 400 subscribers in more than 20 countries. Readings & Signings TODAY Scott Lubbock - Reads from his new poetry collection, "On the Way to Water," with a reception following, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., DIVA, 110 W. Broadway. 344-3482. TUESDAY Paisley Rekdal, David Bradley - Windfall Reading Series program, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 10th Ave. Rekdal, the only child of a Chinese-American woman and a man of Norwegian descent, is the author of "The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observations on Not Fitting In." Bradley won the 1982 PEN/Faulkner Award for "The Chaneysville Incident," about a young black historian's obsession with getting to the truth behind a legend. He's now completing "The Bondage Hypothesis: Meditations on Race, History and America." FRIDAY Jodi Thomas - Signs copies of "The Texan's Luck," the final book in her Wife Lottery trilogy. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thurston Book Exchange, 5505 Main St., Springfield. 726-7126. Out of town TUESDAY Roddy Doyle - Booker Prize winner (``Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha'') reads from his latest novel, "Oh, Play That Thing," a follow-up to "A Star Called Henry," in a Portland Arts & Lectures event, 7:30 p.m., First Congregational Church First Congregational Church may refer to:
SATURDAY Carola Dunn - Eugene author signs copies of "Mistletoe mistletoe, common name for the Loranthaceae, a family of chiefly tropical hemiparasitic herbs and shrubs with leathery evergreen leaves and waxy white berries. They have green leaves, but they manufacture only part of the nutrients they require. and Murder," her latest Daisy Dalrymple mystery, noon to 2 p.m., Bob's Beach Books, 1747 N.W. Highway 101, Lincoln City. Chris Van Allsburg - Caldecott and National Book Award-winning children's author and illustrator discusses the creative process behind such books as "The Polar Express," "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi," "Jumanji" and "Zathura" in a Portland Arts & Lectures event, 11 a.m., First Congregational Church, 1126 S.W. Park Ave., Portland. Admission $13 for the general public, $8 for seniors and college students, $5 for children. (503) 227-2583. Lucius Shepard, Tom Smario - Science fiction and fantasy writer Shepard and poet Smario will be featured as part of the Nye Beach Writers Series presented by Writers on the Edge, 7 p.m., Dogwood dogwood or cornel (kôr`nəl), shrub or tree of the genus Cornus, chiefly of north temperate and tropical mountain regions, characteristically having an inconspicuous flower surrounded by large, showy bracts which Theater, 162 N.E. 10th St., Newport. Admission $7. Shepard's most recent books are "Louisiana Breakdown," "Floater Floater A bond or other type of debt whose coupon rate changes with market conditions (short-term interest rates). Also known as "floating-rate debt". Notes: For example, a floater bond may have the coupon rate set at "T-bill rate plus 0.5%". " and "Colonel Rutherford's Colt." Smario is an orthopedic technician and a cornerman
A cornerman, or simply corner, is a combat sports term for a coach or team mate assisting a fighter during the length of a bout. for professional boxers. His two most recent poetry collections are "Notes of a Cornerman" (2000) and "Knuckle Sandwiches," which is new. Deadlines The Book Notes deadline is 9 a.m. Friday for publication nine days later. Mail to: Book Notes, Register-Guard, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene, OR 97440; or e-mail to rgfeatures@guardnet.com. |
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