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Science Fiction and Fantasy writer, Elizabeth Bear, is this year’s LitFest guest of honour at Fantasy Faire 2019 and Elizabeth is set to visit Second Life today, April 23rd, at 2:00pm SLT to partake in an interview.
This is the first of two scheduled visits to Second Life by Elizabeth Bear, the second is scheduled for Friday, April 26th at 2:00pm SLT when Elizabeth is scheduled to read from her works.
Continue reading “SFF Writer Elizabeth Bear Set To Visit Fantasy Faire Today”I arrived at Fantasy Faire in the usual fashion, hovering outside the gates whilst Sonya Marmurek muttered “We go through this every year, we’re not open yet, you’re not coming in”.
As usual I engaged with my usual cunning plan of waiting until the gates opened and then running past a bemused Sonya Marmurek.
I arrived at Fairelands Junction to find myself surrounded by a snow storm, this was, to say the least, a tad unexpected.
However I quickly found myself in much sunnier climes when I found my way to the region of Midas.
Indeed I found myself running from region to region to discover very different climatic conditions.
The Literary Festival (LitFest) will celebrate its fifth anniversary at this year’s Fantasy Faire 2019 and this year, the event will have a decidedly science fiction, as well as fantasy element.
Wednesday April 24th will be Ursula K. Le Guin Day, where LitFest will celebrate Ursula’s work with readings from her work as well as having a ball with a “A Wizard in Earthsea Party: The LitFest Ball”.
I will provide more details on this day when I have more information, but there’s plenty more to see and do at Litfest, including an inworld visit from special guest of honour, multi award winning author Elizabeth Bear.
Continue reading “Fantasy Faire 2019 Literary Festival Celebrates Ursula K. Le Guin and Elizabeth Bear”
Fanatsy Faire 2019 is set to open at 12:00 SLT today with a packed agenda including partying, dance performances, roleplaying, literary festival and more.
The best place to keep an eye on forthcoming events is on the official calendar, this is arguably best viewed in agenda view.
There are also pages, which contain more information on events in each category on the official Fantasy Faire 2019 website, I will provide a link to those pages in the lists below.
Today’s party schedule includes :
On March 1st Sonya Marmurek announced that registrations for Fantasy Faire 2019 are now open. There is no deadline for registration but the sooner you get your application in, the better.
Fantasy Faire 2019 in Second Life runs from April 18th – May 5th and the setup for creators begins on April 15th, so you will want to have your applications in well before then. Three of the regions are already sold out.
The Fantasy Faire Store Registration 2019 page provides you with all the fine details on costs and requirements.
Continue reading “Fantasy Faire 2019 Store Registrations Open”