Author Fran Wilde Scheduled To Visit Fantasy Faire Today

Author Fran Wilde is scheduled to appear at Fantasy Faire 2020 in Second Life as part of the literary festival event. Fran, is set to be interviewed by Saffia Widdershins at 3pm SLT today, at the Place of Stories at Khawr Maksar on the Drifts of Anamnesis.

Fran Wilde’s short story, “A Catalog of Storms”, has been nominated for a Hugo Award in this year’s best short story category.

Fran Wilde’s “Riverland”, has been nominated for a Lodestar award this year.

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Roleplay at Fantasy Faire

Roleplay first made an official appearance at Fantasy Faire in Second Life back in 2014 and it’s still going strong at this year’s event, with an offical page on the Fantasy faire website explaining the roleplay activities.

Sanctuary have made their home at Agra Adara for this year’s event where they will be embarking on a story surrounding Amazon Warriors.

Roleplay Arena

You can find out more about Sanctuary and their roleplay here.

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Fantasy Faire 2020 – Literary Festival

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The Literary Festival (AKA Litfest) at Fantasy Faire 2020 returns for the sixth time and this time it has a sandy setting to honour a sandy storyline.

Litfest doesn’t just deal with the written word, it also delves into the spoken word with discussion groups, workshops, author talks, tours of the regions and much more.

The main setting for this year’s Litfest is Drifts of Anamnesis., an appropriate setting because this year Litfest pays homage to Scheherazade and the Tales of 1,001 Nights.

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Fantasy Faire 2020 Is Now Open!

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Fantasy Faire 2020 in Second Life is now officially open, as announced on the official Fantasy Faire website.

Fantasy Faire is part of the Relay for Life fundraising efforts in Second Life, raising money for the American Cancer Society, as well as other good causes over the years.

Last year’s Fantasy Faire raised USD$$68,173, this was in quite a substantial part thanks to a donation of USD$20,000 from an anonymous source who pledged the amount if USD$40,000 could be raised by the Second Life community.

Spirit Valley of Kuruk

This year’s Fantasy Faire comprises of 18 regions, 13 displaying creators wares and the other 5 reserved for a quest, a memorial garden, the literary festival, performance stages,art and more.

This year’s event sees the main activities scheduled to run until May 5th and then the regions will be open until May 10th for people to explore.

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Fantasy Faire 2020 – The Press Release

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Fantasy Faire 2020 is set to open on April 23rd and is scheduled to run until May 10th.

This will be the 12th Fantasy Faire in Second Life and looks set to be as fun packed ever with a series of events, roleplaying, shopping experiences, DJ’s, live performances and a literary festival that features a guest appearance from author Fran Wilde.

Below the cut I will post a copy of the press release, but if you visit the official link you will be able to get hold of the promotional materials. As usual, if you’ve came directly to this post you won’t see the cut, so don’t go looking for one!

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